Re: configuring Non-IBM automated library(SUN) in TSM

Hello Andreas,

sorry for not giving full details...
I have installed tivoli 5.3 in sun E3500(solaris 8) which is attached to
sun's L1000 automated library with 2 drives.

As per the documentation i have included the target and LUN as recognised
by the server for the library as target=0 and LUN=0 in lb.conf and added
the library using add_drv command.


It was added with out any problem.the following are the files seen in
/dev/rmt

> ls -l *lb
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          51 Oct 18 16:06 0lb ->
../../devices/sbus@3,0/SUNW,fas@3,8800000/st@4,0:lb
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          49 Oct 18 16:06 1lb ->
../../devices/sbus@3,0/QLGC,isp@0,10000/st@2,0:lb
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          49 Oct 18 16:06 2lb ->
../../devices/sbus@3,0/QLGC,isp@0,10000/st@3,0:lb
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     other         49 Feb  3 12:00 3lb ->
../../devices/sbus@3,0/QLGC,isp@0,10000/lb@0,0:lb

when I try to define a path by giving /dev/rmt/0lb or 1lb or 2lb or 3lb
I am getting the following error

ANR8840E Unable to open device /dev/rmt/0lbB with error 2.
  ANR8418E DEFINE PATH: An I/O error occurred while
   accessing library L1000

Please help me to find out what I am doing wrong..

Thanks
Geetha







On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Andreas Almroth wrote:

> Geetha Thanu wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is anybody there using TSM with non IBM automated library..
> >
> > I am trying to configure TSM in solaris with sun's automated library and
> > am not successful..
> >
> > The documenation in the net says
> >
> > |Configuring Device Drivers for Non-IBM Tape Drives and Libraries
> >
> > |If you are configuring a tape library, you must set up the device drivers
> > |for both the drives in the library and the library itself.
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > |Attention: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager /mt device |drivers do not support
> > the Sun Solaris mt command.
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > how to proceed. waiting for help.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Geetha
> >
>
> I seriously doubt that is all documentation available on the topic.
> surely you haven't looked hard enough.
> I read the Quick Start document when we installed on Solaris last year,
> and as far as I can remember it described how to install device drivers
> for Solaris quite well.
> You are not providing much information about your specific problem, so I
> can only recommend reading the above document.
>
> /A
>