>From my experience with solaris up to solaris 9

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/submitted/add_device.html

option 3 requires no reboot


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Networker] tape device not available after replcament!
> From: mark wragge <mark_t_wragge AT YAHOO DOT IE>
> Date: Wed, September 05, 2007 11:07 am
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> 
> The drive address in ACSLS is still the same.
>    
>   In the jukebox configuration the drive address is the same as ACSLS but the 
> serial number of the drive is the old serial number which no longer exists.
> 
>   I cannot use the mt -f command on the networker server as there is no 
> longer a device name for the device at the Solaris OS level. There is no 
> /dev/rmt/10cbn.
>    
>   I am trying to avoid using boot -r to reconfigure the tape devices as I 
> dont want to have to re-configure the library if the working tape devices 
> change device name and also one of the servers using this device is a live 
> Dedicated storage node so i cannot reboot it.
>    
>   I will reboot the library first and see if there is any change.
>    
>   Thanks
>   
> "Coty, Edward" <Edward.Coty AT AIG DOT COM> wrote:
>   If the drive address did not change in ACSLS you should not have to do
> anything to your networker data zone. In your jukebox configuration what
> is the drive address listed as. Is it the same in the acsls? When you
> mount a tape via acsls can you run mt -f /dev/rmt/xxxx status on the
> networker server. Does it see the tape mounted? 
> 
> You could clear out /dev/rmt and do a reboot reconfigure to pick up the
> new tape drive. See if 10cbn show up. If not you are probably not using
> persistent bindings and the tape drive is being seen as another device. 
> 
> 
> EDWARD COTY
> LEAD STORAGE ENGINEER, LCNA
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> EDWARD.COTY AT AIG DOT COM
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
> On
> Behalf Of mark wragge
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:28 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] tape device not available after replcament!
> 
> We had a failed tape device in a tape library that is controlled by
> ACSLS. The drive was replaced and acsls reports that it can see the tape
> device and the correct serial number is reported. We can mount and
> unmount a tape using acsls.
> 
> Networker has not picked up the new tape device. The old tape device
> serial number is referenced and when we try to use the tape device there
> is an error message stating that the device is unavailable. The tape
> device is shared to two storage nodes (one solaris and one Hp-ux). The
> inquire command on each storage node does not show serial number of the
> new tape device. Following a server reboot the server does not show the
> device path for the device (/dev/rmt/10cbn).
> 
> Any ideas what to do next. Acsls appears to show that the drive is
> functioning but Networker does not show the drive functioining. Do i
> need to update networker with the latest library config from ACSLS or
> should networker receive the updated infromation automatically.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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