Is it possible to "mksysb" to a file which can be transferred to a remote system?

#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 11:13 AM

Is it possible to "mksysb" to a file and transfer it to a remote
system? If so, how could this be used to rebuild the original system?
Can I copy the mysysb "file" to a CD on my PC and use this in
conjunction with a bootable OS disk to do the rebuild?

Many Thanks,
=Adrian=

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 11:13 AM

On Feb 5, 9:55 am, "Adrian Davis" <adr...@satisoft.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to "mksysb" to a file and transfer it to a remote
> system? If so, how could this be used to rebuild the original system?
> Can I copy the mysysb "file" to a CD on my PC and use this in
> conjunction with a bootable OS disk to do the rebuild?
>
> Many Thanks,
> =Adrian=

mkcd, mkdvd will create bootable media .. or you can set up NIM on aix
or NIMOL on Linux to do the install over the network.

HTH
Mark Taylor

#3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 11:14 AM

On Feb 5, 4:55 am, "Adrian Davis" <adr...@satisoft.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to "mksysb" to a file and transfer it to a remote
> system? If so, how could this be used to rebuild the original system?
> Can I copy the mysysb "file" to a CD on my PC and use this in
> conjunction with a bootable OS disk to do the rebuild?
>
> Many Thanks,
> =Adrian=

Yes -- the easiest thing to do is to save your mksysb to an NFS share
on another system and run NIM on that system. Assuming you mount the
nfs share to /mnt, the command line would look like:
mksysb /mnt/mksysb_name

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