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  • 1.  NIM server mksysb and NFS4

    Posted Fri March 12, 2010 06:02 AM

    Originally posted by: usrb


    Hi2all!

    I am trying to backup NIM client with NFS4 option, but it doesn't work. I tried with and without sec option. Actually, backup is finished successfully, but then i get errors about umount command. What I noticed is that during mksysb, client mounts remote FS, but doesn't writes anything in it. Comparing to NFS v3, client mount remote FS and writes in it until finished. The reason I don't want to backup with NFSv3 is that it's using dynamic ports with portmapper and that's not allowed by security. Any has same issues maybe and resolved it?

    Otuput log:

    COMMAND STATUS

    Command: failed stdout: yes stderr: no

    Before command completion, additional instructions may appear below.
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    System Backup Image Space Information
    (Sizes are displayed in 1024-byte blocks.)
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    Required = 4497707 (4393 MB) Available = 6120624 (5978 MB)

    Creating information file (/image.data) for rootvg.

    Creating list of files to back up.
    .
    Backing up 72262 files..............................

    72262 of 72262 files (100%)
    0512-038 savevg: Backup Completed Successfully.
    warning: 0042-175 c_mkbosi: An unexpected result was returned by the
    "/usr/sbin/unmount" command:

    unmount: 0506-347 Cannot find anything to unmount.
    warning: 0042-175 c_mkbosi: An unexpected result was returned by the
    "/usr/sbin/unmount" command:

    unmount: 0506-347 Cannot find anything to unmount.
    0042-001 nim: processing error encountered on "master":
    0042-001 m_mkbosi: processing error encountered on "master":
    0042-175 c_getlevel: An unexpected result was returned by the "/usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/c_
    stat" command:

    0042-154 c_stat: the file or directory "/nim/mksysb/mbu-director/mbu_director_12_03_2010" does not exist
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  • 2.  Re: NIM server mksysb and NFS4

    Posted Fri March 19, 2010 12:47 PM

    Originally posted by: usrb


    I'm so sad nobody has the same problem here... :-(
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  • 3.  Re: NIM server mksysb and NFS4

    Posted Thu April 01, 2010 09:10 AM

    Originally posted by: usrb


    I created a workaround, create mksysb manually from client on NIM server with NFS4 and after successful mksysb, created a resource from that file. To bad NIM server doesn't handle it automatically.
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