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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Device Support README
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This document includes updated information for the documentation provided
with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3.0.
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New Device Support
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0Driver Requirements
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STORPORT DRIVERS ARE NOT SUPPORTED
The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager device driver does not support Storport
drivers for Host Bus Adapters on Windows 2003. ScsiPort drivers are required
for the HBAs to which the devices controlled by the IBM Tivoli Storage
Manager device driver are attached.
>>> trcka AT GCSYSTEM DOT CZ 17/01/2005 5:38:51 >>>
Interesting. Where exactly did you read about FC storport driver issue ?
In 5.3 Server and Stg Agent README 5.3 I've found only following:
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* Support for QUERY SAN command and SAN discovery on Windows 2003 with *
* Qlogic Fibre Channel HBA *
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There is no support for SAN discovery for Qlogic Fibre Channel HBA on
Windows
2003 until a problem with Microsoft is resolved. The Windows 2003 platform
is not supported for now although the SANDISCOVERY option defaults to YES.
For the list of supported HBAs and required driver levels by operating
system go to http://www.ibm.com/support and search on keyword TSMHBA.
S pozdravem / Best Regards,
Martin Trcka, IT Consultant
Tech. Support Department
GC System a.s., Spitalka 41, 60200 Brno, Czech Rep.
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Steve Harris napsal(a):
>There is an issue documented in the 5.3 readme that you cannot use the windows
>2k3 FC storport driver with the TSM device driver to access tape devices.
>Could this be your problem?
>
>This has bitten me because I have disk that needs the storport driver and only
>a single FC Card plus an FC Attached tape library. I'd really prefer to use
>the TSM device driver, so if anyone can suggest a way around this issue, I
>would be most appreciative.
>
>Thanks
>
>Steve
>
>Steve Harris
>TSM Admin
>Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia
>
>
>
>
>
>>>>trcka AT GCSYSTEM DOT CZ 13/01/2005 23:57:42 >>>
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>>>>
>Hello *SMers,
>I'm having trouble with operating Dell 110T LTO2 drives in a PowerVault
>132T library.
>
>Environment:
>- W2k3, HBA Qlogic 2340, FC attached Dell Powervault 132T library with 2
>Dell 110T LTO2 drives
>- TSM device driver for library
>(http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&uid=swg21177112) and
>IBM device drivers
> for the drives
>(http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&context=SSGSG7&q1=110T&uid=swg21082581&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en)
>
>I am able to define both drives and library, as well as paths, in TSM
>sucessfully, but I'm having problems with write operations to the drive.
>F.e., when I try to label volumes in the library, the tape gets mounted
>in a drive, but no label is ever written and the process never ends (or
>at least not within 20 mins). Tape stays mounted in a drive and never
>gets dismounted. I've tried dozens of combinations of device drivers for
>the drives, but never succeeded. I see no error in the TSM Actlog or
>Windows Event log.
>
>When I define library as RSM type (using native Dell device drivers for
>both library and tape drives) and use RSM for media handling, everything
>works fine.
>I can easily label volumes, perform backups and so on. Again, when I
>reconfigure the library and drive back to SCSI type and try to perform
>f.e. a backup of TSM database using media labelled in previous step (via
>RSM), the procedure repeats with the same result - robotics mount the
>tape in a drive and nothing happens. TSM server is still waiting for
>mount of a scratch media, eventhough the volume is already mounted.
>
>I've tried to install TSM 5.2 even, but the result is the same.
>
>It seems to me, that there must be a problem with device drivers, but
>maybe I'm missing something.
>Any ideas ?
>
>--
>
>S pozdravem / Best Regards,
>
>Martin Trcka, IT Consultant
>Tech. Support Department
>GC System a.s., Spitalka 41, 60200 Brno, Czech Rep.
>mob: +420 602 452 361
>fax: +420 543 537 333
>email: trcka AT gcsystem DOT cz
>
>
>
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