Ignite backup through Tape Library in SAN environment:OS is HP-UX B.11.11

[Supen Kumar Khan]

I am not ablt to take the Ignite backup on tape through Tape Library on SAN envoronment.
Please suggest how to do it.

Please check the attachment for error message during my try.

[Duncan Edmonstone]

2 things:

1. I don't know what that device is, but it doesn't look like a standard /dev/rmt/Xmn tape drive device special file - And as the error suggests its not a no-rewind tape drive. Is this using special IBM/TSM device drivers? If so it's not going to work.

2. Even if you find a working device on your SAN, although might get a make_tape_recovery to succeed, you won't be able to boot off a SAN-attached tape drive - the device drivers simply don't support that - only locally attached SCSI tape drives can be booted off.

Maybe you should look at using a local tape drive, or consider make_net_recovery to another HPUX host.

HTH

Duncan