I remember reading that the mksysb from MCA to PCI machine will work,
however you must have the AIX cdrom in the drive during the restore so it
can grab some of the PCI lpp's that are necessary.  I've never done it
before, so YMMV.

-Ray
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Systems Administrator               Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist              AIX Administration, AIX Support
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Miles Purdy wrote:

> Jie,
>
> I really doubt that an MCA mksysb will restore properly on PCI
> machine. Also, it shouldn't matter to an application whether the OS
> kernel is 32- or 64-bit.
>
> Miles
>
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> Miles Purdy
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> Winnipeg, MB, CA
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> >>> JWu AT NCTR.FDA DOT GOV 18-Jan-01 8:42:26 AM >>>
>         We will get a new F80 server to replace our old MCA TSM server. The
> F80 has 64-bit architecture and we would like to have a 64-bit kernel for
> better performance. I am thinking (1) if cloning the MCA server to the F80
> will work, (2) if we later enable 64-bit kernal, will it cause trouble on
> TSM?
>
>         If anybody has done similar cloning using 'mksysb' or 'sysback',
> could you share your experience? Thanks.
>
>
>         Jie
>