Steve,

I'm not certain this is your entire problem but it sounds like you
downloaded the ADSM server code from the website and I don't think that
will work.  The website code is normally intended for upgrades to the base
code and doesn't contain all of the files required to make the product
work.

I think you need to order the code from IBM and, optionally, upgrade that
base level from the website if the base is not current.

Dennis Schaffer
Mutual of Omaha


To:       ADSM-L @ VM.MARIST.EDU
cc:        (bcc: Dennis Schaffer)
From:     kneuper @ ARLUT.UTEXAS.EDU
Date:     09/03/97 02:30:21 PM EST
Subject:  adsm newbie having problems with tape drives




Hello ADSMers,

I'm testing the Solaris version of ADSM.  Scrounged together a Sparc
10 with a few gig of disk, plus two Exabyte 8200 tape drives.
Installed Solaris 2.5, with ADSM 2.6 from the WWW site, downloaded two
weeks ago.

The tapes work fine from Solaris with tar and ufsdump.

When I try to define the manual library to ADSM, I get the error message...

* * * * * start of output
tarpon.arlut.utexas.edu# dsmadmc
ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager
Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 2, Release 1, Level 0.7
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 1996, All Rights Reserved.

Enter your user id:  admin
Enter your password:
ANS5100I Session established with server ADSM: SunOS

adsm> define drive manual8mm drive01 device=/dev/rmt/0
ANR8420E DEFINE DRIVE: An I/O error occurred while accessing drive DRIVE01.
ANS5102I Return code 3.

adsm>
* * * * * end of output

The 8200 drives are shown supported in the drive lists.  I'm at a loss
to get any further.  Any suggestions?  Time to check the IBM WWW
support site...

--steve kneuper
university of texas at austin
university of texas at austin
applied research labs