Restoring the Virtual I/O Server by using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
You can use the IBM® Tivoli Storage Manager to restore the mksysb image of the Virtual I/O Server.
About this task
You can restore the Virtual I/O Server to the system from which it was backed up, or to a new or different system (for example, in the event of a system failure or disaster). The following procedure applies to restoring the Virtual I/O Server to the system from which it was backed up. First, you restore the mksysb image to the Virtual I/O Server by using the dsmc command on the Tivoli Storage Manager client. But restoring the mksysb image does not restore the Virtual I/O Server. You then need to transfer the mksysb image to another system and convert the mksysb image to an installable format.
To restore the Virtual I/O Server to a new or different system, use one of the following procedures:
- Restoring the Virtual I/O Server from tape
- Restoring the Virtual I/O Server from one or more DVDs
- Restoring the Virtual I/O Server from the HMC by using a nim_resources.tar file
- Restoring the Virtual I/O Server from a NIM server by using an mksysb file
- Ensure that the system to which you plan to transfer the mksysb image is running AIX®.
- Ensure that the system running AIX has a DVD-RW or CD-RW drive.
- Ensure that AIX has the cdrecord and mkisofs RPMs downloaded and installed. To download and install the RPMs, see the AIX Toolbox for Linux® Applications website.
dsmc
on
the Virtual I/O Server command
line.To restore the Virtual I/O Server by using Tivoli Storage Manager, complete the following tasks: