Yep. just tried that, although the manual does say the /dev format is
doable.

>>> booth AT UIUC DOT EDU 06/15/2005 12:20:58 PM >>>
On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 12:12:00PM -0400, Lawrence Clark wrote:
> I am testing the unload / load procedures on our DR TSM server.
> The unload went fine, but the loadformat is having a problem. I've
used
> both formats suggested in the manual, logical name and device name,
but
> still receive the same error messages. Anyone see an error in the
> command format?
>
> Errors:
>
> ANR0900I Processing options file dsmserv.opt.
> ANR7811I Direct I/O will be used for all eligible disk files.
> 804396580: needs to be regular file or logical volume.
> [tsmserv2] /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin #
>

You need to specify the filesystem name here, NOT the '/dev' name:

> Command formats used:
>
> ./dsmserv loadformat 2 /dev/adsmloga /dev/adsmlogb 17 /dev/adsmdba
> /dev/adsmdbb /dev/adsmdbc /dev/adsmdbd /dev/adsmdbe /dev/adsmdbf
> /dev/adsmdbg /dev/adsmdbh /dev/adsmdbi /dev/adsmdbj /dev/adsmdbk
> /dev/adsmdbl /dev/adsmdbm /dev/adsmdbn /dev/adsmdbo /dev/adsmdbp
> /dev/adsmdbq
>


Bob