Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP Tape drives

In which library are the drives installed? If these are fibre drives then you must also map them to the server from the tape library as well as zoning them in via the switch. That is to say libraries (as do fibre disk arrays) have ways to set permission to specific drives to specific hosts. (For example in the Quantum i6000 I have to go to something like SetupàConnectivityàFC Hosts to map the drives.)

Minor rant: It would really help if Qlogic adapters did NOT report every initiator on the SAN but only those things specifically zoned to the hosts to which they are attached. Trying to figure out what Qlogic really has access to is a PITA.

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Wilcox, Donald A (GE Global Research)
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:57 AM
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] NDMP Tape drives

I have some new LTO5 drives and 2 of 4 of my netapps won’t show the drive serial numbers. I have checked switch ports, os levels, hba model and firmware. They are all exactly the same. I am connected to a brocade switch and have the drives zoned properly. The netapps see the drives but if I run storage show tape on the nas it has a generic serial number instead of the serial number of the drive. This is preventing me adding these new drives. Has anyone seen this?

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