topic tape drive in Operating System - HP-UX

tape drive

piyut_2 — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:18:58 GMT

gurus,

i am already just make zone at SAN switch to detect tape drive.than i run command "insf -e", but server doesn't detect tape drive yet.

whats wrong??

Re: tape drive

Peter Godron — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:33:21 GMT

piyut,
are you sure the system can see the tape drive?
ioscan -fnC tape
If not check cables and terminators
Any SCSI ID conflicts?
check dmesg
Once the machine can see the drive your insf command should work.
Regards

Re: tape drive

Henk Geurts — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:37:20 GMT

what does ioscan -fnC tape looks like ?
regards.

Re: tape drive

Borislav Perkov — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:44:36 GMT

Hi,
You should also check do you have enabled tape devices in your kernel, stape in kernel devices.
Regards,
Borislav

Re: tape drive

Tony Scully_2 — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:15:47 GMT

Have you done an ioscan (no options) before the insf -e?

If the kernel module (driver) is not in the kernel you won't get the device file, but you should see 'something' in the ioscan.

Are you using zoning on the SAN switches?

If so then check tape device and the HBA WWNs are zoned.

can you post:

1. ioscan
2. ioscan -fnCtape

Cheers,

Tony

Re: tape drive

Hoang Chi Cong_1 — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:59:55 GMT

Is there any missing when config zoning function with SAN?
Show me the output of:
#ioscan -fC tape

I think you need to rebuild the kernel.

Regard,
HoangChiCong

Re: tape drive

piyut_2 — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:08:10 GMT

dears,

i found the problem,via SAM, tape drive can't be found, then i add from menu actions.there are confirmations that many drivers not been instaled yet.so i install drivers via sam and need reboot.after reboot,system can detect tape drive.

many thanks for you all