SUN's response is that my st.conf is missing:

name="st" parent="fp" target=0;

>>From looking at old files, this line was probably removed by mistake in 2005 
>>during another drive configuration, and obviously is not needed for the 
>>existing L700 and 9840 drives which are working fine.

Now to find time and get permission to boot the production server...


>>
>>
>> On Dec 10, 2007 6:39 PM, Peter Vines <psv2b AT virginia DOT edu> wrote:
>>
>>  > I recently added connectivity to a Scalar i2000 with 4 LTO3 drives, 
>> to a
>>  > Solaris 8 server.
>>  > I removed all the entries in /dev/rmt, reconfigure booted, went 
>> through
>>  > the sg install process, yet the server does not have entries in 
>> /dev/rmt
>>  > for the new drives.  The server is connected to two tape libraries:
>>  > 1-L700 with 6 9840 drives, 2-i2000 with 4 LTO3 drives.  The L700 
>> drives
>>  > continue to be present on the system and usable.
>>  > I've also tried devfsadm, drvconfig, tapes, etc...
>>  >
>>  > Why don't the entries appear in /dev/rmt?
>>  >
>>  > I've done the same process on multiple Solaris 10 servers, 
>> connected to
>>  > the same SAN and they all work fine.
>>  >
>>  > cfgadm -o show_FCP_dev -al
>>  > c8                             fc-fabric    connected    configured
>>  > unknown
>>  > c8::500308c00189780a,0         med-changer  connected    configured
>>  > unknown
>>  > c8::500308c00189780a,1         tape         connected    configured
>>  > unknown
>>  > c8::500308c00189780a,2         tape         connected    configured
>>  > unknown
>>  > c9                             fc-fabric    connected    configured
>>  > unknown
>>  > c9::500308c00189780b,0         med-changer  connected    configured
>>  > unknown
>>  > c9::500308c00189780b,3         tape         connected    configured
>>  > unknown
>>  > c9::500308c00189780b,4         tape         connected    configured
>>  > unknown
>>  >
>>  > sgscan
>>  > /dev/sg/c0tw500308c00189780al0: Changer: "ADIC    Scalar i2000"
>>  > /dev/sg/c0tw500308c00189780al1: Tape (???): "IBM     ULTRIUM-TD3"
>>  > /dev/sg/c0tw500308c00189780al2: Tape (???): "IBM     ULTRIUM-TD3"
>>  > /dev/sg/c0tw500308c00189780bl0: Changer: "ADIC    Scalar i2000"
>>  > /dev/sg/c0tw500308c00189780bl3: Tape (???): "IBM     ULTRIUM-TD3"
>>  > /dev/sg/c0tw500308c00189780bl4: Tape (???): "IBM     ULTRIUM-TD3"
>>  > /dev/sg/c0tw500104f000438becl0: (/dev/rmt/2): "STK     9840"
>>  > /dev/sg/c0tw500104f00043e256l0: (/dev/rmt/0): "STK     9840"
>>  > /dev/sg/c0tw500104f00045cbb4l0: (/dev/rmt/1): "STK     9840"
>>  > /dev/sg/c1tw500104f000438e6el0: (/dev/rmt/3): "STK     9840"
>>  > /dev/sg/c1tw500104f000438f10l0: (/dev/rmt/4): "STK     9840"
>>  > /dev/sg/c1tw500104f000480658l0: (/dev/rmt/5): "STK     9840"
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
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