Forgot to mention:  The media server is an HP Proliant DL380p Gen8 with an HP 
QLogic Fibre Channel HBA.


On Mar 27, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Neil Conner <neil AT mbari DOT org> wrote:

> Environment:
> NetBackup 7.1.0.4
> RHEL6 master and media server
> Overland Storage FC Neo 8000e tape library (tld)
> LTO5 tape drives
> 
> Our new tape library has frozen a couple of times and needed to be rebooted.  
> When it comes back online, the media server assigns the robot a new device 
> name which means NetBackup can't talk to it any more and all the tape drives 
> are down'd until the robot is reconfigured with the new device name. Major 
> PTA.
> 
> output from scan:
> Device Name  : "/dev/sg6"
> Passthru Name: "/dev/sg6"
> Volume Header: ""
> Port: -1; Bus: -1; Target: -1; LUN: -1
> Inquiry    : "OVERLANDNEO Series      0701"
> Vendor ID  : "OVERLAND"
> Product ID : "NEO Series      "
> Product Rev: "0701"
> WWN          : ""
> WWN Id Type  : 0
> Device Identifier: "OVERLANDNEO Series"
> Device Type    : SDT_CHANGER
> NetBackup Robot Type: 8
> 
> Prior to yesterday's reboot, the Device Name and Passthru Name were both 
> "/dev/sg5", and prior to that they were both "/dev/sg4", etc.
> 
> Does anyone know how to keep the device name fixed in RHEL6?
> 
> Thanks,
> Neil
> 
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