Originally posted by: varunkumars

Hi,

we have p5 server with 5 disks.
OS is installed in hdisk3, we want to take OS bkup to hdisk1
is it possible?
if possible , wat are the steps?
we tried Smitty mksysb
in tht wat shld i type for backup device field..
guide me...

Thnks
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Originally posted by: tony.evans

man mksysb

Read the man page.
Understand the command.
Apply in your environment.
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Originally posted by: kappa

do you want to spend a whole disk for system backup?
you should rather do a SW Mirror of your boot/system disk.

extendvg rootvg hdisk1
mirrorvg rootvg
bosboot -a
bootlist -om normal hdisk1 hdisk3
shutdown -Fr
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Originally posted by: kappa

uups,

correct:
bootlist -m normal hdisk1 hdisk3
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Originally posted by: varunkumars

Thanks Man,

No, jus want to take a OS backup.
we cant take bkup to HDD1 through mksysb?
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Instead of taking mksysb into raw HDD,you can create a vg,lv,file system, then you can save your mksysb into specific filesystem.
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Originally posted by: kappa

hi,

a mksysb to file is useless, if you do not own a nim server, too.

try an alternate disk install to your hdisk1, this is a bootable backup!
(thus, you clone a rootvg to a spare disk)
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