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Re: Problem with 3494 / 3590 drives only partly seen by library

2001-08-31 12:02:58
Subject: Re: Problem with 3494 / 3590 drives only partly seen by library
From: Rick Un <Rick.Un AT DYNEGY DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:03:18 -0500
problem fixed by installing latest Atape drivers released as of Aug
15th-ish.   So a 1 hour problem took 1 week to resolve since IBM for some
reason just didn't want me to talk to the right person... fyi, I started
the testing a little bit before the 15th so I didn't get the veryvery
latest drivers.  The difference in the drivers is like 6.1.8.0 verse
6.1.9.0  Can you say... very very unhappy with IBM support..  (and fyi
again, I used to work for IBM support a number of years ago, and looks like
things are still broken if not worse)

rick un




                    Richard Cowen
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                    08:29 AM
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Works here.  (same environment, but direct FC attached)
Maybe your SAN DG needs to have its scsi rescanned.  You could try delete
the drives under TSM, rmdev -dl under AIX, rescan at the SAN DG, cfgmgr,
define the drives under TSM, and try again?

# lscfg -vl rmt4
  DEVICE            LOCATION          DESCRIPTION

  rmt4              2A-08-01          IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium
                                      Changer (FCP)

        Manufacturer................IBM
        Machine Type and Model......03590E1A
        Serial Number...............0000000C3398
        Device Specific.(FW)........E304
        Loadable Microcode Level....A0B00E33

# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -D -E
 Type   Mod  Serial #   Devnum   Cuid  Device  VTS Library
003590  E1A  13-C3398  00C33980    1      0
003590  E1A  13-C3916  00C39160    2      0

# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qV -V YZA456
Volume Data:
   volume state.........00
   logical volume.......No
   volume class.........3590 1/2 inch cartridge tape
   volume type..........HPCT 320m nominal length
   volser...............YZA456
   category.............012C
   subsystem affinity...01 02 00 00 00 00 00 00
                        00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
                        00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
                        00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -f /dev/rmt4 -m -V YZA456
# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qM
YZA456 C33980
# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -f /dev/rmt4 -d -V YZA456
# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qM
#

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