Hi Henning,

I also have installed 3.1.2.20 to get the 9840 device support.

The way I read the documentation, there is no new DEVICE provided in the
3.1.2.20 code, just a new FORMAT.

So you use DEVTYPE=ECART (the device type that is used for the older STK
3490-compatible drives)and specify a FORMAT of 9840 or 9840C.

e.g.,

      DEFINE DEVCLASS blah DEVICE=ECART FORMAT=9840C LIBRARY=libname

I can't test the results because my 9840 drives haven't arrived yet, but I
did test that ADSM accepts this syntax and the DEVCLASS is defined.

If you find out this isn't right, I would greatly appreciate it if you would
let me know - our drives should be arriving soon!

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henning Soenke [SMTP:hks AT IPP.MPG DOT DE]
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 3:06 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      STK 9840 tape installation problem on AIX
>
> Hi,
>
> to use StorageTeK 9840 tape drives (in a none-STK tape library)
> I installed ADSM 3.1.2.20 on AIX 4.3.2.. (Base) Device support should be
> given by PTF U463372. But I couldn't find a devtype=9840 nor other
> valid equivalents. And none of the 9840(C) formats mentioned in the
> readme
> is accepted. Is there anybody who uses those drives or can give an
> advice ?
>
> regards,
>
>      Henning
>
> Henning Soenke
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