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Re: Upgrade from 3.1 to 3.1.1.1 with acsls

1998-04-30 16:22:44
Subject: Re: Upgrade from 3.1 to 3.1.1.1 with acsls
From: Stanley Wu <wudragon AT YAHOO DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 13:22:44 -0700
Dan,
thats exactly what you should do.  Good luck.
Stanley



---Dan Giles <Dan_Giles AT MANULIFE DOT COM> wrote:
>
>
> Stan,
> No, I cannot issue a mount from acssa - same error. As for files in
> /export/home/ACSSS/data/internals, I'm not sure what to do with
them. There is
> the file ./mixed_media/drive_types.dat, but it doesn't tell me where
acsls gets
> the drive type or library drive type from. It is exactly the same as
another
> system we have which is working. I am trying to get some information
from
> StorageTek as to how acsls determines the drives to use, and the
drive types.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Stanley Wu <wudragon AT YAHOO DOT COM> on 04/30/98 06:23 PM GMT
>
> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> cc:    (bcc: ADSM)
> Subject:  Re: Upgrade from 3.1 to 3.1.1.1 with acsls
>
>
>
>
> Dan,
> Did you check the files in /export/home/ACSSS/data/internals ?   The
> description from you "I checked acsls and drive type for DLT7000 are
> now 4890".   Base on that, we can take ADSM complete out of the
> picture.   Again, can you issue a mount command from ACSSA?  The error
> status for the acs_mount basically means ACSLS determined you can not
> mount the media type to the drive as specified.   So, there is a
> mismatch in the ACSLS configuration.  Anything changed in this area?
> mtx or rmtx should not make a difference here.   Is the SCSI
> connection to the drive, it just means ADSM is using a different
> device driver and has nothing to do with the acs_mount.
> Regards,
> Stanley
>
>
> ---Dan Giles <Dan_Giles AT MANULIFE DOT COM> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks to Stan and Wanda for their replies. However, I think I
> should supply
> > some more information.
> >
> > We were using Enhanced ADSM 2.1.12 with acsls and it was working
> fine. I
> > upgraded ADSM to 3.1.1 and turned acsls off. Just over a week ago, I
> moved to
> > 3.1.1.1 and turned acsls back on. Once I got the library and drives
> redefined, I
> > tried mounting a tape and got the STATUS_IN-COMPATIBLE_MEDIA_TYPE
> error. I
> > checked acsls and the drive types for the DLT7000 are now "4890"
> instead of DLT.
> >
> > The microcode on the drives are at the latest and greated (v70, I
> believe)
> > The microcode on the library was at 1.8. We down-graded it to 1.5
> but that did
> > not make a difference.
> >
> > The only thing that really changed is that I am now using the
> /dev/mtx device
> > files instead of the /dev/rmtx files.
> >
> > Anyone else out there follow the same migration path as myself? Did
> it work?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Stanley Wu <wudragon AT YAHOO DOT COM> on 04/27/98 05:05 PM GMT
> >
> > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> >
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > cc:    (bcc: ADSM)
> > Subject:  Re: Upgrade from 3.1 to 3.1.1.1 with acsls
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dan,
> > I can provide a few suggestions but STK support center probably a
> > better source for this question.
> > 1. Can you do a successful mount from the ACSSA console?   I suspect
> > it will fail too.
> > 2. Check your /export/home/ACSSS/data/internals/mixed_media
> > directory.  There are a few .dat files, do they indicate DLT7000 or
> > DLTIV media support?
> > 3. Your barcode label, does it indicate DLTIV media?  There is a
> > little 'c' 'd' or 'e' characters on the label and I beleive they
> > correspond to media_types.dat
> > regards,
> > Stanley
> > ---Dan Giles <Dan_Giles AT MANULIFE DOT COM> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi there.
> > >
> > > I've just upgraded from 3.1 (no acsls support) to 3.1.1.1 (with
> > acsls support).
> > > The platform is an RS/6000 (F40) running AIX 4.2, STK 9710
library,
> > and 3
> > > DLT7000 drives. I'm using DLT IV cartridges (35GB capacity).
> > >
> > > I deleted the old drives and library and redefined them for
acsls as
> > per the
> > > instructions. However, when I went to check in a tape, I get the
> > following
> > > error:
> > >
> > > ANR8855E ACSAPI (acs_mount) response with unsuccessful status,
> > > status=STATUS_IN-COMPATIBLE_MEDIA_TYPE.
> > >
> > > I can't find any other information in any of the adsm or acsls
logs.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any ideas as to what to look for?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > ==
> > Regards,
> > Stanley
> >
> >
> >
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