I've attached a script that was supplied by another member of the list.
Unfortunately, I don't remember who it was so I can't give due credit.

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, 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 ???
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Smith [mailto:msmith AT TTANK DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 5:45 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Non rootvg VG's
>
>
> Fellow ADSM'ers
> I'm in the process of designing a disaster recovery plan for AIX.  We use
> ADSM to backup our files, and I'm looking for a solution on rebuilding our
> non-root
> volume groups.  I want just the volume group, logical volume, and filesystem
> information without the data.  I could probably script it (in time), or I
> thought someone
> out there probably already has a solution.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
>