Storix Software SBAdmin AIX System Recovery Guide - Manual (Page 8)

must be at the start of the tape. If you have system backups on a tape (or disk) that are not themselves
bootable, you can create a separate bootable tape to boot the system, and then select a different
installation media.
To create a bootable tape, select Utilities !Create System Installation Boot Media!Tape Boot Media.
This option allows you to create the tape from any client, but write to a tape drive on a different server. The
selected client (or the local system if not a Network Administrator) will be queried, and the AIX install level
and Platform type will be displayed in the appropriate fields. You may change the Platform type if you
want to create the image so it will boot on a different platform than the client. The AIX install level is for
information only and cannot be changed.
If using a Network Administrator, select the Tape Server name. Then select the Tape Drive Name.
To boot from the tape, you must have the tape in the drive, and select to boot from the tape device within
the system firmware (OpenFirmware on IBM System p and System i hardware). After booting from a
bootable system backup, the tape will be the default install device, and you can continue the system
installation from the same tape without a need to select any other options.
Hard Disk
Hard Disk option does not appear when you are using TSM Edition .
If you configured a disk for System Backups (see SBAdmin User Guide ), then this disk (or disks) can
also be made bootable to boot directly to the system recovery process. This allows you to perform your
system backups to a local (or SAN-attached/portable) disk, then boot and reinstall the system from that
same disk with no need for other backup media.
Using this option will not change how the system boots by default. After configuring
a disk to boot to the SBAdmin System Install process, you must select to boot from
that disk from within your system firmware boot menus.
To create a bootable disk, select
Utilities !Create System Installation Boot Media!Hard Disk Boot Media .
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