We do this also.  The mksysb backups are done via nfs to a NIM server,
which can be used to quickly re-install the mksysb backup image over the
network.  The mksysb backups are archived from the NIM server (except for
the mksysb of the ADSM server itself).

Works nicely, but only for AIX.

..Paul

At 05:25 PM 1/26/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>At the moment we are taking separate mksysb's of our unix clients and
backing up
> everything alse we need via ADSM.
>
>For a bare metal restore we bring back the mksysb, then restore using the
ADSM
> client.
>
>Matthew Warren.
>
>>>> Pat Wilson <paw AT NORTHSTAR.DARTMOUTH DOT EDU> 01/26 2:51 pm >>>
>Hmm.  It's been my naive understanding all this time that if
>I slapped an OS and the ADSM client on a unix box, I could
>restore the whole thing - now it looks like that's not the
>case (or at least it's not that simple).  ADSM won't restore
>over open files, apparently (not that I really blame it), among
>other things.
>
>So - how _is_ everyone providing DRM on Unix machines?  The straightforward
>approach would be to dump / and /usr locally, but I'm trying to get
>_away_ from having to do local dumps and having local tape drives - that's
>the whole point of investing in ADSM.  This is a heterogenous shop, so
>one vendor's solution (NIM and mksysb for AIX, for example) isn't going to
>work for everything...
>
>Thanks.
>
>Pat Wilson
>paw AT dartmouth DOT edu
>
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