Re: Setup of Tape storage pool in AIX
1996-05-14 11:51:21
On Tue, 14 May 1996, Richards John wrote:
> According to the manual, the device name needs to be /dev/mt0, not /dev/rmt0
> Can someone enlighten me as to how to accomplish this.
> So far I have created a block device using mknod and using the the same
> major and minor
> numbers as the character device but ADSM will not recognize this as a valid
> device.
Sounds like the same difficulty I ran into recently on AIX:
If your trying to define an 8mm Tape Drive, do the following:
a) From the UNIX prompt type: "lsdev -Cc tape"
You should see some similar output:
"rmto Available 00-00-0S-50 5.0 8mm Tape Drive"
b) "smitty"
- Devices
- ADSM Devices
- Tape Drive
- Add a Tape Drive
. "ASDM-SCSI-MT scsi N/A"
(Press Enter)
. "scsi0 Available 00-00-0S Standard SCSI I/O Controller"
(Press Enter)
. "CONNECTION address"
(Use the last two SCSI digits from the output in step (A)
Eg: 50)
c) Quit "smitty"
d) login to ADSM at the UNIX prompt. (dsmadmc)
e) Type and enter:
"define library YOURLIBRARYNAME libtype=manual"
"define drive YOURLIBRARYNAME YOURTAPEDRIVENAME device=/dev/mt0"
f) Then go on to define the "devclass" "stgpool" etc. thats outlined in the
install guide...
NOTICE that I specified "/dev/mt0" and not "/dev/rmt0" !
This woked for me. Hope you have similar luck...Derek.
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