Al Barth wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:50:46 -0500, Robin <storchr@xavier.edu> wrote:
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>> I have an AIX 5.1 system I'm planning on upgrading to either 5.2 or
>> 5.3. I don't have the install media for 5.3 though and I think IBM
>> might charge me to get one so I was thinking of starting with 5.2.
>> However, I had an undesirable experience with 5.2 where I was at ML
>> 4 and had to do a disaster recovery restore. I only had my original
>> 5.2 install media and found that to do a restore from mksysb I had to
>> have 5.2 install media at the ML 4 level or it wouldn't work.
>>
>> Does anyone know if that was an issue with ML 4 or with 5.2? I mean
>> if you have you system at ML 6 on 5.2 do you have to boot from an
>> install media that supports ML 6? Seems like a bunch of shit if so.
>>
>> Also, is this the case for 5.3 or would any AIX 5.3 install media
>> allow you to restore from mksysb at a higher ML level?
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> According to the information, you need bootable media at an equal or
> higher ML than your mksysb tape. But why did you need the CDs? Did
> you get killed by the known issue in 5.2 where the boot image is too
> large due to all the device support included in the base install? I
> got bit by that and am in the process of deleteing various 'devices.'
> filesets for things I know I won't need.
>
> I have not heard of any similiar issue with 5.3
Yes I did get bit by that too. I needed the CD's to boot from at
Sungard to get all the device stuff loaded before the mksysb restore.
But I definitely couldn't restore from mksysb without the CD that had ML
4. I guess it was just a 5.2 thing.