Hi,

Does anybody knows how to recover a backup (aix) from a network server
in a from-scratch ibm machine.

AFAIK, that is possible almost in SP2 nodes from the control work statio
with tftp.

I would like to make a sysbackup image and store it on a remote server,
that could be later retrieved over the network.

Regards,
Patux

Hi,

I guess Tivoli has a product call Christie BMR (Bare Machine Recovery)
that would let you do this in a jiffy as intended... but I am not very
sure if this is certified on P-Series hardware.

Beside the conventional way would be that you could take a mksysb tape
for disaster recovery of the ROOTVG and later import the other VG's....

Regards,

Naresh

Naresh wrote:
> I guess Tivoli has a product call Christie BMR (Bare Machine Recovery)
> that would let you do this in a jiffy as intended... but I am not very
> sure if this is certified on P-Series hardware.

I'm hopefull in a gpl like solution. may be a linux box with tftp, etc.

> Beside the conventional way would be that you could take a mksysb tape
> for disaster recovery of the ROOTVG and later import the other VG's....

Right, but a rootvg with more than 12 Gb may be a bit longer that a 4mm
tape.
The idea is to restore the node without reinstall.

> Regards,
>
> Naresh

Tks.!

"patux" <patux@patux.cl> wrote in message
news:dgpcsm$53l$1@news1.nivel5.cl...
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody knows how to recover a backup (aix) from a network server in
> a from-scratch ibm machine.
>
> AFAIK, that is possible almost in SP2 nodes from the control work statio
> with tftp.
>
> I would like to make a sysbackup image and store it on a remote server,
> that could be later retrieved over the network.

Sounds like NIM...

You could also try looking at Sysback for AIX, now tied in (as below)
with hooks into TSM:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstract...3705.html?Open

Looks pretty good, and the redbook is very handy too...

Rgds,

David McClelland

Create a large file enabled Filesystem for your mksysb's (
/export/mksysb )
Setup a NIM Server
Create a mksysb resource ( below /export/mksysb or whatever you chosed
before)
Update this resource regulary.

hth
Hajo

Cristie BMR is for Windows, Linux and Solaris - doesn't seem to be AIX
friendly >>> http://www.cristie.co.uk/index.php?id=14

David Mc

patux <patux@patux.cl> wrote in news:43305BB0.2060302@patux.cl:

> Naresh wrote:
>> I guess Tivoli has a product call Christie BMR (Bare Machine Recovery)
>> that would let you do this in a jiffy as intended... but I am not very
>> sure if this is certified on P-Series hardware.
>
> I'm hopefull in a gpl like solution. may be a linux box with tftp, etc.
>
>> Beside the conventional way would be that you could take a mksysb tape
>> for disaster recovery of the ROOTVG and later import the other VG's....
>
> Right, but a rootvg with more than 12 Gb may be a bit longer that a 4mm
> tape.
> The idea is to restore the node without reinstall.

Look into nimol (NIM on Linux), it will allow you to do that. (Nimol is on
the 5.3 CDs).


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