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using mksysb to port p5 AIX 5.3 server to p7 AIX 5.3 server.

  • 1.  using mksysb to port p5 AIX 5.3 server to p7 AIX 5.3 server.

    Posted Mon June 28, 2010 10:20 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Can anybody shed light on the best way to migrate a p5 AIX 5.3 server to a p7 AIX 5.3 server? One thought was to make a mksysb backup with the right flags to ignore some hardware specific things, of the p5 and restore it to the p7. does anyone have any experience with this? Or maybe another way to make the new p7 look like the old p5 (i.e. came config files ike hosts and qconfig ect., same build, same setting)

    Thanks
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  • 2.  Re: using mksysb to port p5 AIX 5.3 server to p7 AIX 5.3 server.

    Posted Mon June 28, 2010 10:24 AM

    Originally posted by: tony.evans


    Patch the p5 server to the latest supported level.

    Back up the p5 using mksysb (don't worry about excluding stuff, you want everything).

    Build the p7 from the mksysb image, and make sure additional base install filesets are available (if you use NIM, allocate the mksysb, spot and a full LPP Resource based on the original install media for 5.3 at the level you patched the server to).

    AIX will drag required files (drivers, etc.) from the LPP source as the install goes ahead. This is controlled by the content of the bos_inst data file, but by default, it will do what you want.
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