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7.4

Zone: IBM AIX Unix

Tags: error, mksysb, aix

I did migration from AIX 5.1 ML 7 to AIX 5.2 ML 5 using NIM alternate disk installation on 5 servers
After migration, I am not able to do mksysb on these servers

Here are the errors
===========
Creating information file (/image.data) for rootvg..0516-010 : Volume group must be varied on; use varyonvg command.
/usr/bin/mkszfile[686]: ?: 0403-057 Syntax error
0516-312 : Unable to find logical volume in the Device Configuration Database.
0516-010 : Volume group must be varied on; use varyonvg command.
0516-104 /usr/sbin/lquerylv: Incorrect LV identifier. The format must be VG_identifier.LV_minor_number
/usr/bin/mkszfile[752]: SERIALIZE_IO: 0403-009 The specified number is not valid for this command.
.
/usr/bin/mksysb[17]: TMPSZ = ? * ? * ? : 0403-057 Syntax error
============
Does anybody know what might went wrong ?
I tried to fix this on one server using these command
varyonvg rootvg
redefinevg -d hdisk1 rootvg
synclvodm -Pv rootvg
syncvg -v rootvg
varyonvg rootvg

After these process, I tried to do mksysb and it worked but next I had to reboot the machine due to paging space problem. After reboot, I tried again mksysb but again I got this error

I am getting the same error on 5 server. Does anybody have any idea what went wrong during alternate disk migration that caused new rootvg unstable. I am so afraid to do the same on other production servers.

My current NIM server has following filesets in case someone wants to know
NIM server
bos.alt_disk_install.rte 5.2.0.50
bos.sysmgt.sysbr 5.2.0.50
bos.sysmgt.nim.client 5.2.0.50
bos.sysmgt.nim.master 5.2.0.50
bos.sysmgt.nim.spot 5.2.0.40

NIM client ----after alternate migration, I did upgrade to ML 6
bos.sysmgt.nim.client 5.2.0.60 APPLIED Network Install Manager -
bos.sysmgt.nim.client 5.2.0.50 COMMITTED Network Install Manager -
bos.sysmgt.sysbr 5.2.0.60 APPLIED System Backup and BOS Install
bos.sysmgt.sysbr 5.2.0.50 COMMITTED System Backup and BOS Install
bos.alt_disk_install.boot_images
bos.alt_disk_install.rte 5.2.0.60 APPLIED Alternate Disk Installation

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