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 tape.
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 tape,
follow these steps:
- Specify the Virtual I/O Server logical partition
to boot from the tape by using the bootlist command.
Alternatively, you can alter the bootlist in the System Management
Services (SMS).
- Insert the tape into the tape drive.
- From the SMS menu, select to install from the tape 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.