I'm running Oracle 8I, V8.1.5 and ADSM API V3.1.0.7 on AIX V4.3.2.  I've
relinked Oracle with libobk.a in $ORACLE_HOME/lib and the link appeared to
work.

When I try to allocate a channel, I get the following:

RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03007: retryable error occurred during execution of command: allocate
RMAN-07004: unhandled exception during command execution on channel adsm1
RMAN-10035: exception raised in RPC: ORA-19554: error allocating device,
device
type: SBT_TAPE, device name:
ORA-19557: device error, device type: SBT_TAPE, device name:
ORA-27023: skgfqsbi: media manager protocol error
RMAN-10031: ORA-19624 occurred during call to
DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.DEVICEALLOCATE

The Oracle bin/sbtttape test returns a 1 instead of a 0, indicating that the
tape management link is bad.  Oracle support believes it should work at this
point.

I'm convinced that I have some problem with the link operation or the
version, but I haven't been able to dig anything similar out of the ADSM
archives.

Does anyone else have this configuration working, or any advice on how to
proceed?

Thanks,

Bill Smoldt    SSSI
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
www.storsol.com
smoldt AT storsol DOT com