Execute AIX mksysb in background with nohup utility

 Hello All,

Today i am writing this blog to show how AIX Admin can Execute AIX mksysb backup using "nohup" utility and monitor logs using tail command.

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This method is usefull to get logs of AIX mksysb backup command

#nohup mksysb -ieX /backup/Aixlpar.mksysb &

Above command will generate 1 process id and run this command in background, also create nohup.out file,where all logs for above command will logged. If above mksysb backup command fails,AIX admin can review nohup.out file and take correct action to solve issue.

Command to monitor logs in "nohup.out"   // nohup.out will genrate in same path from where AIX admin executed mksysb command.

#tail -f nohup.out

Some other useful command for taking AIX server mksysb backup are :

Create a mksysb backup of the rootvg volume group

 #mksysb -i /mnt/Aixlpar.mksysb.`hostname`_`date +%m%d%y`

Above command will create backup with servername and time,date and year format.

Thanks !!!

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