Generating bare metal media for an AIX client

Bare metal media is created by running the mkbmcd utility on the client. This utility is found in $BPDIR/bin/mkbmcd, where $BPDIR is /usr/bp by default. The creation utility is invoked from the shell with:

$BPDIR/bin/mkbmcd

The mkbmcd requires that you enter the following information:

     Temporary workspace directory – This directory should have 500000 blocks available.

     Storage directory for iso image – This directory should have 500000 blocks available.

If enough space is not available on the client machine, create an NFS share on the backup system and mount it on the AIX client. See About storage configuration for details.