Re: pushing mksysb to new machine?

From: Mike (mikee_at_mikee.ath.cx)
Date: 11/27/03 

Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:17:10 -0000

In article <c5d1017d.0311270456.48d79183@posting.google.com>, ulrich.kotte@homag.de wrote:
> R.Mariotti(at)FinancialDataCorp.com (Bob Mariotti) wrote in message news:<3fc584ff.5223163@news.cshore.com>...
>> On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:03:18 -0000, Mike <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> wrote:
>>
>> >I'm trying to test disaster recovery scenarios and the current
>> >one that has me stumped is how to push a mksysb to a new/blank
>> >machine? I tried nim, but that's giving me errors about the spot
>> >and the mksysb being at different levels. Is there an easy
>> >way to fix this different levels stuff or is there another way
>> >to push a mksysb to a new/blank box?
>> >
>> >Mike
>>
>>
>> Mike;
>>
>> You need to boot from the AIX distribution CDROM and when the
>> maintenance menu appears select (I believe #4) the item that reads
>> "install from a mksysb backup". Then follow the prompts.
>>
>> If there are differences in the hardware configuration-wise the
>> process will automatically take care of them.
>>
>> Upon completion your system will reboot and you should be up and
>> running with the same install config as the machine the mksysb was
>> made on.
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> Bob
>
> Mike,
>
> what is your AIX level on NIM server ?
> and what is your AIX level on your machine you want to install ?
>
> if your NIM server has AIX 5.2 ML01 and you want to install this too
> you may need APAR IY45782.
>
> you can test this by using:
> lsnim -l your52spotname

The nim server, the spot, and the server where the mksysb came from
all claim to be of oslevel 5.2.0.0. I did manage to get the lpar
to pull and install the mksysb using bootp, but then it fails to
boot with missing symbols from shared libraries.

Mike

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