Wednesday, August 5, 2015

How to restore mksysb image from tape drive in aix?

How to restore mksysb image from tape drive in aix?


    1. Make sure that tape drive is attached to the machine
    2. Boot the server in to the SMS mode.
    3. Select multibootàbootsequence àset boolist to tape drive and exit
    4. Then server starts booting from tape, press F1 & enter  to configure console
    5. Press 1 and enter to  select English as language during install.
    6. Select  “starts maintenance mode for system recovery”
    7. Select “install from the system backup”
    8. Provide the options such as disk, where it need  to be restored
    9. Then it will starts restoring data from tape to disk


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