ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] multipathing ts1120s under RHEL6

2014-05-23 13:44:16
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] multipathing ts1120s under RHEL6
From: Michael Prix <mp AT RS6000.DARKTECH DOT ORG>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 19:39:46 +0200
Gary,

dm-multipath is for diskdrives. You want to use lin_tape for the
handling of the FC-attachment of the tape drives.

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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards

Michael Prix

On 05/22/2014 09:14 PM, Lee, Gary wrote:
> I am now attempting to share libraries containing IBM ts1120 drives between 
> two tsm servers on HP hardware running RHEL 6.
>
> It appears that I will need to use the dm-multipath system to manage the 
> various fc paths to all the drives.
>
> Got dm-multipath installed, but now trying to configure so it will see the 
> drives.
> Has anyone done this before and could you point me to some information?
> I have the redhat manual for configuring dm-multipath. I am fairly new to FC 
> so some help is appreciated.
> The redhat book does not even mention tape, and can't find info on my drives 
> in the places it mentions to look.
>
> Thanks for any and all help.