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Checking VIOS repository information

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cradmin1@spuxvios6b:/home/cradmin1 $ lsrep
Size(mb) Free(mb) Parent Pool         Parent Size      Parent Free
  122381    12111 rootvg                   270336           116224

Name                                                  File Size Optical         Access
aix-7200-05-03-2148.iso                                    7870 None            ro
spuxckmu02_mksysb.udf                                     20480 vtopt1          rw
spuxifdb02_mksysb.udf                                     81920 vtopt0          rw

Checking AIX mapping

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cradmin1@spuxvios6b:/home/cradmin1 $ lsmap -all
SVSA            Physloc                                      Client Partition ID
--------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------
vhost0          U9009.42A.78D7B10-V2-C20                     0x00000003

VTD                   vs_ifdb02_rtvg
Status                Available
LUN                   0x8100000000000000
Backing device        spuxifdb02_rtvg
Physloc
Mirrored              N/A

VTD                   vtopt0
Status                Available
LUN                   0x8200000000000000
Backing device        /var/vio/VMLibrary/spuxifdb02_mksysb.udf
Physloc
Mirrored              N/A

SVSA            Physloc                                      Client Partition ID
--------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------
vhost1          U9009.42A.78D7B10-V2-C21                     0x00000004

VTD                   vs_ckmu02_rtvg
Status                Available
LUN                   0x8100000000000000
Backing device        spuxckmu02_rtvg
Physloc
Mirrored              N/A

VTD                   vtopt1
Status                Available
LUN                   0x8200000000000000
Backing device        /var/vio/VMLibrary/spuxckmu02_mksysb.udf
Physloc
Mirrored              N/A

Checking VIOS available disk space

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cradmin1@spuxvios6b:/home/cradmin1 $ lsvg rootvg
VOLUME GROUP:       rootvg                   VG IDENTIFIER:  00cd7b1000004b0000000181f59c30ff
VG STATE:           active                   PP SIZE:        512 megabyte(s)
VG PERMISSION:      read/write               TOTAL PPs:      528 (270336 megabytes)
MAX LVs:            256                      FREE PPs:       227 (116224 megabytes)
LVs:                13                       USED PPs:       301 (154112 megabytes)
OPEN LVs:           12                       QUORUM:         2 (Enabled)
TOTAL PVs:          1                        VG DESCRIPTORS: 2
STALE PVs:          0                        STALE PPs:      0
ACTIVE PVs:         1                        AUTO ON:        yes
MAX PPs per VG:     32512
MAX PPs per PV:     1016                     MAX PVs:        32
LTG size (Dynamic): 256 kilobyte(s)          AUTO SYNC:      no
HOT SPARE:          no                       BB POLICY:      non-relocatable
PV RESTRICTION:     none                     INFINITE RETRY: no
DISK BLOCK SIZE:    4096                     CRITICAL VG:    no
FS SYNC OPTION:     no                       CRITICAL PVs:   no
ENCRYPTION:         no

Increase VIOS repository by 40GB

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cradmin1@spuxvios6b:/home/cradmin1 $ chrep -size 40G
cradmin1@spuxvios6b:/home/cradmin1 $ lsrep
Size(mb) Free(mb) Parent Pool         Parent Size      Parent Free
  163303    53033 rootvg                   270336            75264

Name                                                  File Size Optical         Access
aix-7200-05-03-2148.iso                                    7870 None            ro
spuxckmu02_mksysb.udf                                     20480 vtopt1          rw
spuxifdb02_mksysb.udf                                     81920 vtopt0          rw

Unload and remove existing mksysb UDF images

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cradmin1@spuxvios6b:/home/cradmin1 $ unloadopt -vtd vtopt0
cradmin1@spuxvios6b:/home/cradmin1 $ rmvopt -f -name spuxifdb02_mksysb.udf

Re-create a large mksysb UDF file for AIX backup

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cradmin1@spuxvios6b:/home/cradmin1 $ mkvopt -name spuxifdb02_mksysb.udf -size 120G
cradmin1@spuxvios6b:/home/cradmin1 $ loadopt -vtd vtopt0 -disk spuxifdb02_mksysb.udf

cradmin1@spuxvios6b:/home/cradmin1 $ lsrep
Size(mb) Free(mb) Parent Pool         Parent Size      Parent Free
  163303    12073 rootvg                   270336            75264

Name                                                  File Size Optical         Access
aix-7200-05-03-2148.iso                                    7870 None            ro
spuxckmu02_mksysb.udf                                     20480 vtopt1          rw
spuxifdb02_mksysb.udf                                    122880 vtopt0          rw

Re-configure AIX mksysb device

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cradmin1@spuxifdb02:/root # rmdev -dl cd0
cd0 deleted
cradmin1@spuxifdb02:/root # cfgmgr
cradmin1@spuxifdb02:/root # lsdev -Cc cdrom
cd0 Available  Virtual SCSI Optical Served by VIO Server