Re: AIX Bare Metal Recovery - A cautionary tale
2006-09-14 14:11:22
>> On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:27:43 +0200, Stef Coene <stef.coene AT DOCUM DOT ORG>
>> said:
>On Thursday 14 September 2006 06:22, Steven Harris wrote:
>> Lessons:
>>
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> And number 5. learn how to use nim. What you could have done is
> making the SAP machine a nim master and restore the QA over the
> network. I once recovered a machine by booting it over the network
> with nim with the nim server located on an other site, connected
> with a vpn ;)
I second that; re-install should be easier than restore, and it's easy
to make it so with NIM. As a consultant, it's a big enhancement to
your gee-whiz factor to show up with a NIM server and get stuff
installed in 1/4 the time it takes to spin the original CDs.
- Allen S. Rout
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