IBM RS/6000 - Manual (Page 107)

5.4.1 The bootinfo Command
The type of machine (platform type) being used can be determined with the
bootinfo command. This command uses the device configuration databases to
obtain information. In addition, the bootinfo command uses the values which are
stored in NVRAM.
Using bootinfo with the -T option displays the platform type of the machine. There
are currently three values that the command can return. These are shown in
Table 15.
Table 15. bootinfo -T
Platform Description
rspc PCI-based RS/6000 machines
rs6k_smp SMP-based RS/6000 machines
rs6k Microchannel-based RS/6000 machines
5.4.2 Creating a System Backup
This section deals with creating system backups on PCI-Based RS/6000 Systems
which will be restored on PCI-Based RS/6000 Systems. Section 5.4.5, “Creating
System Backups on Microchannel-Based RS/6000 Systems” on page 87, deals
with creating system backups on Microchannel-Based RS/6000 Systems to restore
on PCI-Based RS/6000 Systems
Creating a system backup, or mksysb, is very simple. If you were using a tape
drive, for example rmt0, you could easily create a system backup from the
command line by typing:
mksysb -i /dev/rmt
This would create a bootable image of your system which can be used to either
recreate the system or to restore files.
Alternatively, you can use SMIT to create your system image. To do this, you can
use the SMIT fastpath:
smit mksysb
This will present you with the screen shown in Figure 28 on page 84.
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