View mksysb content & restore individual files
To view information about a mksysb backup file use:
To get the LPP info from the mksysb use:
Display info about VG backup
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# lsmksysb -lf P2_1202_TL7.mk
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| Mksyb file
Device:(file,tape,cdrom)
VOLUME GROUP: rootvg
BACKUP DATE/TIME: Tue Feb 21 18:08:29 GMT+01:00 2012
UNAME INFO: AIX power2s 1 6 00C4489D4C00
BACKUP OSLEVEL: 6.1.7.0
MAINTENANCE LEVEL: 6100-07
BACKUP SIZE (MB): 41216
SHRINK SIZE (MB): 8421
VG DATA ONLY: no
rootvg:
LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT
hd6 paging 16 32 2 open/syncd N/A
hd5 boot 1 2 2 closed/syncd N/A
hd8 jfs2log 1 2 2 open/syncd N/A
hd3 jfs2 4 8 2 open/syncd /tmp
hd1 jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /home
hd11admin jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /admin
livedump jfs2 2 4 2 open/syncd /var/adm/ras/livedump
fslv00 jfs2 72 144 2 open/syncd /usr/sys/inst.images
hd4 jfs2 22 44 2 open/syncd /
hd2 jfs2 34 68 2 open/syncd /usr
hd9var jfs2 2 4 2 open/syncd /var
hd10opt jfs2 5 10 2 open/syncd /opt
To get the LPP info from the mksysb use:
Display LPP info
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# lsmksysb -Lf P2_1202_TL7.mk
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Mksysb file
Fileset Level State Type Description (Uninstaller)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ICU4C.rte 6.1.7.0 C F International Components for
Unicode
Java5.sdk 5.0.0.430 C F Java SDK 32-bit
Java5_64.sdk 5.0.0.430 C F Java SDK 64-bit
Java6.sdk 6.0.0.280 A F Java SDK 32-bit
Tivoli_Management_Agent.client.rte
3.7.1.0 C F Management Framework Endpoint
Runtime"
X11.adt.bitmaps 6.1.0.0 C F AIXwindows Application
Development Toolkit Bitmap
Files
X11.adt.imake 6.1.6.0 C F AIXwindows Application
Development Toolkit imake
.....
For the list of files contained in the mksysb
# lsmksysb -f P2_1202_TL7.mk
6666 ./bosinst.data
11 ./tmp/vgdata/rootvg/image.info
11861 ./image.data
187869 ./tmp/vgdata/rootvg/backup.data
0 ./opt
0 ./opt/IBM
0 ./opt/IBM/perfpmr
2249 ./opt/IBM/perfpmr/Install
2616 ./opt/IBM/perfpmr/PROBLEM.INFO
9818 ./opt/IBM/perfpmr/README
26741 ./opt/IBM/perfpmr/config.sh
A specific file from the mksysb backup can be restored using the
restorevgfiles command. In the following example the file will be
restored to the current directory (/tmp/restore). Using the -d flag a
alternative restore location can be specified. Path to the mksysb image file
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(/tmp/restore) # restorevgfiles -f /export2/P2_1202_TL7.mk ./root/j1
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The file to be extracted from the mksysb image.
New volume on /export2/P2_1202_TL7.mk:
Cluster size is 51200 bytes (100 blocks).
The volume number is 1.
The backup date is: Tue Feb 21 18:09:12 GMT+01:00 2012
Files are backed up by name.
The user is root.
x 6 ./root/j1
The total size is 6 bytes.
The number of restored files is 1.
==================================================================
(/tmp/restore) # ls -la */*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 6 Feb 17 11:16 root/j1
