Topics: AIX, Backup & restore

NFS mksysb script

Here's a script you can use to run mksysb backups of your clients to a NFS server. It is generally a good idea to set up a NIM server and also use this NIM server as a NFS server. All your clients should then be configured to create their mksysb backups to the NIM/NFS server, using the script that you can download here: nimbck.ksh.

By doing this, the latest mksysb images are available on the NIM server. This way, you can configure a mksysb resource on the NIM server (use: smitty nim_mkres) pointing to the mksysb image of a server, for easy recovery.



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