Previewing information about a volume group backup
The preview option allows you to view volume group information, the date and time the backup was made, and the level of AIX®.
You can use the lsmksysb command or the lssavevg command
with the -l option to preview a backup image. For
example, to preview a system backup file called /tmp/mybackup,
type the following:
# lsmksysb -l -f /tmp/mybackupOutput similar to the following displays:
VOLUME GROUP: rootvg
BACKUP DATE/TIME: Mon Jul 29 22:03:27 CDT 2010
UNAME INFO: AIX va08 2 5 000974AF4C00
BACKUP OSLEVEL: 7.1.0.0
none
MAINTENANCE LEVEL: none
BACKUP SIZE (MB): 1408
SHRINK SIZE (MB): 1242
rootvg:
LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT
hd5 boot 1 1 1 closed/syncd N/A
hd6 paging 16 16 1 open/syncd N/A
hd8 jfs2log 1 1 1 open/syncd N/A
hd4 jfs2 1 1 1 open/syncd /
hd2 jfs2 21 21 1 open/syncd /usr
hd9var jfs2 1 1 1 open/syncd /var
hd3 jfs2 1 1 1 open/syncd /tmp
hd1 jfs2 1 1 1 open/syncd /home
hd10opt jfs2 1 1 1 open/syncd /opt
fslv00 jfs2 31 31 1 open/syncd /export/nim
fslv01 jfs2 1 1 1 open/syncd /tftpboot To preview a backup image in the SMIT, use the lsbackupinfo fast path.