On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Shekhar Dhotre wrote:

> Storing   mksyb on s solaris is ok, but whats the use?
> i mean how we can use it to reintsall the crasghed AIX srver. it should be on
> tape , i dont know i am wrong or  right?

If my AIX TSM server dies, I can restore it's latest mksysb image from the
Solaris server to the AIX/NIM master, boot the AIX TSM machine from the
NIM master, and restore the mksysb.

> second thing Does Ufsdump for sun is like mksysb , is it bootable?

No.

> and  how to   configure new tape drive to sun box , like we do  " cfgmgr  "
> in AIX.

boot -r

Steve Roder, University at Buffalo
VM Systems Programmer
UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX)
ADSM Administrator
(tkssteve AT buffalo DOT edu | (716)645-3564 | 
http://ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu/~tkssteve)