Adding tape drive

[Ron Bromwell]

I have a HP tape drive (C2984A) that I want to add to my C360 running 11.0. I'm trying to use SAM to add this drive. Which of the following device drives do I need to add to the kernel for this drive to work?
cs80, disc1, hpib1, schgr,scsi1, spt, spt0, stape, tape1, tape2, target

Thanks,
Ron

[T G Manikandan]

Just do a insf -e
it will automatically install the drivers for the attached tape drive.

Then do a
ioscan -fnC tape
to check whether it is CLAIMED.

Thanks

[Pete Randall]

Ron,

I could certainly be wrong, but I though insf only installed device files, not drivers. Not being exactly sure what the C2984A is, I would say that one of the following should do it: stape, tape1, tape2. Try configuring those into your kernel and see which one your drive uses (in ioscan). You can always take the others back out of the kernel later.

Pete

[Ken Hubnik_2]

I agree with Pete. You can add them all to the kernel(it won't hurt) and then afterwards do an ioscan -fnkC tape and so which one is used and always remove the others not used later of just leave them in.

[Steve Reynolds · Accepted solution]

Do a lsdev -C tape
to see what tape drivers
are already in your kernel.

After physically installing the device, do an insf -e
to install the device files.

Determine if the device is
claimed or not.
ioscan -fun -C tape.

You may need to add a driver
to the kernel or you may
be all set.

[harry d brown jr]

It's a dds3.

add stape to kernel and reboot, then insf -e and then ioscan -fn

live free or die
harry

[Ron Bromwell]

tried the insf -e, then the ioscan. Tape drive didn't show up. The SCSI ID on the tape drive is set to 0. I would think that this ID is already taken. How do I see what SCSI ID are currently assigned on my machine?

[Pete Randall]

Ron,

You can tell the SCSI id from ioscan:

ioscan -kCtape
H/W Path Class Description
=================================================
0/0/1/0.0.0...... tape...... HP...... C1537A
0/4/0/0.6.0...... tape...... QUANTUM...... DLT8000


In this instance, the SCSI id's are 0 and 6.

Pete

[harry d brown jr]

If you expect a SCSI conflict, then IMMEDIATELY take that tape drive off, or potentially suffer some SERIOUS data loss.

A SCSI ID is only pertinent to the BUS it is on (like a scsi card).

ioscan -fn >/tmp/ioscan_`hostname`.txt

then more /tmp/ioscan_`hostname`.txt

find the card the tape drive is on and look at the ID's on that PATH.

live free or die
harry

[aaa_17]

hi,

I've got the same problem when I install the tape driver c1537A (DDS3 tape),I tried the ioscan, insf as well as adding the device and rebuild the kernel. However it does not show the tape.
I have disconnected the tape drive during the OS installation. Should I connect and power on the tape drive during installing OS ?I remember that it configures the tape drive and device files automatically.
What should I do ?