Originally posted by: tech100
there are several ways to restore mksysb.
1) via NIM
2) via alt_disk_mksysb (you could use hot_swappable disk for that on another already existing similiar hardware system)
3) via DVD od CD (producing DVD or CD bootable immage(s) and write them to the DVD/CD)
4) similiar to 3) but without physical medias on VIO client via optical DVD (add the iso to optical repository and map it to optical device configred in desired vhost)
if you want only restore some files from the mksysb you can just use restore command, eg. to restore /etc/image.data to /tmp/ you could:
cd /tmp
restore -xvf /mksysb.file ./image.data
to list files in mksysb:
restore -Tvf /mksysb.file