GregE
ADSM.ORG Senior Member
Not a TSM-specific question, but related to tape.
Anyone using the EMLXS instead of the LPFC?
A pilot IBM XIV is being setup at my site and requires using the EMLXS driver. Works fine connecting to XIV, but not to IBM tape drives using IBMtape driver.
Anyone successfully using IBMtape driver with EMLXS hba driver?
Is this information valid??? I don't like what I see!!! (bottom of the link)
Solaris 10 and IBMTape with TSM
TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) requires you to use the IBMtape driver and not the native Solaris ST driver to speak to your tapes. If you are using QLC cards, this won’t work. You need to install a QLA or a good old Emulex card. You also need to use LPFC and not the emlxs driver. [WRONG, if anyone is using this post for info] So:
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Install the 6.02h LPFC driver from Emulex for the card. http://www-dl.emulex.com/support/solaris/602h/emulex.html
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Install the EMLXemlxu package.
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Run /opt/EMLXemlxu/bin/emlxdrv and change the driver for your card to be lpfc and not emlxs.
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Install IBMtape.
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Configure /usr/kernel/srv/IBMtape.conf - this is well documented and pretty straight forward.
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Configure /kernel/drv/st.conf so that the Solaris ST driver won’t take over any of the tapes in question.
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Reboot to activate the LPFC driver.
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IBMtape tape drives should be visible in /dev/rmt
Anyone using the EMLXS instead of the LPFC?
A pilot IBM XIV is being setup at my site and requires using the EMLXS driver. Works fine connecting to XIV, but not to IBM tape drives using IBMtape driver.
Anyone successfully using IBMtape driver with EMLXS hba driver?
Is this information valid??? I don't like what I see!!! (bottom of the link)
Solaris 10 and IBMTape with TSM
TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) requires you to use the IBMtape driver and not the native Solaris ST driver to speak to your tapes. If you are using QLC cards, this won’t work. You need to install a QLA or a good old Emulex card. You also need to use LPFC and not the emlxs driver. [WRONG, if anyone is using this post for info] So:
*
Install the 6.02h LPFC driver from Emulex for the card. http://www-dl.emulex.com/support/solaris/602h/emulex.html
*
Install the EMLXemlxu package.
*
Run /opt/EMLXemlxu/bin/emlxdrv and change the driver for your card to be lpfc and not emlxs.
*
Install IBMtape.
*
Configure /usr/kernel/srv/IBMtape.conf - this is well documented and pretty straight forward.
*
Configure /kernel/drv/st.conf so that the Solaris ST driver won’t take over any of the tapes in question.
*
Reboot to activate the LPFC driver.
*
IBMtape tape drives should be visible in /dev/rmt
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