I'm bringing up a remote AIX system with a 3584. Seems as though IBM left it
in an unusable state and I'm trying to figure out why. What I originally saw
was the below output minus the 3584 info. I ran cfgmgr and now have the
below output. What is odd to me is that there are 3 3584's showing up.



On the system I have here I only have the one. The defined drives I've seen
before too. In fact on the system I have here, if I reboot it a few of the
drives show up as defined instead of available. That doesn't happen with the
3490's on the other system. I still have one in that state and haven't been
able to bring it back as of yet. These 3 are similar and I'm at a loss as to
why IBM would leave an installation in a state like this.



Can anyone shed some light on the library or tape drive issue?



# lsdev -Cc tape

rmt0 Available 40-60-00-5,0 SCSI 4mm Tape Drive

rmt1 Available 14-08-02     Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt2 Available 17-08-01     Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt3 Available 54-08-01     Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt4 Defined   1A-08-02     Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt5 Defined   21-08-01     Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

rmt6 Defined   5A-08-01     Other FC SCSI Tape Drive

smc0 Available 14-08-02     IBM 3584 Library Medium Changer (FCP)

smc1 Available 17-08-01     IBM 3584 Library Medium Changer (FCP)

smc2 Available 54-08-01     IBM 3584 Library Medium Changer (FCP)





Thanks,



Geoff Gill

TSM Administrator

PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator

SAIC M/S-G1b

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