Mksysb restore fails if physical volumes have identical PVIDs (3133542)

Last published : Sep 11, 2026
When you have multiple paths to the rootvg devices, restoring a mksysb backup file fails with the following error:
0516-1775 /usr/sbin/varyonvg: Physical volumes diskname1 and diskname2 have identical PVIDs.
This error is caused by an issue with IBM AIX.

Workaround:

Contact IBM support to obtain the fix. Refer to IBM APAR IV25286 for more details.