topic Re: tape not getting ejected in Operating System - HP-UX

tape not getting ejected

fizan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:12:53 GMT

tape 0 0/1/1/1.3.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP C7438A
/dev/rmt/0m /dev/rmt/c3t3d0BESTn /dev/rmt/c3t3d0DDSb
/dev/rmt/c3t3d0BEST /dev/rmt/c3t3d0BESTnb /dev/rmt/c3t3d0DDSn
/dev/rmt/c3t3d0BESTb /dev/rmt/c3t3d0DDS /dev/rmt/c3t3d0DDSnb

how to eject the tape from command line?

Re: tape not getting ejected

melvyn burnard — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:32:58 GMT

If I recall, use the mt command, something like mt -t /dev/rmt/0m offline

man mt to make sure of my memory :-]

Re: tape not getting ejected

piyush mathiya — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:07:29 GMT

Use

mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn rew
mt -f /dev/rmt/omn offline

Re: tape not getting ejected

Hakki Aydin Ucar — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:42:33 GMT

TO see Tape status:

# mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn status
Drive: HP C5683A
Format:
Status: [41112600] BOT online compression immediate-report-mode
File: 0
Block: 0

To Eject tape:

# mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn offl

Re: tape not getting ejected

Raj D. — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:28:32 GMT

fizan,
Try: (Hope os is 11.23 )

# mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn status
# mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn offl
- Wait for 1 min.
# mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn status

Cheers,
Raj.