You can restore the Virtual I/O Server base code,
applied fix packs, custom device drivers to support disk subsystems,
and some user-defined metadata from one or more DVDs.
If the system is managed by the
Integrated Virtualization Manager, then you need to
restore your partition profile data for the management partition and
its clients before you restore the
Virtual I/O Server.
For instructions, see Backing up and restoring
partition data. (Alternatively, you can use the
rstprofdata command.)
To restore the Virtual I/O Server from a one
or more DVDs, follow these steps:
- Specify the Virtual I/O Server partition to
boot from the DVD by using the bootlist command.
Alternatively, you can alter the bootlist in the System Management
Services (SMS).
- Insert the DVD into the optical drive.
- From the SMS menu, select to install from the optical drive.
- Follow the installation steps according to the system prompts.
- If you restored the Virtual I/O Server to a different
system from which it was backed up, then you need to restore the user-defined
virtual devices. For instructions, see Restoring user-defined virtual devices.