fbackup IBM LTO2

[Kasten]

We replace our HP Ultrium 460 LTO2 tape with an IBM 3580 LTO 2 tape and suddenly the fbackup doesn’t work.
Error message is:
“The outfile /dev/rmt/4m is not a valid device file for backup.”
The tar command does works.
Patches for LTO errors are installed.
After the reboot the device file of the IBM 3580 is installed.
Server RP54XX
OS HPUX 11.11i

Thanks for help.

Helmut

[Luk Vandenbussche]

Does the tape has another SCSI ID?

ioscan -fnC tape
insf -e
ioscan -funC tape (can you post this output)

[DCE]

Since you replaced the tape drive with a different brand, I would suggest running rmsf against the original device files to completely remove them from the system, then run insf -e to create new device files fpr the new drive.

I have had tp do the above porcedure when a tape drive was not recognized


HTH
Dave

[melvyn burnard]

Hmm, have you installed the atdd driver from IBM?
I believe you would need this to be able to use the drive correctly.
Contact IBM for this software