Are they IBM drives are some other variety? You only need lin_tape for
IBM drives.

On 10/28/2011 12:13 PM, Moyer, Joni M wrote:
> The drives are lto5.  We’re checking into drivers right now.  We thought we 
> had the correct ones installed, but that’s where we’re starting to 
> troubleshoot the issue.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> From: daniel.sparrman AT exist DOT se [mailto:daniel.sparrman AT exist DOT se]
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 2:21 PM
> To: Moyer, Joni M
> Cc: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: SV:Linux TSM Server & discovering scsi tape drives
> 
> It would help if you supplied us with what kind of drives you are using. The 
> drives should always be visible in the /proc/scsi/scsi file if they are 
> physically visible to the machine. If they arent configured in linux, there 
> could be a number of reasons, the most common is a lack of drivers.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Daniel
> 
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> Hi Everyone,
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> 
> We're in the process of trying to set up a new TSM 6.2.3.0 Linux server and 
> we are trying to configure the tape drives to the OS.  Would anyone happen to 
> know what needs to be done?  We have already zoned the tape drives to hba's 
> on the linux server, but we still do not see the drives.  (Even after reboot.)
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> Any suggestions?
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