Unix OS AIX Backup command

Backup AIX 
-System backup = rootvg 
-Volume group backup = vg(data) 
-File system Backup = /mount point 
-File & directory backup 
Backup rootvg 
edit file /image.data /bosinst.data 
mksysb image= kernel + /image.data,/bosinstdata + dummy toc + rootvg 
smit sysbackup –or– smit mksysb 
mksysb 

Restore rootvg 
70 Gb –> shrinkfile opton 36 Gb 
allocate used allocate used 
/ 10 G 1G /1G /1Gb 
Restoring a mksysb 
boot cd –> 3 start maintenance mode –>4 install from a system backup –> choose device–>2 change/show –>choose disk,shrink 
Backup vg 
smit savevg 

Restoring vg 
smit restvg 

backup by file name (backup) !!relative vs full path is not same 
find . |backup -iqvf /dev/rmt0 
–or– 
smit backfile 

backup file system by inode 
levels 0 =full,1 increment 0 ,2 increment 1(Not 0) 
-u updataes file /etc/dumpdates 
backup -u -1 -f /dev/rmt0 /home 
–or– 
smit backupfilesys 
Restore backup file system 
List files on media(verify the backup) 
restore -Tvf /dev/rmt0 
Restore individual 
restore -xvf /dev/rmt0 /home/test 
Restore complete file system(if incremental use 0 then restore 1,2,3…) 
restore -rqvf /dev/rmt0 
Restore attributes withow restoring file content 
restore -Pa -vf /dev/rmt0 ./etc/passwd 

— or — 
smit restfile 

control tape 
tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewind 
tctl -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 3 
tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewoffl (rew and ejects) 
tctl -f /dev/rmt0 offline (eject)

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