At 21:19 28.07.99 -0400, Bronson, David wrote:
>Doesn't mksysb cover all this ??? I believe the mksysb not only backs up
>rootvg
>,but also the odm and sdr. Why would you want to restore the system w/o ant
>data ???

Try the "snap" command that was introduced with AIX 4.2.1.
It will gather your system configuration information, store
it in a temporary directory and compress it into a
tar file that can be backed up.

Regards,

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