#MOUNT AN ISO TO USB INSTALL#
How to restore or install from a USB device: Or, restore to custom disks with: # restvg -f /dev/usbms0 hdisk1 hdisk2 To restore, we can use the restvg command to restore the volume group: # restvg -f /dev/usbms0 ** Note virtual USB devices ("mstor") are not visible in firmware.īy using the savevg command, you can backup any volume group on to a USB drive that uses the same process as was shown in the mksysb option previously.Įxample: # savevg -i -f /dev/usbms0 nimvgĬreating information file for volume group nimvg.īacking up 7874 files.Ġ512-038 savevg: Backup Completed Successfully. How to backup or restore a user created volume group on to a USB drive by using savevg? 3Ġ512-038 mksysb: Backup Completed Successfully. # mksysb -i /dev/usbms0Ĭreating information file (/image.data) for rootvg.īosboot: Boot image is 38912 512 byte blocks.īacking up 65605 files. The mksysb command can natively create such structure on a USB drive without any special flags. How to create system backups on to a USB drive?
#MOUNT AN ISO TO USB SOFTWARE#
$ lsdev | grep usb usb0 Available USB System Software usbhc0 Available USB Host Controller (33103500) usbhc1 Available USB Host Controller (33103500) usbhc2 Available USB Enhanced Host Controller (3310e000) usbms0 Available USB Mass Storage Next, find the LPAR (vhost) you need to map to using the "lsmap -all" command.
#MOUNT AN ISO TO USB PATCH#
At some point we might be getting a FW patch to see virtualised USB devices, but there is no ETA on that mather. ** You can boot from the mstor device by setting the boot list to it, which requires an existing and running OS: # bootlist -m normal /dev/mstor0 AIX® firmware sees physical USB device only and is unable to recognize virtual USB (mstor) devices. ** Note "mstor" devices cannot be used to boot.