ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Drive serial

2015-07-20 08:50:02
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Drive serial
From: Zoltan Forray <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 08:48:09 -0400
The info is the same.

>From my TSM server (FYI the drive names in TSM is the same as the last-6
digits of the drive serial number:

8:43:30 AM   SUN : QUERY DRIVE TS3500-COPY 78A073E f=d
                                Library Name: TS3500-COPY
                                  Drive Name: 78A073E
                                 Device Type: 3592
                                     On-Line: Yes
                                Read Formats:
3592-3C,3592-3,3592-2C,3592-2,35-
                                               92C,3592
                               Write Formats: 3592-3C,3592-3,3592-2C,3592-2
                                     Element: 262
                                 Drive State: LOADED
                                 Volume Name: 088457
                                Allocated to: WIND
                                         WWN: 5005076044093B07
*                               Serial Number: 0000078A073E*
              Last Update by (administrator): ZFORRAY
                       Last Update Date/Time: 04/04/2015 14:54:43
Cleaning Frequency (Gigabytes/ASNEEDED/NONE): NONE

Compares to the contents of /proc/scsi/IBMtape on my Linux TSM server:

[root@sun ~]# cat /proc/scsi/IBMtape
lin_tape version: 2.9.4
lin_tape major number: 250
Attached Tape Devices:
Number  model       SN                HBA             SCSI            FO
Path
0       03592E06    0000078A4011      qla2xxx         5:0:0:0         NA
*1       03592E06    0000078A073E      qla2xxx         5:0:1:0         NA*
2       03592E06    0000078A70E9      qla2xxx         5:0:2:0         NA
3       03592E06    000007876473      qla2xxx         5:0:3:0         NA
4       03592E06    000007857540      qla2xxx         5:0:4:0         NA
5       03592E06    000007876475      qla2xxx         5:0:5:0         NA
6       03592E06    000007857392      qla2xxx         5:0:6:0         NA
7       03592E06    000007857569      qla2xxx         5:0:7:0         NA
8       03592E06    0000078A08AB      qla2xxx         5:0:8:0         NA
9       03592E06    0000078A401C      qla2xxx         5:0:9:0         NA
10      03592E06    0000078A08A1      qla2xxx         5:0:10:0        NA
11      03592E06    000007868704      qla2xxx         5:0:11:0        NA
12      03592E06    0000078A70E8      qla2xxx         5:0:12:0        NA
13      03592E06    000007876472      qla2xxx         5:0:13:0        NA
14      03592E06    0000078A3C78      qla2xxx         5:0:14:0        NA
15      03592E06    000007857440      qla2xxx         5:0:15:0        NA
16      03592E06    000007868729      qla2xxx         5:0:16:0        NA


On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Loon, EJ van (ITOPT3) - KLM <
Eric-van.Loon AT klm DOT com> wrote:

> Hi guys!
> I haven't had much experience with physical tape drives (we are using DD
> VTL's only) but recently I installed a few stand-alone IBM LTO5 drives to
> be able to externalize TSM data on request. I need the serial numbers of
> the drives for administrational purposes. I know TSM reports a serial
> number in the drive definition, is this identical to the physical serial
> number on the sticker on the back of the drive?
> Thanks for any reply in advance!
> Kind regards,
> Eric van Loon
> AF/KLM Storage Engineering
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