Use these procedures to save and restore AIX® files
between an AIX logical
partition that uses i5/OS® resources
and a shared tape drive.
Ensure that your AIX data
is in the file server.
To save and restore AIX files
between a partition that uses i5/OS resources
and a shared tape drive, follow these steps:
- Type the following command: tar -c
-f /dev/rmt0 files Use the following descriptions
to help you understand the arguments of this command:
- tar is the command name (the contraction of "tape archive").
- -c is the command action to create. This argument specifies
that the tar command creates a new archive or overwrites
an old one (as opposed to restoring files from an archive or adding individual
files to an existing archive).
- -f /dev/rmt0 is the tape device and number. This argument
specifies that the command uses virtual tape 0 on the IBM® System i® server.
After the tar command runs, the tape device is closed
and the tape is rewound. To save more than one archive on the tape, you must
keep the tape from rewinding after each use, and you must position the tape
to the next file marker. To do this, specify the rmt0.1 (nonrewinding
virtual tape) device instead of rmt0.
- files are the names of the files and directories
that you plan to save.
You have now saved AIX data
from a partition that uses i5/OS resources to the shared tape drive.
- Type the following command: tar -x -f /dev/rmt0 files The -x (extract) argument replaces the -c (create)
argument in the tar command used in step x. You have now restored AIX data
from the shared tape drive to a partition that is sharing resources.
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