Identifying the tape drive

[kunjuttan]

Hi All,

            I have one tape library with 4 drives.All the drives are mapped to our servers running HP-UX11.31.I want to know,how can I identify a particular drive.I am trying with ioscan -fnCtape.But how to identify a particular drive.

[Turgay Cavdar · Accepted solution]

You can identify from WWID of the tape. Fist get device file name (persistent ones) with :

# ioscan -m dsf

then use scsimgr to see WWID of the tape, for example:

# scsimgr  get_info  -D  /dev/rmt/cxtydzBEST

[Hakki Aydin Ucar]

Another method is to use stm (Support Tool Manager)  OR cstm (command line of the same tool)  to get detailed information about your tapes.

[Torsten.]

It depends on the type of library.

Normally the drives have a unique SCSI ID, serial number or WWN which you can compare.

[kunjuttan]

Hi,

    Thanks for the quick help.The issue has been resolved.

[Torsten.]

Good news, but honestly speaking, this will not help others browsing this topic later, because you did not say how you solved your problem.

[kunjuttan]

Sorry Torsten.But I followed the steps given by Turgay Cavdar.He given the exact solution.