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csreenivas
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Tape drive not detecting

Hi

Our Tape drive is not detecting using ioscan on HP-UX B.11.00 A 9000/879 machine.

unknown -1 10/4/12.5.0 UNCLAIMED UNKNOWN Quantum DLT4000.

We replaced Tape drive still not detecting.
Mother board crashed recently due to power outage and we replaced new mother board .

Do I need to rebuild kernel for tape?
This is a test server and I have no previous experience in rebuilding kernel, can anyone please suggest me the commands
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Michal Kapalka (mikap)
Honored Contributor

Re: Tape drive not detecting

hi,

check if you have the "stape" driver loaded in the kernel.

mikap

csreenivas
Frequent Advisor

Re: Tape drive not detecting

Hi

I can see stape in /stand/system

/home/root> grep tape /stand/system
stape
singh sanjeev
Trusted Contributor

Re: Tape drive not detecting

try running:

insf -eC tape ,is device file created for tape/

#cd /dev/rmt/ ;ll *
Sanjeev Singh
rariasn
Honored Contributor

Re: Tape drive not detecting

Hi,

Install "stape" and "tape2" drivers.

rgs,
S.N.S
Valued Contributor

Re: Tape drive not detecting

Let Us know after running insf -e or insf -eC tape..

SNS
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csreenivas
Frequent Advisor

Re: Tape drive not detecting

I cannot see tape2 drivers in /stand/system.
Can you please help me how to install tape2 drivers.

# insf -eC tape
#/dev/rmt> ls
#/dev/rmt> ll
total 0

#grep tape /stand/system
stape
# /dev/rmt> grep tape2 /stand/system
Michal Kapalka (mikap)
Honored Contributor

Re: Tape drive not detecting

hi,

if its possible to reboot the system, i would recommend to do it.

if not, you could user rmsf -H ( drive path )

ioscan -fnC tape && insf -eC tape

mikap
csreenivas
Frequent Advisor

Re: Tape drive not detecting

Rebooted couple of times but still I could not see anything in ioscan.
singh sanjeev
Trusted Contributor

Re: Tape drive not detecting

check error in event.log

/var/opt/resmon/log/event.log for tape...

Is tape deriver is internal to server or connected to libary..if yes then check the connection... if it is through FC

try runing

fcmsutil
Sanjeev Singh