Perhaps I am reading this wrong, but here are some hints that I have learned over the years:
1) The bootp server must be at or above the oslevel of the restored server: AIX 5.3 can be used as a bootp server for AIX 5.2 AIX 5.2 cannot be used as a bootp server for AIX 5.3 This sounds like a show stopper till you are able to upgrade the NIM/bootp server. 2) In order for sysback to restore on different hardware, the sysback image must include all the device drivers for the restored machine. I was sure they fixed that during the upgrade to AIX 5.3 by loading ALL device drivers during installation. Just to be sure, you might try the following steps: a) install "devices.*" from the install media b) recreate your sysback image c) re-run your sysback restore Question: What is the LED shown for your 505 server? The LED might also indicate the problem. goc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 04/03/2006 02:21 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject sysback help needed ! hi all, i'm doing an test restore of rootvg from TSM via classic network boot the communication is fine and everything seems okay except this ... it simply hangs on following ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key:1 IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM STARTING SOFTWARE IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM PLEASE WAIT... 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BOOTP R = 1 BOOTP S = 2 FILE: /tftpboot/axtprov2 BOOTP: chosen-network-type = ethernet,auto,rj45,auto BOOTP: server IP = 10.243.122.10 BOOTP: requested filename = BOOTP: client IP = 10.243.166.9 BOOTP: client HW addr = 0 11 25 7e 4 4e BOOTP: gateway IP = 10.243.166.1 BOOTP: device /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] BOOTP: loc-code U789A.001.AAA1094-P1-T1 BOOTP: wait 60 seconds for Spanning Tree ... BOOTP R = 1 BOOTP S = 2 FILE: /tftpboot/axtprov2 FINAL Packet Count = 16673 FINAL File Size = 8536286 bytes. load-base=0x4000 real-base=0xc00000 Elapsed time since release of system processors: 16 mins 27 secs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to AIX. boot image timestamp: 07:39 03/30 The current time and date: 10:59:09 03/30/2006 number of processors: 2 size of memory: 3936Mb boot device: /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:10.243.122.10,,10.243.166.9,10.243.166.1,00,00 closing stdin and stdout... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in documentation it clearly says that restored server has to be the same OS version for starting network boot, but i don't get it, the restored server just neeeds the boot image, no ? the bootp server is AIX 5.2 and the restored server is p505 with AIX 5.3 is/should be restored, the sysback backups went fine with no problems at all, i tested the restore with one old B50 server with AIX 5.2 and everything went fine, i'm suspicious about network connectivity but the firewall was allowed for ping,bootps,bootpd,1500,1023,1022,1239,tftpd ... i general i suspect that bootimage on AIX 5.2 server the BOOTP server is not okay for this kind of server with AIX 5.3 which is the one he needs, can be ? the boot image is created like this ... /usr/sbin/mksbnetboot -h'axtprov2' -d'ethernet' '-T chrp' '-k mp' -S'10.243.122.10' with no problems :-| any help would be GREATELY appreciated !!! any clue ? TIA goran