t 14:45 03.12.96 -0500, you wrote:

>Hello everyone.  I need to backup an AIX system that does not have any
tape

>devices.

>Provided that ADSM is backing up the system via the network, will I be
able

>to fully restore this

>system in the event of a disaster by performing an AIX installation and
then

>an ADSM restore?

>(It's hard to do mksysb's without a tape drive).  Sounds like it could
make

>sense, but I'm

>leary.  Thanks.


For AIX 3.2.5: sysback (IBM-product) will do this job for you.

For AIX 4.1.*: You can use mksysb to create a diskimage or nettape
(IBM-product to share tapedrives over the network).


++hp





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University Of Economics And Business Administration Vienna, Austria

AIX, AFS and ADSM Administrator

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