Re: Cloning paging space question

From: Ken_Sedlacek@KYRUS.COM
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 08:53:28 EST

Thanks Simon.

I finally found another IBM RS/6000 tech doc that defines this whole
process as you suggested.

I have tried the restore after modifying the image.data and bosinst.data
files and putting them onto a floppy while using the mksysb tape.

Works like a charm!

I need to adjust my paging space to 2 LVs as you suggested.

Thanks again!!!

Ken Sedlacek
AIX/TSM/UNIX Administrator
ksedlacek@kyrus.com

IBM Certified Specialist: RS/6000 AIX v4.3 Support
IBM Certified Specialist: RS/6000 SP & PSSP 3
Tivoli Certified Consultant - Tivoli Storage Manager v4.1

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What you need to do is run mkszfile first. You can then edit this to
reduce
the size of the paging spaces in the "lv_data:" stanzas. Finally, run
mksysb *without* the "-i" flag.

If you have several paging spaces, then you could remove one entirely, but
I
think I'd prefer to reduce its size so that you don't have to change
/etc/swapspaces.

Another option you might consider if space is a problem is to change the
"loggical_volume_policy:" stanza to "SHRINK= yes". This won't affect
paging
spaces but will reduce the sizes of the rootvg filesystems. Obviously this
may be a nuisance later, so you'll probably have to add more space to /tmp
and /var at least after the restore.

Simon Green
Philip Morris ITSC Europe

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken_Sedlacek@KYRUS.COM [mailto:Ken_Sedlacek@KYRUS.COM]
> Sent: 18 November 2002 19:49
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Cloning paging space question
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>
<SNIP>
> So my question is:
> How does one change the paging space configuration when
> trying to clone
> from a mksysb tape where you know the paging space won't fit
> on the clone
> server?

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