Diamond in the SAN I recently cloned an LPAR from a P6 to a less-busy P5 server via a mksysb backup . Unfortunately, after starting up the new LPAR I found that there was an essential directory missing because it had been excluded via the /etc/exclude.rootvg file (-e option on mksysb). Let's call the directory /diamond (its name has been changed to protect the guilty who didn't back it up). I considered my options but each of them had a drawback. Option 1: restore directory contents from TSM Obstacle: unfortunately, the directory had... [More]

Tags:  mount_point mksysb logical_volume lv importvg chfs volume_group chlv rootvg gentleman exclude.rootvg exportvg tsm aix manners file_system