Yes, Wanda,

DEVTYPE=ECART is a solution. If you specify a 9840(C) Format,
the  server generates a 'STK_9840' device name when communicating with the
interface of an EXTERNAL tape library. I hope whole-heartedly,
our tape control software will learn this one day.

Thank you very much, Wanda

Henning

On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Prather, Wanda wrote:

> Hi Henning,
>
> I also have installed 3.1.2.20 to get the 9840 device support.
>
> The way I read the documentation, there is no new DEVICE provided in the
> 3.1.2.20 code, just a new FORMAT.
>
> So you use DEVTYPE=ECART (the device type that is used for the older STK
> 3490-compatible drives)and specify a FORMAT of 9840 or 9840C.
>
> e.g.,
>
>       DEFINE DEVCLASS blah DEVICE=ECART FORMAT=9840C LIBRARY=libname
>
> I can't test the results because my 9840 drives haven't arrived yet, but I
> did test that ADSM accepts this syntax and the DEVCLASS is defined.
>
> If you find out this isn't right, I would greatly appreciate it if you would
> let me know - our drives should be arriving soon!
>
> ************************************************************************
> Wanda Prather
> The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
> 443-778-8769
> wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu
>
> "Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think" -
> Scott Adams/Dilbert
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>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Henning Soenke [SMTP:hks AT IPP.MPG DOT DE]
> > Sent:       Monday, June 14, 1999 3:06 AM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:    STK 9840 tape installation problem on AIX
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > to use StorageTeK 9840 tape drives (in a none-STK tape library)
> > I installed ADSM 3.1.2.20 on AIX 4.3.2.. (Base) Device support should be
> > given by PTF U463372. But I couldn't find a devtype=9840 nor other
> > valid equivalents. And none of the 9840(C) formats mentioned in the
> > readme
> > is accepted. Is there anybody who uses those drives or can give an
> > advice ?
> >
> > regards,
> >
> >      Henning
> >
> > Henning Soenke
> > Rechenzentrum Garching der MPG                   phone: +49 +89 3299-1335
> > Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik              fax: +49 +89 3299-1301
> > Boltzmannstr. 2                                 e-mail: soenke AT rzg.mpg 
> > DOT de
> > D-85748 Garching (Munich), Germany/Allemagne      http: www.rzg.mpg.de
>

Henning Soenke

Rechenzentrum Garching der MPG                   phone: +49 +89 3299-1335
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik              fax: +49 +89 3299-1301
Boltzmannstr. 2                                 e-mail: soenke AT rzg.mpg DOT de
D-85748 Garching (Munich), Germany/Allemagne      http: www.rzg.mpg.de