ADSM-L

Re: AIT-2 drives

1999-08-15 22:22:00
Subject: Re: AIT-2 drives
From: Remeta, Mark <MRemeta AT SELIGMANDATA DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
Date: Monday, August 16, 1999 2:22 PM
>John, I'm talking about the old AIT drives working with 3.1.2.40.
>I couldn't get them to work. I had to re-install 3.1.2.20.
>I do not have any of the new drives here.
>
>
>Mark
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John M. Sorensen [mailto:sorensen AT STORSOL DOT COM]
>Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 4:01 PM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: AIT-2 drives
>
>
>Mark,
>
>No, we aren't getting close to the point you are at.
>
>In the Device Information list in the Server Utilites, the drives all show
>up as GENERICTAPE.  This means that ADSMSCSI does not recognize the drive
as
>a legal, supported drive.  But this seems very strange, so I was asking
>around if anybody else has been able to get AIT-2 drives recognized by
>ADSMSCSIl.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Remeta, Mark <MRemeta AT SELIGMANDATA DOT COM>
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>Date: Monday, August 16, 1999 1:52 PM
>Subject: Re: AIT-2 drives
>
>
>>What format do you have the drives defined as???
>>Have you tried to do any space reclamation yet?
>>I have the 4 drive qualstar library and when I tried to do a reclamation
it
>>came up with an error.
>>Storage pool backups and database backups worked ok.
>>Someone suggested changing the format=AITC to format=drive but it still
did
>>the same thing.
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: John M. Sorensen [mailto:sorensen AT STORSOL DOT COM]
>>Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 3:30 PM
>>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>Subject: Re: AIT-2 drives
>>
>>
>>The AIT-1 drives in a Qualstar library still attched to this ADSM
>>server are working fine after the upgrade to 3.1.2.40.   These
>>are SONY 300C drives.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Remeta, Mark <MRemeta AT SELIGMANDATA DOT COM>
>>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>>Date: Monday, August 16, 1999 11:45 AM
>>Subject: Re: AIT-2 drives
>>
>>
>>>I have the older AIT drives and they stopped working when I upgraded to
>>>3.1.2.40.
>>>What drives are you currently using???
>>>
>>>Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: John M. Sorensen [mailto:sorensen AT STORSOL DOT COM]
>>>Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 1:20 PM
>>>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>>Subject: AIT-2 drives
>>>
>>>
>>>Has anyone successfully used the new(er) AIT-2 drives with ADSM?
>>>I am using 3.1.2.40 on NT.  I cannot get ADSM to see the drives as
>>>anything other than GENERICTAPE.  I have set the drives to AIT-1
>>>emulation on the front panel; tried jumpers, etc., to no avail.  This
>>>is not a new ADSM server, but it is a new tape library.
>>>
>>>John Sorensen
>>>sorensen AT storsol DOT com
>>>Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
>>>
>>
>
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