Thanks for the quick responses guys.. this helps me understand quite a bit
more .. Would anyone have any idea how to use the lbtest tool or tapeutil
to manipulate the library ?? I just need a simple test to confirm if this
is working or not .. and yes Tab you were right about the " whos on first"
argument .. sheesh .. i wish they would just pick up the ball and run with
it instead of finger pointing.  I do have an lb0 showing up as Available
and i know that is usually a good sign in aix'dom but I am a sys admin and
therefore "a glass is half empty kind of guy" .. so i think its broke till
i see the damn thing move :).  I will search the web but if anyone has
something simple that proves it works im all ears.

R.


> Rick,
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> As I understand things (and have seen on my own system), the
> Atape.driver, smc devices, and rmt devices are all  for IBM-brand
> equipment.  To use other brands, you have to defind lb and mt devices
> using the "adsmtape" driver.  You will still have the rmt devices
> because the drives answer cfgmgr when it polls the SCSI bus.
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> If, after defining the lb and mt devices, it still doesn't work, you
> probably have an incompatibility between the version of adsmtape and
> the library firmware.  That happened to me with an HP DLT library.
> Both companies tried to be responsive to the issue and it was
> eventually solved, but be forwarned that you will be in a "who's on
> first?"
> situation.  You might have to do a lot of facilitating to get it
> solved.
>
> The AIX lbtest tool can shed some light, but I'm not an expert on its
> use, so for that I'll defer to other members of the forum.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Tab Trepagnier
> TSM Administrator
> Laitram Corporation
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> Rick W <rick AT IMAGEWAY DOT COM>
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 07/18/2002 02:36 PM
> Please respond to rick
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>        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>        cc:
>        Subject:        adic scalar 100
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>
> Guys,
> I recently emailed the list asking if the scalar 100 was supported
> under aix 4.3.3 and in tsm 4.2 and the response was yes.  I have yet to
> see it work in our current environment.  The drives are detected
> correctly (rmt0, rmt1) but the autoloader is not detected (smc0).  AIX
> doesnt see it, cfgmgr
> kicks back with a devices.scsi is missing and i have tried all the
> drivers i can think of off of the AIX 4.3.3. disk.  I can specify under
> TSM devices
> that there is an lb0 but it seems to fail .. any one have any advice at
> all ?? ADIC support is completely useless.  I am trying to use the
> Atape drivers for the support.
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> R.