Air Cleaner User Manual

Chapter 5. Backups to CD or DVD

You may create a full system (installation image) backup to a CD or DVD. Other

SysBack backup types may not be performed to CD or DVD. The

/usr/sbin/mksbcd command, or its respective SMIT menu, is used to initiate a full

system backups to CD or DVD.

Requirements

SysBack’s CD and DVD backup feature has additional hardware and software

requirements beyond the base product requirements. They are:

Software

v SysBack requires AIX (BOS) Version 4.3.0 or higher including AIX 5.1 and 5.2.

v See other optional AIX fileset requirements for use with certain SysBack features

not related to CD or DVD support in Chapter 1, “Installation”, on page 1-1.

v CD Support requires AIX 4.3.0 or higher.

v DVD Support requires AIX 4.3.3 or higher AND bos.sysmgt.sysbr must be

4.3.3.50 or higher. IY15536 will bring bos.sysmgt.sysbr to fix level 50.

v GNU software tools mkisofs and readcd which are included in the GNU

cdrecord and cdrtools packages.

These tools may be obtained from the AIX for Linux Toolbox CD, download them

from http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html

or download them from the internet website of your choice. IBM and Tivoli does

not support these code packages.

Hardware

SysBack supports IBM’s RS/6000 and ER s e r v e r pSeries servers. The following CD

and DVD devices have been tested as of the date of this README. Other devices

may also work with SysBack, but only these devices are officially supported. Use

of other devices is at your own discretion as there is no guarantee of support for

other devices. Your choice of device must not require vendor specific software for

writing and reading. Although the AIX /usr/sbin/mkcd command supports the use

of GNU Utilities, or a separately purchasable software from Jodian, SysBack ONLY

supports the use of the GNU Utilities for reading and writing to the devices.

Essentially, if AIX supports the device with the use of GNU utilities, then SysBack

will also support the use of the device with GNU Utilities. If AIX requires a certain

level of the GNU Utilities, then SysBack will require that same level. At the time of

this list, the following devices were all tested by either AIX or SysBack

development and are formally supported. Below is the list of devices formally

supported with SysBack (although other devices may also work):

v IBM 7210 Model 025 DVD-RAM Drive

v Other DVD - RAM Devices as supported by AIX

v Other DVD-R Devices as supported by AIX

v Other CD-R Devices as supported by AIX

v Other CD-RW supported by AIX