Re: Duplicating AIX disks from a Linux box ?

muddyboots@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Am I also right in thinking, from the various replies so far, the dd
approach is still a viable one ?

The dd approach might work if you also clear the NVRAM on the target machine, but I'd only give that a 20 percent chance of success. The correct answer is to tell the customer that he/she is madder than a march hare, use the tape drive to do the restores. As time goes on, there will be many hard drive failures as the drives are currently on the wrong end of the "bathtub curve", so parts will need to be replaced. If the machines in question are 7011-220s (or -22Ws), you can also expect to see power supply failures, and eventually planar failures. The 7006s, 7009s, 7011s and 7012s were all good, rugged machines, but nothing lasts forever. The customer needs to develop a migration plan, the eBay supply of the oldest RS/6000s is already drying up because there's not enough profit in it for the sellers.

Rick Ekblaw
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