Do you have "tivoli.tsm.devices.acsls" installed?  If yes, did you define
the drives using "smit adsmtape"?

On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Shekhar Dhotre wrote:

> Hi Richard ,
> yes the drives  are not available to both AIX and tivoli ,
>               when i am trying to reconfigure them
>  by cfgmgr comand , gives following error.
>
>
> lsdev: 0514-521 Cannot find information in the predefined device
>         configuration database for the customized device mt0.
> lsdev: 0514-521 Cannot find information in the predefined device
>         configuration database for the customized device mt1.
> rmt0 Available 10-60-00-5,0 SCSI 4mm Tape Drive
> mt0  Available 20-60-00-3,0 N/A
> mt1  Available 20-60-00-4,0 N/A
>
> what i am thinking is to remove mt0 and mt1  and then run cfgmgr , also 
> opening
> call with IBM
>
> thanks
> Shekhar
>
>
>
>
> "DDA.RFC-822=ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU/P=Internet/A= /C=us" on 11/17/2000 
> 09:59:45 AM
> Please respond to "DDA.RFC-822=ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU/P=Internet/A= 
> /C=us" @ X400
> To: "DDA.RFC-822=ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU/P=Internet/A= /C=us"@X400
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>
> Subject: Re: Upgrade
>
> >When upgrading from 3.7.2 to 3.7.4 it gave Following  messages
> >i am using ACSLS 5.3.0. seems to be drive related error.
> >
> ...
> >
> >lsdev: 0514-521 Cannot find information in the predefined device
> >        configuration database for the customized device mt0.
>
> This AIX message is obliquely saying that the device driver is not installed
> for the device.  Go into SMIT and have a look around.
> The classic problem with 'mt' devices is that they are the *SM name for
> devices which are also known to the operating system as 'rmt' devices;
> and if the operating system goes at them first, it gets them and in effect
> takes then away from *SM.
>      Richard Sims, BU
>