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Hardware requirements
SysBack supports the following hardware:
IBM eServer pSeries and RS/6000 systems, including RS/6000 SP
environments, and systems capable of the logical partitioning of AIX
eServer pSeries Cluster 1600 systems using the PSSP option
Software requirements
The following software is required to use SysBack:
AIX 5L V5.1, V5.2, or V5.3. Starting with Version 5.6.7.0, full functionality is
provided for AIX V5.3—you can back up and restore all AIX V5.3 data to tape,
TSM server, CD/DVD, or files on disk. This includes extended ACLS and
NFS4 extended attributes. See the readme file for more information.
If you will be using the Tivoli Storage Manager Integration feature, you will
also need:
– A previously configured Tivoli Storage Manager server that must be at
V5.2.0 or later
– The 32-bit Tivoli Storage Manager API client, which must be installed and
at V5.2.0 or later
– The Tivoli Storage Manager node name used for SysBack backups, which
must be registered on the Tivoli Storage Manager server and configured
to use the passwordaccess generate option
The bos.sysmgt.sysbr fileset.
Note: You should update your bos.sysmgt.sysbr fileset to 5.1.0.10.
Otherwise, when booting from tape, CD, or DVD and attempting to make
the root file systems (/, /usr, /var, / tmp) JFS2 type, you will receive the
error that files from /sbin/helpers/jfs2 are missing. For example:
/sbin/helpers/jfs2/mkfs or /sbin/helpers/jfs2/logform
This is because these files were not included in
/usr/lpp/bosinst/tape/tapefile1 until 5.1.0.10 of bos.sysmgt.sysbr and are
required for this scenario.
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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Implementation Guide
Note: This feature is not available in SysBack versions earlier than 5.6.
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