On 6 Mar 2001, at 7:55, Gill, Geoffrey L. wrote:
>
> 3. I noticed the post recently that talks about putting backupsets on CD. I
> have never heard of a cd-writer/rewriter on an AIX box, which doesn't mean
> it's not possible. I'm wondering if anyone has a solution for creating
> backupsets on an environment similar to mine, or any other for that matter,
> that can create backupsets on cd's.
I've been looking into creating mksysb's onto cdrom. IBM added the
mkcd cmd to AIX. This command will front the cd creation pricess, but
doesn't actually format the image or burn the image, you need other
sftw to do that. Here is some comments from the
/usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/mkcd.README.txt file . . . .
>You'll need a recordable CD drive (CD-R or CD-RW) and the software >
>that will create a CDROM file system and "burn" the CD.
>There are many CD-R (CD Recordable) and CD-RW (CD ReWritable) drives
>available. We tested with four of the external drives. We figured
>most customers would use external drives because they already have
>an internal CD drive in their box.
> * Yamaha CRW4416SX - CD-RW (rewritable)
> * RICOH MP6201S - CD-R (recordable)
> * Panasonic 7502-B - CD-R
> * Young Minds CD Studio - CD-R
>We tested 3 different types of software.
> * Jodian Systems and Software CDWRITE[tm] CD-ROM Premastering
> Package
> * GNU mkisofs and cdrecord - available from The CD building
> project for
> UNIX or The BULL website: click on "download", then click on
> "AIX 4.3.2 and later", and get cdrecord-1.80.23.exe
> * Young Minds makedisc premastering software
>Jodian and Young Minds are purchasable and supported products.
>Please see their websites for details. The GNU commands are
>available for free. Both Jodian and Youngminds use their own device
>drivers for the CD-R. The GNU cdrecord command uses the system CD
>device driver.
The Young Minds is a package deal of cdburner and sftw. Costs $3500.
Their cdburner emulates a Exabyte 8200 tape drive.
The Jodian Systems package included a Yamaha 8824 cd burner with sftw
for $1300.
I've heard that there is one other company that makes a this kind of
sftw for AIX. Not sure who.
Not wanting to spend any money, I've been asking around work here for
a cdburner I could borrow and try with the GNU sftw. Unfortunely,
no one around here has one. I was going to purchase one of the models
IBM tested with, but they seem to be older models that aren't for
sale any more.
If anyone is using a cd burner that works with the GNU sftw, I'd love
to here what model it is.
btw: the mkcd cmd will allow you to burn an existing mksysb disk
file to cd. The cd can be bootable, or, you can boot with AIX
release cd's. I'm trying to find out if I can have systems do a
mksysb to disk, send them to a common systems for storage, and burn a
cd if I need to use one. ie: trying to use mksysb's on disk without
nim, or spending the money for BMR.
Rick
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