can not find my tape

[mario.schroeder]

Hi,
I have installed a new HP 9000 Server with MC 11i. Now I searching for me tape drive but with the ioscan -C tape and all others ioscan commands I can´t find it.

So I used insf -C tape but it doesn´t wo

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi,

Is you drive connected properly ( unique scsi id, turned on, terminated)

Is the tape driver loaded ( stape ) in the kernel?

If driver is provided and drive is attached ok :
ioscan -fnCtape && insf
Should create device files.

Or do you have a special tape device?

HTH,

Gideon

[mario.schroeder]

Well, I tryed the command. But there is no system out.

/ #ioscan -fnC tape && insf
/ #

and on this server are no device files for the tape drive.

[MarkSyder]

Internal or external drive?

If external, did you shutdown and turn off the server before adding the drive?

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[mario.schroeder]

So, now I have rebooted the system and try the command again.

Its a external tape device, but no response.... :-(

[MarkSyder]

If you load SAM and look at peripheral devices can you see anything attached to the SCSI bus the tape drive is attached to?

Mark

[A. Clay Stephenson]

It's possible that you have a tape drive with firmware that the system can't recognize. It is also possible that you have connected incompatible hardware (e.g. LVD SCSI tape drive on an HVD bus or LVD terminator on an HVD bus).

First check to make certain that your drive has a unique (to that bus) SCSI ID, that at least one device is supplying termination power, and that the bus is terminated in exactly two places and on the physical ends of the bus.

Next, I would do a full ioscan and not restrict it to -C tape. This will make the device appear if the firmware can't be identified.

[Gerhard Roets]

Hi

Looking at your command

ioscan -fCtape && insf

The insf should not create any special device files except if your physical hardware path changed.

I would try to type just "ioscan -fnCtape" and look for both CLAIMED and UNCLAIMED devices. Ifr that does not work i will try "ioscan -fn" and repeat the device checking. From there you will see the special device files.

Also note insf has some nice options, on the side i.e insf -eCtape

[mario.schroeder]

Well, I found the mistake.

I must build a new kernel with the stape option :-)) - Thats it and after the reboot it will work

thx,

schroedi