Now in all my dealings with ADSM in making the internal 8mm drive a manual
library...
adsm uses  mt0
aix uses   rmt0  that is r m t 0   (or what ever number it is on your
machine...)

Now you can delete mt0 and keep its definition and make availble r m t 0
and this should make things ok for aix to use...

on the two boxes that I've installed TSM for testing I haven't tried to
perform a makesysb yet but I'll try this afternoon and let you know...

Dwight

> ----------
> From:         Joshua S. Bassi[SMTP:jbassi AT GLORYWORKS DOT COM]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         Thursday, March 30, 2000 10:23 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: MKSYSB Failure After TSM Install
>
> > run the mksysb with TSM server software down - have you tried that?
>
> Yes,  I have went as far as disabling TSM from the inittab, deleting
> the mt device and rebooting but I am still not able to perform the
> mksysb.
>
> --
> Joshua S. Bassi
> Senior Technical Consultant
> Symatrix Technology, Inc.
> jbassi AT gloryworks DOT com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> S W Branch
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 7:47 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: MKSYSB Failure After TSM Install
>
>
> You're on the right track - the drive is in owned by TSM  so AIX can't use
> it.
> I remember having this problem when we first set up ADSM ver 2. We are
> able
> to
> run run the mksysb with TSM server software down - have you tried that?
> It's
> been a long time since we played with this, but I'm guessing that to
> access
> the
> drive from AIX while TSM is up you may need to put the drive offline using
> UPDATE DRIVE ONLINE=NO then go into smit/devices/ADSM devices and remove
> the
> drive.
>
> Steve Branch
> Phillips Petroleum
> e-mail: swbranc AT ppco DOT com
>
>
>
>
>
> "Joshua S. Bassi" <jbassi AT GLORYWORKS DOT COM> on 03/30/2000 01:01:14 AM
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>
>  Subject: MKSYSB Failure After TSM Install
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> All,
>
> I ran the command mksysb -i -X /dev/rmt0 and received
> the following messages:
>
> Creating information file (/image.data) for rootvg.....
> Creating tape boot image./dev/rmt0.1: There is a request
> to a device or address that does not exist.
> 0512-044 mksysb: Cannot access device /dev/rmt0.1.
> tctl retension failed with return code 2.
>
> The box is a 4.3.3 7248-43P with an external IBM
> 7206-005 DDS-2 4GB tape drive.  And yes I have verified
> that the special files rmt0 and rmt0.1 are present
> in the dev dir.
>
> This is a brand new machine EXCEPT that it has a 3.7.2.0
> TSM server on it and I am also using the same tape drive
> for local TSM backups.  So in order to use the 4mm tape
> drive I had to go into smit and define a TSM tape drive on
> top of the rmt drive.  Of course I have already tried
> deleting the entire TSM drive including the special files
> to no avail.  And I have even delete all the definitions
> ran cfgmgr and also rebooted, but nothing seems to allow
> me to get a good mksysb.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> --
> Joshua S. Bassi
> Senior Technical Consultant
> Symatrix Technology, Inc.
> jbassi AT gloryworks DOT com
>