Thanks to all who helped me with this .. the answers were perfect .. donald
hunny and tab..  much better than the support I PAY for .. and yes.. I did
have it connected and working fine .. i just didnt know it the aix error
threw me off.

R.

> You can also use 'SHOW LIBRARY' and 'SHOW SLOTS <libname>' to see what
> TSM thinks of your library and drive hardware. SHOW SLOTS will show
> what TSM has interpreted from your library as far as the number of
> storage slots, drive slots, mailbox slots, and picker slots. SHOW
> LIBRARY will give details on hardware type, interface, driver type and
> file for the library controllers and tape devices.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick W [mailto:rick AT IMAGEWAY DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:05 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: adic scalar 100
>
>
> Thanks for the quick responses guys.. this helps me understand quite a
> bit more .. Would anyone have any idea how to use the lbtest tool or
> tapeutil to manipulate the library ?? I just need a simple test to
> confirm if this is working or not .. and yes Tab you were right about
> the " whos on first" argument .. sheesh .. i wish they would just pick
> up the ball and run with it instead of finger pointing.  I do have an
> lb0 showing up as Available and i know that is usually a good sign in
> aix'dom but I am a sys admin and therefore "a glass is half empty kind
> of guy" .. so i think its broke till i see the damn thing move :).  I
> will search the web but if anyone has something simple that proves it
> works im all ears.
>
> R.
>
>
>> Rick,
>>
>> As I understand things (and have seen on my own system), the
>> Atape.driver, smc devices, and rmt devices are all  for IBM-brand
>> equipment.  To use other brands, you have to defind lb and mt devices
>> using the "adsmtape" driver.  You will still have the rmt devices
>> because the drives answer cfgmgr when it polls the SCSI bus.
>>
>> If, after defining the lb and mt devices, it still doesn't work, you
>> probably have an incompatibility between the version of adsmtape and
>> the library firmware.  That happened to me with an HP DLT library.
>> Both companies tried to be responsive to the issue and it was
>> eventually solved, but be forwarned that you will be in a "who's on
>> first?"
>> situation.  You might have to do a lot of facilitating to get it
>> solved.
>>
>> The AIX lbtest tool can shed some light, but I'm not an expert on its
>> use, so for that I'll defer to other members of the forum.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Tab Trepagnier
>> TSM Administrator
>> Laitram Corporation
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rick W <rick AT IMAGEWAY DOT COM>
>> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>> 07/18/2002 02:36 PM
>> Please respond to rick
>>
>>
>>        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>        cc:
>>        Subject:        adic scalar 100
>>
>>
>> Guys,
>> I recently emailed the list asking if the scalar 100 was supported
>> under aix 4.3.3 and in tsm 4.2 and the response was yes.  I have yet
>> to see it work in our current environment.  The drives are detected
>> correctly (rmt0, rmt1) but the autoloader is not detected (smc0).  AIX
>> doesnt see it, cfgmgr
>> kicks back with a devices.scsi is missing and i have tried all the
>> drivers i can think of off of the AIX 4.3.3. disk.  I can specify
>> under TSM devices
>> that there is an lb0 but it seems to fail .. any one have any advice
>> at all ?? ADIC support is completely useless.  I am trying to use the
>> Atape drivers for the support.
>>
>>
>> R.
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