I'm moving an application from an old RS6000 running 4.3.2 to a p5 running 5.3.
Could someone point me a the direction on docs to perform such a function? Critical OS files, moving of printers and print queues especially.
thanks
well mksysb your AIX 4.3 Installation
boot RS6000 from CD/NIM with AIX 5.3 Installation Image - choose update existing installation
takes a while, then reboot - install the latest fixes/TL
take another mksysb of your new AIX 5.3 installation
and thats the point - copy it to your nim server, configure it as a nim resource and install the new lpar with this nim package
all operating system data from rootvg is installed on the new hardware
you have to make sure you have all driver lpps for the power 5 hardware installed, which is default
I did this many times, was no problem in our case
is this an option for you, or don't you have a nim server?
got other vgs then rootvg? external san storage?
There is no such list to my knowledge, but this is a good reason to compile one. Maybe others will contribute here too:
- Users
/etc/passwd
/etc/security/*
- User groups
/etc/groups
- Filesystems
/etc/filesystems
- Printer devices
/etc/qconfig
- Print queues
/etc/qconfig
- Firewall rules
consult your firewal/network security team
- Applications
application-dependant
- HACMP?
[list] - Resource groups
- Start/Stop-scripts
- Networks
[/list]
Just off the top of my head, there are surely some points to add.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
lets extend this to network, and network daemons, os startup, login
good idea bakunin btw.
- Users
/etc/passwd
/etc/security/*
- User groups
/etc/groups
- login
/etc/environment
/etc/profile
$HOME/.profile
$HOME/.kshrc
in case of Bash:
$HOME/bash_rc
$HOME/.bash_profile
- Filesystems
/etc/filesystems
- Printer devices
/etc/qconfig
- Print queues
/etc/qconfig
- Firewall rules
consult your firewal/network security team
- Applications
application-dependant
- Network
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/services
/etc/hosts
/etc/netsvc.conf
- OS Daemons
/etc/inetd.conf
/etc/ntp.conf
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf
/etc/exports
/var/spool/cron/crontabs/
- Startup
/etc/inittab
rc files, /etc/rc*
- HACMP?
[list] - Resource groups
- Start/Stop-scripts
- Networks
[/list]
thank you both for replies....funksen..I would like to look into the mksysb solution a little bit futher...concerning your questions, No I don't have a NIM server and yes the only volume group on the 4.3.2 server is rootvg.
it's easy to set up, if you just need it for bos/mksysb restore
read this:
nim is part of the base operating system, so you don't need to buy extra software
you can use an existing system to be a nim server as second role, doesn't take much resources
take a look at pdf point 5.4, Cloning NIM clients using mksysb