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mksysb doesn't restore my tcpip settings or my imported volume groups.
Does anyone know why this happens?  I'm assuming the mksysb should
restore the tcpip settings.

Also, does a volume group need to be varied on for mksysb to realize
it should be part of the restore image?

Quote:> mksysb doesn't restore my tcpip settings or my imported volume groups.
> Does anyone know why this happens?  I'm assuming the mksysb should
> restore the tcpip settings.

It will restore your settings provided you restore the mksysb to a machine
that is a reasonable facsimile of the source AND if you stored the settings
in the ODM (which means you did the IP config with smit and not ifconfig).

Quote:> Also, does a volume group need to be varied on for mksysb to realize
> it should be part of the restore image?

mksysb only backs up rootvg. See the savevg command for non-rootvg volume
groups...

Well, I'm positive that the tcpip setting were added with SMIT, and
I'm restoring to the same machine I backed up, and it still didn't
work.  Twice I've tried it, and twice everyone has told me that I
'should' have worked.
any other thoughts.  

Quote:

> > Also, does a volume group need to be varied on for mksysb to realize
> > it should be part of the restore image?

> mksysb only backs up rootvg. See the savevg command for non-rootvg volume
> groups...

Right, I should have been more detailed.  What I meant to ask was once
my system has been restored it has no knowledge of any imported VG's.
I don't need the other VG's restored, but I was expecting to see them
with a lsvg command.  The other VG's are imported from a SSA drawer,
but everytime i restore the mksysb, i have to re-import them.  is this
normal?

Hi Jessho

Quote:> > > mksysb doesn't restore my tcpip settings or my imported volume groups.
> > > Does anyone know why this happens?  I'm assuming the mksysb should
> > > restore the tcpip settings.

> > It will restore your settings provided you restore the mksysb to a
machine
> > that is a reasonable facsimile of the source AND if you stored the
settings
> > in the ODM (which means you did the IP config with smit and not
ifconfig).

> Well, I'm positive that the tcpip setting were added with SMIT, and
> I'm restoring to the same machine I backed up, and it still didn't
> work.  Twice I've tried it, and twice everyone has told me that I
> 'should' have worked.
> any other thoughts.

It should restore the settings.
Please check with "netstat -nr , lsattr -El inet0 , lsattr -El ent0 ,
lsattr -El en0 " what is really missing.
( commands from memory , smitty is always a friend )

Quote:

> > > Also, does a volume group need to be varied on for mksysb to realize
> > > it should be part of the restore image?

> > mksysb only backs up rootvg. See the savevg command for non-rootvg
volume
> > groups...
> Right, I should have been more detailed.  What I meant to ask was once
> my system has been restored it has no knowledge of any imported VG's.
> I don't need the other VG's restored, but I was expecting to see them
> with a lsvg command.  The other VG's are imported from a SSA drawer,
> but everytime i restore the mksysb, i have to re-import them.  is this
> normal?

Yes it is. You can add a custom script to your mksysb which does import the
remaining vg's
See bosint.data ( hopefully correct ) for more details

Hajo

BTW:
mksysb does only backup MOUNTED filesystems from the ROOTVG.

If your mksysb was done before the groups were created, it wouldn't know
about it.  Also I've seen this problem before so the importvg is a quick
solution.
norm

| > > mksysb doesn't restore my tcpip settings or my imported volume groups.
| > > Does anyone know why this happens?  I'm assuming the mksysb should
| > > restore the tcpip settings.
| >
| > It will restore your settings provided you restore the mksysb to a machine
| > that is a reasonable facsimile of the source AND if you stored the settings
| > in the ODM (which means you did the IP config with smit and not ifconfig).
| >
| Well, I'm positive that the tcpip setting were added with SMIT, and
| I'm restoring to the same machine I backed up, and it still didn't
| work.  Twice I've tried it, and twice everyone has told me that I
| 'should' have worked.
| any other thoughts.
| >
| > > Also, does a volume group need to be varied on for mksysb to realize
| > > it should be part of the restore image?
| >
| > mksysb only backs up rootvg. See the savevg command for non-rootvg volume
| > groups...
| Right, I should have been more detailed.  What I meant to ask was once
| my system has been restored it has no knowledge of any imported VG's.
| I don't need the other VG's restored, but I was expecting to see them
| with a lsvg command.  The other VG's are imported from a SSA drawer,
| but everytime i restore the mksysb, i have to re-import them.  is this
| normal?

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