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Re: TSM Server Recovery (AIX)

2005-09-20 15:24:07
Subject: Re: TSM Server Recovery (AIX)
From: Lee Miller <lwmiller AT US.IBM DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:09:09 -0500
You can use the command mksbcd  with the software TSM for System Backup and
Recovery "aka SysBack" which will allow the user
to create a full system bootable and installable system backup to CD/DVD
devices using a ISO9660 (CD/DVD) or UDF (DVD) format.
You can also include additional filesets (device drivers) which could be
installed  at the system restore.  Once again you would not
need to reinstall your TSM server code, it would be included in this system
backup.   The command used is called mksbcd which is similar to the
AIX version called mkcd.  The TSM version contains more functionality and
is more flexible than the AIX version.


Lee Miller
Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery Development
Phone: (469)-549-8107 tie line 8/482-8107
Coppell, Texas


                                                                       
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Here's the process we use:

1) Boot from CD, whatever version you've got (if you have a software
support contract, you can order a media refresh for the current version)

2) Enter maintenance mode from the boot and restore the system from tape
             This will restore your mksysb, adding additional hardware
drivers as needed from the boot CD

3) Insert your maintenance CD after the restore completes and update all
to current level -- this will update any drivers pulled from the CD in
step two to your current maintenance level

4) If a bosboot update occurred in step three, reboot.

There's no need to install AIX, update, and then install TSM

Once you go to AIX 5.3 you'll have the option to install all device
drivers to your system image, so you can boot/install from a dvd backup
and not need to grab new drivers from the install CD.

Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Todd Lundstedt
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 12:48 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: TSM Server Recovery (AIX)

This is more along the lines of AIX server recovery, but it plays into
TSM, too.
Without using addtional software, just AIX, how does one create a boot
CD that contains all the necessary info to restore a server using a
mksysb tape?

I understand the process for recovering an AIX server from a mksysb tape
backup to different hardware would be to boot the server from a CD of
the same OS-ML as the mksysb backup.  My TSM server is running on AIX
5200-03.  The install media I have is 5200-01.  How do I create a boot
CD image (ISO, so I can burn the ISO image using a PC CD-W) that
contains the 5200-03 files so I can recover the TSM server?

My current working documentation requires an install of 5200-01, patch
to -03, and install TSM and then restore the DB.  That works OK, but
takes additional time, and still won't get back everything I need to
allow some other node restores to start.  I will still have to rebuild
some things from scratch.

Thanks in advance.
Todd


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