I have an AIX 5.2 LPAR that I need to backup\restore or clone or copy or whatever the correct terminology is, onto a different server and then upgrade that copy to AIX 6.1 for testing.  What is the best\easiest way to do that.

LPAR that needs to be copied is on a P550 with 3 other LPARS no VIO
Server it needs to get copied to is a P510 with 1 other LPAR and a single VIO

I do not currently have a NIM server but could set one up

Both are attached to an IBM DS4300 via fiber for storage, both have some local disk.

We do all our backups with TSM to LTO4 drives over the network.  I do my makesysb tapes with AIT3 drives and tapes hooked directly to the servers.

Downtime on this particular LPAR is fairly easy to get if necessary.

What are my options, best practices, easiest way to do what i want?

Thanks
Nate

when ftp'ing into the box and issuing the pwd command I get a 550 getwd subroutine failed message. I can run other commands in the home directory and cd to other directories and get output from pwd command. I have compared the permissions with another working system, but can find no differences. Anyone have any ideas on how to get round this problem.

It is a long time since I have had hardware that is not supported, or does not appear to be supported.

I had understood that it was with several devices, AND that these are "partitions" with all resources assigned to them.

Please run the following commands:

odmget -q name=cd0 CuDv

odmget -q name=cd0 CuAt

lsdev -C | grep cd0

and lastly, the output (error message) of cfgmgr and also of oslevel -s

Michael

I think I was misunderstood.
It is not the same device. I’m talking about a built in cdrom, which comes with any P5 computer. We have several P5 computers with the exact hardware specification and
None of them can use its built in cdrom (the device is not recognized under the OS – Aix 5.3 TL7sp1) although I created a partition that is using all the resources in the system.
Strange thing is that the OS was installed from the built in cdrom device.

Lior
 

Have you verified that the CD can be read by any system? I do not think it is a 100% check, as it is not booting, but can a PC read the CD?

Seems very strange that three systems cannot read the disk.

And, also, I would recommend verifying the firmware levels of the systems and the devices. The easiest way is to probably download the .iso image and burn that to a CD - except you cannot read the CD - chicken/egg problem. So, burn the CD and then ftp the files to an AIX system. There is also a README file to explain how you can run the commands and queries from a command line.

Quicklink via vgBookmarks vgBookmarks->Downloads->Maintenance Microcode update files on CD-ROM

p.s. There seems to be two .iso images. Probably you need the:
io_image.iso: Created May 07, 2008
I/O Microcode Update Files and Discovery Tool CD-ROM image

find / ! -size 0 > file
(Note this will also miss out any other 0 length files on the system, i.e. device files, named pipes, etc.)

find / -type f -o -type c -o -type b -o -type s -o -type p ! -size 0 > file

Hi.
I'm running a site with multiple RS6000 servers. ( 9119-590, 9117-570, & 9133-55A )
I am not using partitioning so basically I created 1 partition that is using all the resources the machine has to offer.
 
Any how,
Every server comes with a built in cdrom but mysteriously, It can not be recognized by the OS ( Aix 5.3 Tl07sp1 ).
This is strange though since all the servers were tested by booting from the diagnostic cd so the built in cdrom device is obviously connected and working just fine.

Any other devices ( DDS5 tape and an external SCSI cdrom that connected to a pci SCSI card )
are recognized by the OS and working just fine.

Any suggestions on how to use the built in cdrom ?

Thanks in advance,

Lior

Thanks Michael,
You were right.
Any how I created the lpp_source from a bootable Aix 5.3 Tl6 cd and then updated it to TL07.
The SPOT was created after the update.

Actually I made a mistake in my first post. I wrote that I'm having problem creating the lpp_source but obviously I meant creating the "SPOT" from the lpp_source.

Thanks again,

Lior

Maybe it can then - software is software. I just do not know how.

I really need it to be the lft session    I know that this can be done on a linux box so I was hoping that it would be posible on a AIX box as well.
anybody ?