Re: Clone root disk
- From: "Davignon, Edward" <Edward.Davignon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:59:52 -0500
When booting from a disk was imported from another system do you have to
boot it from SMS and then set the bootlist from AIX? I haven't done
this since microchannel days and the PVIDs were stored in some kind of
NVRAM.
Now, I just use mksysb or sysback to clone a system. Just make sure all
the device file sets are installed for the target system prior to making
the backup.
Edward Davignon
Lead Analyst - Distributed Systems
Utility Shared Services - IT
Energy East Corporation
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Subject: Re: Clone root disk
How about using alt_disk method to clone the disk ? This is what the
command was made for.
If you have a second disk in the system
smitty install
alternate disk installation
Clone the rootvg to an Alternate Disk
Set the smit panel to NOT boot from the cloned disk
after it is finished - exportvg the altinst_rootvg and rmdev the hdisk
device. Then you remove the disk and bring it to the other system. I've
just done this today and it works like a charm.
--
Stefan Gocke
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-----Original Message-----
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:21:45 +0100
Subject: Re: Clone root disk
From: "Green, Simon (EDS)"
To: aix-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Message Unless you've got a pressing reason not to, I think it
would be better to just take a mksysb and install the second machine
from that. -- Simon Green -----Original Message-----
FROM: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] ON
BEHALF OF David McWilliams
SENT: 21 November 2006 13:35
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SUBJECT: Clone root disk
I have a single disk rootvg on one machine that I would like to
clone to a second, unused disk so I can use it on a different, but
identical machine. Does anyone know the best method to do this.
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