Veritas-bu

Re: [Veritas-bu] Solaris 10 with NBU 5.1 MP5 -- Tape Drives disappearing

2007-10-22 14:26:34
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Solaris 10 with NBU 5.1 MP5 -- Tape Drives disappearing
From: A Darren Dunham <ddunham AT taos DOT com>
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:01:16 +0000
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 04:31:16PM +0100, Dave Markham wrote:
> Im not sure if its still relevant for Solaris 10 but i remember in the
> device admin guide it mentions that solaris unloads the least used
> devices should the system be busy. These are usually tapes and so it
> recommends adding the following lines into /etc/system
> 
> forceload: drv/st
> forceload: drv/sg

Unlikely in this case.  Unloading a driver doesn't remove the devices.
In fact simply accessing the devices will cause the driver to reload
again.  

-- 
Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
         < This line left intentionally blank to confuse you. >
_______________________________________________
Veritas-bu maillist  -  Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu