Can't you just put that device in the boot list ?

     OK now while adsm has controll of that drive it is using /dev/mt#
     where the aix system will want to use /dev/rmt# you don't want both of
     those available at the same time so delete the mt# (keeping its
     definition), make rmt# available, create your makesysb, delete the
     rmt# (keeping its definition), then make mt# available again and all
     is well for adsm again...

     later,
         Dwight


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Subject: mksysb from exabyte tape library ?
Author:  ste.mc (ste_mc AT ZDNETMAIL DOT COM) at unix,mime
Date:    11/20/98 8:17 AM


Hi,

I am trying to make our aix adsm server "recoverable" but I have the following p
roblem....

1) The only tape drive/s that I have available are in my exabyte 480 adsm librar
y.Is it possible to boot from a mksysb tape from one of these external adsm cont
rolled scsi devices ?

Has anybody had similiar problems ?

My server is a rs6000 410 with no cdrom,diskette or tape drive.


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