TSM 5.2 Suse 8.1

[sprice]

Hello all,

I am trying to get TSM 5.2 installed on a Suse SLES8 server and am about to soil myself looking for documentation regarding the IBM device drivers. The kernel version is 2.4.19-4GB and so far everything seems to be working fine, I just can't get the internal DDS4 drive online so that I can migrate data off of my disk storage pool. I'm more than happy to RTFM if I can find one that lays it out...



Thanks in advance!



Shawn

[Harry_Redl]

Hi,

problem with TSM under Linux is that you have to obey the kernel levels ...

Supported kernel versions for SLES 8 are

SLES8, SP3/x86 2.4.21-203-default, 2.4.21-203smp or

SLES8, SP3/x86 2.4.21-169-default, 2.4.21-169smp

When you have another level - TSM device drivers refuse to load



What you have to do:

1) update your kernel level

2) update lb.conf and mt.conf files based on /proc/scsi/scsi information

3) run tsmscsi utility (default path /iot/tivoli/tsm/devices/bin/tsmscsi) - devices /dev/tsmscsi/lb<number> and /dev/tsmscsi/mt<number> will be created

4) define drives in TSM

5) define paths in TSM



This worked for me under SuSE SLES 8 with DDS2 and DDS3 - I am pretty sure DDS4 is no difference



Hope it helps



Harry

[sprice]

Hey,

Thanks for the response... do you happen to have a sample of the mt.conf, the sample file is a bit vague, and I'm not sure mine is correct.



Thanks again for the help.



Shawn

[Harry_Redl]

Hi,

with /proc/scsi/scsi looking like this (sorry I could not find DDS example - but there is no difference)



Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00

Vendor: HP Model: Ultrium 2-SCSI Rev: F5AH

Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03



mt.conf should look like this





HOST[0]=2

CHANNEL[0]=0

ID[0]=4

LUN[0]=0



the number in [<number>] is the number of the drive for TSM (mt<number>)





So after running tsmscsi utility /dev/tsmscsi/mt0 should be created - you going to need to put this as a device when defining your paths



def path <server name> <drive name> srctype=server desttype=drive library<libr name> device=/dev/tsmscsi/mt0



for manual drive do not forget to define a manual library .... see

help define drive

help define library

help define path





Hope it helps



Harry