TSM 5.3 Library config on Solaris 64 bit

[cheffern]

When setting up a new TSM server (5.3) on Solaris for 64 bit - we found the IBM documentation lacked info about how to configure the drives properly.



Correct info for adding drives on Solaris using 64 bit:



Copy mt.conf from the TSM install directory to /usr/kernel/drv/sparcv9



The doc fails to mention that:



- adding 'sparcv9' is for 64 bit, just /usr/kernel/drv is for 32 bit



also



Edit the /opt/tivoli/tsm/devices/bin/autoconf file and alter the lines from:



/usr/sbin/add_drv -v -m '* 0666 bin bin' /usr/kernel/drv/mt

to

/usr/sbin/add_drv -v -m '* 0666 bin bin' /usr/kernel/drv/sparcv9/mt



Duplicate this for lb, and op if you use it.

Then you should be able to run autoconf to setup the drives and get past the error where the devices are not being written in the devices directory, etc.



Hope someone finds this useful - we had over a weeks delay on figuring this out!

 

[hogmaster]

Good tip it will come in handy in 3 weeks!

Thx /daniel

 

[cheffern]

Cool If you need any help, you can ping me here or via private message.