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#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 08:24 AM

We have an old SP frame where nodes are all AIX 4.3.3. We have just
purchased a p570 and the contractor has configured it with 6 LPARS. Is
there an easy way to get a mksysb from one of the nodes and restore it
on an interrim box ( a 44p ) that will support AIX 4.3.3. Then we plan
on upgrading to AIX 5.3 and restore that image to the corresponding
LPAR.

I'm new to this company and their experienced SP administrator has
retired and moved back to Prague.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 08:24 AM

bjdboyer wrote:
> We have an old SP frame where nodes are all AIX 4.3.3. We have just
> purchased a p570 and the contractor has configured it with 6 LPARS. Is
> there an easy way to get a mksysb from one of the nodes and restore it
> on an interrim box ( a 44p ) that will support AIX 4.3.3. Then we plan
> on upgrading to AIX 5.3 and restore that image to the corresponding
> LPAR.
>

Do you a favour and doing it not that way. A SP node contains a lot of
SP software not needed in a p-series machine , runs 32 bit software
a.s.o

I would suggest:
0) Setup an AIX 5.3 Installation and Administration environment ( NIM,
dsh )
1) Get a list of applications runing on your SP
2) Balance the application to LPARS ( Maybe you need only 2 Lpars,
maybe 8 )
3) Install the software and test the environment
4) Shutoff the SP and move the p570 into production.

This way you can test the new environment and you have a well defined
environment.
If you or your cowrker are not really secure with AIX then get somebody
who should do the job.

hth
Hajo

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