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Creating Recovery Image

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Veeam Agent for IBM AIX lets you create a recovery image — an image of the IBM AIX OS that provides an alternative way to boot your machine. In case a disaster strikes, you can boot your machine from the recovery image. After booting, you can restore data from a backup created with Veeam Agent for IBM AIX to your machine.

To create a recovery image, use a command with the following syntax:

mkdrcd --output <file.iso> [--tmp <directory>] [-v] [--static <ipaddress:path>] [--startup <file.sh>] [--binary <binary>] [--library <library>] [--package <package>] [--binarypath <path/to/binary>] [--libpath <path/to/library>] [--logfile <logfile.log>]

Creating Recovery Image Tip:

To view a description of the mkdrcd command and its options, you can also view the manual page for the mkdrcd utility. To view the manual page, use the man mkdrcd command.

The command has the following options:

Option	Required	Description
--output	Yes	Specifies the output file for the recovery image.
--tmp	No	Specifies a temporary directory to create the recovery image. About 300 MB of free space in the temporary directory is required to create the recovery image.
-v	No	Sets the verbose output, including a detailed output of files used in creating the recovery image.
--static	No	Specifies an IP address of the NFS server and path to the NFS directory from which the recovery environment must boot. With this option specified, the Veeam Recovery Environment will mount the specified directory as a PXE environment immediately after you boot a machine from the recovery image. Otherwise, the Veeam Recovery Environment will obtain network settings via DHCP.
--startup	No	Specifies a path to the shell script that will automatically run once the system is booted from the recovery image. You can use this option to boot your machine over the network and perform automatic recovery.
--binary	No	Includes an additional driver binary in the recovery image.
--library	No	Includes an additional library in the recovery image.
--package	No	Includes an additional package file in the recovery image.
--binarypath	No	Specifies an additional path to a directory that contains libraries.
--libpath	No	Specifies an additional path to a directory that contains libraries.
--logfile	No	Specifies a path to the log file. The default location of the log file is /var/log/veeam/mkdrcd.log.

Examples

The following example displays a simple command to create a recovery image:

mkdrcd --output /mnt/veeam/machine01.iso

The following example displays a command to create a recovery image with a static NFS server address:

mkdrcd --output /mnt/veeam/miniroot.recovery --static 192.168.1.1:/recoverycd

The following example displays a command to create a recovery image with the verbose output enabled and a custom temporary directory specified.

mkdrcd -v --output /mnt/veeam/machine01.iso -tmp /mnt/veeam/tmp