But your AIX shows 4.3.3.6 .    But it should be 4.3.3.
 bos.rte                   4.3.3.75  COMMITTED  Base Operating System
Runtime

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-----Original Message-----
From: TSM geek [mailto:tsmgeek AT HOTMAIL DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 6:55 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: CFGMGR and Devices defined as TSM devices in AIX


The ML10 upgrade actually made it worse.
(The LTO devices had had no problems after cfgmgr ran until after the ML10
update.)
Thanks!


>From: "PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)" <bp3965 AT SBC DOT COM>
>Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: CFGMGR and Devices defined as TSM devices in AIX
>Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 17:55:17 -0500
>
>try to upgrade to ML10 and see if it helps.
>
>Balanand Pinni
>SBC Services Inc.
>Work:314-206-5911
>Pager:1-800-451-6897
>Email ID :bp3965 AT momail.sbc DOT com
>8004516897 AT mobilecomm DOT net e.mail pager
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: TSM geek [mailto:tsmgeek AT HOTMAIL DOT COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 3:37 PM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: CFGMGR and Devices defined as TSM devices in AIX
>
>
>Hello,
>I realize that this may be more of an AIX question than a TSM question,
>but I think it may not hurt to try.
>I have an AIX (4.3.3.6) server running TSM 4.2.1.13.
>Attached to this server we have both an ULTRIUM LTO library with 4 drives,
>as well as a scalar218 Library with 2 drives.
>The LTO devices are supported by TSM and have been configured as AIX
>devices
>all along.(rmt* 's) The Scalar library and drives had been defined in SMIT
>as Tivoli Storage Manager devices(mt*'s).
>This has worked fine all along until somewhere after we'd either upgraded
>the TSM to a different maintenance level, or AIX to ML 6.
>
>Suddenly upon reboot, when CFGMGR runs, it see's the devices (mt*'s)
>defined
>as Tivoli Storage Manager devices and defines them as AIX devices(rmt's)
>keeping the Tivoli Storage manager devices configuration aswell as defining
>them as AIX devices.
>TSM then fails to initiate the devices until they have been removed from
>both places in SMIT and redefined ONLY as Tivoli Storage Manager devices.
>
>This used to not happen at all.
>
>We had assumed that something strange had changed in one of the Maintenance
>level updates and decided that it was a small matter - we'd just remind
>ourselves that this happens on reboot.
>
>After my coworker loaded the AIX maintenance level 10 update today,
>upon reboot, we discovered that not only does cfgmgr still define the TSM
>devices as rmt*'s, but when listing defined devices, our LTO devices are
>now
>in a 'defined' status and not available.
>So now in addition to having to undefine and redefine the SCalar library
>and
>drives, we have to run 'configure a defined device' command in smit to make
>the LTO drives and Library 'available' devices.
>
>Anyone else run in to a simmilar problem?
>
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