Re: mksysb restore without restoring secondary swap devices

From: Steve Nottingham (steve_at_wakefieldrfc.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 04/29/04

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    aaron@cs.odu.edu (Aaron Lineberger) wrote in message news:<6a17d879.0404290657.4770390b@posting.google.com>...
    > Anyone know of a way to restore a mksysb without restoring secondary
    > swap devices?
    >
    > My problem is I have a system that has 6 drives assigned to rootvg, 4
    > of which are used for swap. I'd like to restore the mksysb to a system
    > with 4 drives but not include the swap devices so the restore has
    > plenty of room. Is there a way to selectively remove the paging space
    > from the mksysb restore?
    >
    > TIA,
    > Aaron

    There is a way of doing this, you need to create an edited image.data
    file, put it on floppy and do a mksysb restore. I don't have the exact
    details handy at the moment, but email me and I can help you out.

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