1) The sysback bootable CD is only enough information for the system to boot, and run sysback. It creates a faster method of booting, while getting past the 12 megabyte boot limit on the tape. You would still need the sysback tape that contains your data. The bootable CD is equivalent to the first small section of the tape.
Here is how it works for us: Insert sysback bootable CD in CD drive, and sysback tape in tape drive. Boot system, and wait for "keyboard" on splash screen, press 5 (or F5 for crt's) to trigger default boot list. CD will boot the system and bring up the sysback menu. Select the first screen to change the installation device to tape. (Modify any volume information as needed). Install system using current settings. The bootable CD is very generic (two CD's for 27 systems). I created it from a system that has the base OS, all (and I do mean all) devices, and the sysback programs. The data from the tape is used to recreate your system. 2) I do not use those utilities, so I do not know the answer. Perhaps someone else can help there. 3) I did not find any CD-writer that could attach to the IBM systems. To create the disk: Select "Create a bootable CD/DVD" from the sysback utilities menu. Select the CD-ROM drive on the system. Make sure the media type is CD Set Create CD/DVD now to NO and press return. The result is a new filesystem containing an image file. I copied the image file to my PC, and renamed it to AIX52.image. I then used the software on my PC to convert the image onto the CD. Most CD writing software had "image" capabilities. I reviewed the resulting disk, and dropped it in my system for a quick test. 4) No need to share the CD as it is only a generic bootable media. One disk should cover your many systems (if done right). CD creation suggestions: You will need one CD for each level of OS that you are running in your company. AIX 4.3.3 requires the CD writer filesets (sysback will tell you if they are missing). Some versions of Sysback do not work well when creating disks. (5.4.1 and 5.6.1 are supposedly good levels). Sometimes Atape drivers are not loaded correctly on the CD, so you may have to remove Atape from the OS before creating the CD. (uninstall Atape, createCD, and install Atape.) Be sure the system you create the CD on has all device filesets installed (except maybe Atape), so the CD will work on a variety of system and hardware configurations. Jin Bae Chi <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: Sent by: "ADSM: Subject: Re: TSM AIX system backup Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU> 04/21/2004 01:18 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" I'm considering to buy sysback product soon. Here are some questions if you don't mind.. ― How would sysback make bootable CD if it doesn't fit into 1 CD? ― Can I make mksysb and savevg on 1 set of CD? so that I don't even need to use TSM restore? ― What kind of IBM product do you use as CD writer like external one? ― Can you share CD writer from NIM master for other nim client machine? Thanks, Gus >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/21/04 10:42AM >>> Just a quick clarification: sysback does not require nim. I create and use bootable tapes and CD's with sysback. They are the core of my DR processes. Justin Bleistein <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNGARD.COM> cc: Sent by: "ADSM: Subject: Re: TSM AIX system backup Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] DU> 04/21/2004 07:09 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" I don't believe TSM has support for mksys but it does have support for sysback which costs money, and it requires nim configuration as well. You could always backup your mksysb image to a disk flat file and backup that file to tsm, but the problem there is you use your system image. Unless you use it as the nim server and configure bootp to use that file. Just some ideas to play with. For system images though you'd need sysback I believe. thanks!. --Justin Richard Bleistein |---------+----------------------------> | | "Crawford, Lindy"| | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | P.CO.ZA> | | | Sent by: "ADSM: | | | Dist Stor | | | Manager" | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | .EDU> | | | | | | | | | 04/21/2004 09:58 | | | AM | | | Please respond to| | | "ADSM: Dist Stor | | | Manager" | | | | |---------+----------------------------> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: | | Subject: TSM AIX system backup | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Hi TSMers, Please could you assist me, how can we do a mksysb backup to tape.....???? My TSM server runs on Windows 2000 server advanced, TSM Server 5.1 We will be upgrading finally to TSM 5.2 ... Thanks in advance for your assistance. Lindy Crawford Information Technology Nedbank Corporate - Property and Asset Finance <<...OLE_Obj...>> Tel : 031 - 3642185 Fax : 031 - 3642946 Cell : 083 632 5982 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >