Specifying recovery media for client machines

Follow these steps to specify the bootable media needed to reinitialize or reinstall an operating system on a client machine and to associate machines with media. You can also associate non-executable media such as application user guides with client machines.

1. Define the bootable media. For example, define the media named TELLERWRKSTNIMAGE which is for AIX® Version 4.3, contains the required volumes named AIX001, AIX002, and AIX003, and is located in Building 21.

   define recoverymedia tellerwrkstnimage type=boot
     volumenames=aix001,aix002,aix003 product="AIX 4.3" 
     location="Building 21"

   You should define the recovery media after a client machine configuration changes. For example, after you have installed a new level of AIX on a client machine and created a bootable image using mksysb, issue the DEFINE RECOVERYMEDIA command to define the new mksysb volumes.

   To query your recovery media definitions, issue the QUERY RECOVERYMEDIA command with the FORMAT=DETAILED parameter.

2. Associate one or more machines with recovery media. Use the association information to identify the boot media to use in the replacement machines. For example, to associate machine MACH255 with recovery media TELLERWRKSTNIMAGE, issue the following command:

   define recmedmachassociation tellerwrkstnimage mach255

3. When the boot media is moved offsite, update its location. For example, to update the location of boot media TELLERWRKSTNIMAGE to the offsite location IRONVAULT, issue the following command:

   update recoverymedia tellerwrkstnimage location=ironvault

define recoverymedia aix51manuals type=other volumes=cd0001
  description="AIX 5.1 Bookshelf"