Some Interesting Facts About mksysb
While I was writing about mksysb notes from IBM manuals, I came to know of some interesting facts about mksysb command in the man pages. Not everyone is interested in navigating through man pages or...
View ArticleHow To Use mksysb Command
Here I am going to discuss what you can do with the mksysb command. But before proceeding further let’s have a look on important command line options. Consult mksysb man page from IBM for more...
View ArticleRestoring Files From Aix mksysb Backup
You may be aware that the mksysb command creates the bootable image of all the mounted files systems on rootvg, at the time of creation of mksysb image. Here I am going to discuss how to restore data...
View ArticleSolving Incorrect Block Size Problem In Backup Tapes
Its common phenomena to take Unix tape backups on one system and restore on another. Moving tapes to another site for safety sake is also called offsite backup. The problem often occurs while restoring...
View ArticleThe dd Command FAQs
Whosoever has worked in Unix environment must be aware of dd command. The specialty of dd command lies in fact that it can copy a file, convert character mapping of files and do various other...
View ArticleWhat is mksysb And What Are Its Components
mksysb is a command to create backup of rootvg on AIX systems. It creates bootable image of all the filesystems mounted at the time of taking mksysb backup. And backup created ...
View ArticleAll You Wanted To Know About AIX Tape Device Backups-I
The tape devices in AIX are designated as rmt devices. The rmt are specifically used for backups. During the study of AIX tape backups, lots of confusion arises in the terminology. Before discussing in...
View ArticleAll You Wanted To Know About AIX Tape Device Backups-II
Welcome to the second article of the series about rmt devices in AIX. In first article I discussed about the common but confusing terminology used for tape devices. I hope you found the article All You...
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