Sony TSL-S11000 autoloader tape drive

[Tariq Khan_1]

I have attached Sony external autoloader tape drive to RP5470 HP Server running HP-UX 11i. It seems to configure it okay but how would i use it for the backup. Do I need a software that manage the autoloader or can I simply use tar,cpio fbackup etc. Apparently I can use tar or cpio to backup file on the tape dirve. This is what I get

/opt>tar cvf /dev/rmt/stape_config *
a Migration/bin/0010.migration 1 blocks
a Migration/bin/9000.migration 1 blocks
a Migration/bin/basic 6 blocks
a Migration/bin/check_codeset 32 blocks
Tar: end of tape
Tar: to continue, enter device/file name when ready or null string to quit.

/opt>ll /dev/rmt
root@pstpripihp1:/opt>ll /dev/rmt
total 0
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x000000 Dec 9 14:13 0m
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x000080 Dec 9 14:13 0mb
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x000040 Dec 9 15:09 0mn
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x0000c0 Dec 9 14:13 0mnb
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x000000 Dec 9 14:13 c0t0d0BEST
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x000080 Dec 9 14:13 c0t0d0BESTb
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x000040 Dec 9 15:09 c0t0d0BESTn
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x0000c0 Dec 9 14:13 c0t0d0BESTnb
crw-rw-rw- 1 bin bin 205 0x000001 Dec 9 14:13 c0t0d0DDS
crw-rw-rw- 1 bin bin 205 0x000081 Dec 9 14:13 c0t0d0DDSb
crw-rw-rw- 1 bin bin 205 0x000041 Dec 9 14:13 c0t0d0DDSn
crw-rw-rw- 1 bin bin 205 0x0000c1 Dec 9 14:13 c0t0d0DDSnb
crw-r--r-- 1 bin bin 205 0xfffffe Feb 26 16:45 stape_config

/opt>ioscan -fnC tape
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=====================================================================
tape 0 0/0/1/0.0.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE SONY TSL-11000
/dev/rmt/0m /dev/rmt/c0t0d0BESTn
/dev/rmt/0mb /dev/rmt/c0t0d0BESTnb
/dev/rmt/0mn /dev/rmt/c0t0d0DDS
/dev/rmt/0mnb /dev/rmt/c0t0d0DDSb
/dev/rmt/c0t0d0BEST /dev/rmt/c0t0d0DDSn
/dev/rmt/c0t0d0BESTb /dev/rmt/c0t0d0DDSnb

Any help will be appreciated
Thanks

[Steven E. Protter]

sam
kernel
drivers

make sure stape is set to IN if not, do so, recompile the kernel and boot.

Then:

cd /etc
tar cvf /dev/rmt/0m *

Then tar tvf /dev/rmt/0m


This should verify the installation.

If the drive is NOT certified by HP it simply may not work.

SEP

[Tariq Khan_1]

Thanks for the reply. Kernel is already built with the stape driver
/var/sam/log>lsdev -d stape
Character Block Driver Class
205 -1 stape tape

But when use this:
/var/sam/log>tar -cvf /dev/rmt/0mn *
tar: cannot open /dev/rmt/0mn

/var/sam/log>ll /dev/rmt/0*
total 0
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x000000 Dec 9 14:13 0m
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x000080 Dec 9 14:13 0mb
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x000040 Dec 9 15:09 0mn
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x0000c0 Dec 9 14:13 0mnb

Even
/var/sam/log>mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn rew
/dev/rmt/0mn: No such device or address

tmk

[Jan Hawes_3]

Hi,

i have tried it with a dlt, i get the same output if there is no tape inside, perhaps you need another command to tell your autoloader to load a tape.

jan

[Steven E. Protter]

Ian has the problem nailed.

You need one of the mt commands to get that tape to load.

Doing an itrc search, but as I recall Pete Randall or Patrick Walleck did something likd this a few weeks ago.

SEP

[Steven E. Protter]

Here are some threads that may contain the commands you need.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=51080

http://search.hp.com/redirect.html?url=http%3A//forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do%3FthreadId%3D200175&qt=autoloader+%2Bcommands&hit=2

Second thread looks right on.

SEP

[Tariq Khan_1]

Thanks to all their help esp Steven. It seems that Sony TSL-S11000 autoloader is not compatible to HP-UX 11i.