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Re: tsm not recognizing tape unit

2006-10-11 15:27:59
Subject: Re: tsm not recognizing tape unit
From: Mario Behring <mariobehring AT YAHOO DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:25:33 -0700
Jeremy,

I understand that, and I´ve always used TSM device driver to control whichever 
tape unit or library I had. This time I am having a hard time making it run 
ok..........the TSM device driver, when I tried to use it, never started, 
instead it keeps telling me that it could not find the device 
specified................???

How can we fix this ?

Thanks in advance.

Mario


----- Original Message ----
From: Jeremy Cloward <CLOWARJ AT NATIONWIDE DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:10:12 PM
Subject: Re: tsm not recognizing tape unit


Mario, 
From my experience, TSM is very uptight, it has to be in controll of every
aspect of what it touches, otherwise it will sit and pout. I recommend you
run it from the TSM device driver component, it at least provides
consistancy with your environment, it’s a pain, but it works that way.
Jeremy 

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
mariobehring AT YAHOO DOT COM
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:58 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] tsm not recognizing tape unit

Richard,

The device is connected to a SCSI 160 and is being recognized by the SCSI
interface during the boot process. Windows 2000 also recognizes the unit.
I am updating the firmware and returning the driver to the version you
have pointed. The Windows RSM service is disabled............but, what
about the TSM Device Driver component? Should I install it? I´ve tried
with and without it.........some notes at the Admin Guide are saying that
I can do either way.............

Please advise.

Mario




----- Original Message ----
From: Richard van Denzel <r.vandenzel AT BSU DOT NL>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:17:14 AM
Subject: Re: tsm not recognizing tape unit


Hi Mario, 

Guessing from your notes, you have ran the install.exe that comes with the
driver. The driver you are using is not the latest (6.1.3.8 is). Have you
tried using an older driver like 6.0.8.2 (I can e-mail it if you don't
have it)?
What FW has the LTO3 drive, if not the latest have you tries upgrading the
FW on the drive?
Is the drive visible on the HBA (Fibre or SCSI) during the BIOS part of
the boot process?
Is the HBA at a supported FW level?
If the HBA is a SCSI-320? If so, have you tried setting it to 160, there
is an issue when the drive or library is on a 320 channel.
Is the drive visible under W2K?

Met vriendelijke groet, with kind regards,

Richard van Denzel

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] Namens Mario
Behring
Verzonden: dinsdag 10 oktober 2006 22:45
Aan: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Onderwerp: [ADSM-L] tsm not recognizing tape unit

Hi list,

I have the following environment:

TSM 5.3.2 Server running on a W2K box
IBM ULTRIUM III LTO 3580 connected via SCSI

I´ve installed the windows certified driver downloaded from the
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/Windows/Win2000/Latest/ and
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/Windows/Win2000/LTO_WHQL_Cert..
...............I´ve tried both versions...........looks like that only the
certified one works.....................the install output is below:

Running installation application, version 6.1.3.5.
Preparing system for driver installation...
Uninstalling existing tape drives...
Existing tape drives successfully uninstalled.
Installing/updating the tape bus enumerator...
Successfully installed/updated the tape bus enumerator.
Installing driver for tape drives...
Driver for tape drives installed.

Program successful.


I´ve also disabled the Windows Removable Storage service.

Unfortunatelly TSM does not recognize the tape unit. I´ve tried this with
and without the TSM Device Driver. Looks like TSM Device Driver does not
support the IBM LTO Ultrium tape units................The output from the
tsmdlst command is as follows:

>tsmdlst

Tivoli Storage Manager -- Device List Utility

Licensed Materials - Property of IBM

5697-TSM (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2000, 2005. All rights reserved.
U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure
restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation.

Computer Name:      TIVOLI
OS Version:         5.0
OS Build #:         2195
TSM Device Driver:  ADSMScsi - Not Running

No HBAs were detected.
Reason: Unable to load HBA vendor library.

TSM Name     ID   LUN  Bus  Port SSN        WWN               TSM Type
Device Identifier

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
mt6.0.0.2    6    0    0    2    -          -                 LTO
IBM     ULT3580-T
D3     57F7

Completed in: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, 1 seconds.



I am not sure about what´s going on..........any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Mario



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