Topic: mksysb

• Backing up and cloning AIX: mksysb, savevg, and low-risk upgrades with alt_disk_copy

  mksysb creates a bootable backup of rootvg (savevg backs up a non-root volume group, not bootable, restored with restvg); lsmksysb reads back what a mksysb image contains without restoring it. alt_disk_copy and alt_disk_mksysb clone or update rootvg onto a spare disk so a bootlist change, not a restore, is the fallback if the new level misbehaves.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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