Replace LTO3 drive HPUX 11i 31

[Suzi Fischman]

Does anyone know how to replace a tape drive in HPUX 11i 31 without doing a re-boot?

[OScar123]

Which library ????

In HPUX 11.31

do

ioscan -m lun <DSF path of tape drive>

then

rmsf -H < the hardware path which u get from the above command>

replace the drive.

then again execute insf.

[Torsten.]

It depends if the tape is SCSI or FC connected and it depends on the library model.

Some library models assign the same WWN to a new tape drive, so you don't need to do adjustmensts.

Just in case the drive is still "NO_HW" after replacement in ioscan, you need to do (tape8 as an example):

# scsimgr -f replace_wwid -D  /dev/rtape/tape8_BEST dsf