How to deal with alt disk in aix?

How to deal with alt disk in aix?

Alt disk Actions Commands To create alt_disk alt_disk_copy -d <hdisk> To exclude directories during alt_disk alt_disk_copy -e /etc/exclude.rootvg -d <hdisk> To remove alt_disk  alt_disk_install -X  Another method to remove alt_disk alt_rootvg_op -X < cloned rootvg to destroy> To wake up alt_disk alt_rootvg_op -W -d < hdisk> To sleep alt_disk alt_rootvg_op -S -t <hdisk> To rename a alt vg alt_rootvg_op -v <new cloned rootvg name> -d <hdisk> To take alt copy of a mirrored rootvg to other two disks alt_disk_copy -d "hdisk2 hdisk3" To create the alternate mksysb system alt_disk_mksysb -m <mksysb path> -d <hdiskx> Alt_disk log file /var/adm/ras/alt_disk_inst.log Required filesets bos.alt_disk_install.boot_images bos.alt_disk_install.rte     bos.msg.en_US.alt_disk_install.rte

Difference between 5.3 and 6.1 and 7.1 in aix?

Difference between 5.3 and 6.1 and 7.1 in aix?

AIX 5L 5.3, August 13, 2004	AIX V6.1, November 9, 2007	AIX V7.1, September 10, 2010
NFS Version 4	Workload Partitions (WPARs)	Support for 256 cores / 1024 threads in a single LPAR
Advanced Accounting	Live Application Mobility	The ability to run AIX V5.2 or V5.3 inside of a Workload Partition
Virtual SCSI	Live Partition Mobility	An XML profile based system configuration management utility
Virtual Ethernet	Role Based Access Control RBAC	Support for export of Fibre Channel adapters to WPARs
Exploitation of SMT	Encrypting JFS2 filesystem	VIOS disk support in a WPAR
Micro-Partitioning enablement	Trusted AIX	Cluster Aware AIX
POWER5 exploitation	Trusted Execution	AIX Event infrastructure
JFS2 quotas	Concurrent Kernel Maintenance	Live update for Interim Fixes
Ability to shrink a JFS2 filesystem	Systems Director Console for AIX	Flash based filesystem caching
end of support April 30, 2012	End of support April, 2017	Yet to announced