You can back up the Virtual I/O Server base code,
applied fix packs, custom device drivers to support disk subsystems,
and some user-defined metadata to tape.
About this task
To back up the Virtual I/O Server to tape, follow
these steps:
Procedure
- Assign a tape drive to the Virtual I/O Server.
- Get the device name by typing the following command:
lsdev -type tape
If the tape device
is in the
Defined state, type the following command,
where
dev is the name of your tape device:
cfgdev -dev dev
- Type the following command, where tape_device is
the name of the tape device you want to back up to:
backupios -tape tape_device
This command creates a bootable tape that you can use
to restore the Virtual I/O Server.
- If you plan to restore the Virtual I/O Server to a different
system from which it was backed up, you need to back up the user-defined
virtual devices.