make tape recovery with 40x6 DDS4

[Lorenzo Facello]

Hi guys,
I have hpux 11.11
B5725AA B.4.3.123 HP-UX Installation Utilities (Ignite-UX)
Ignite-UX B.4.2.110 HP-UX System Installation Services
with ioscan -fnCtape I can locate my tape
a C5713A ( DAT 40x6 DDS4) with some special files
when I try to launch
make_tape_recovery -Av -a /dev/rmt/xxxxn
I received ERROR:
Failed to open tape device /dev/rmt/0mn:No such device or address
(errno = 6).
ERROR: Check tape device failed.
the error:

with ioscan I read these sf:
/dev/rmt/0m /dev/rmt/0mnb /dev/rmt/c2t3d0BESTn /dev/rmt/c2t3d0DDSb
/dev/rmt/0mb /dev/rmt/c2t3d0BEST /dev/rmt/c2t3d0BESTnb /dev/rmt/c2t3d0DDSn
/dev/rmt/0mn /dev/rmt/c2t3d0BESTb /dev/rmt/c2t3d0DDS /dev/rmt/c2t3d0DDSnb

I filled just 3 media inside the magazine!

any suggestions?
thanks
LF

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

Hi LF,

Could you post

# ll /dev/rmt/0mn
# lssf /dev/rmt/0mn

is a special device file or a normal file ?

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Lorenzo Facello]

Hi Robert,

ll /dev/rmt/0mn
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x023040 Feb 24 12:51 /dev/rmt/0mn

lssf /dev/rmt/0mn
stape card instance 2 SCSI target 3 SCSI LUN 0 at&t no rewind best density available at address 0/0/2/0.3.0 /dev/rmt/0mn

Should I need a command to manage my Sure Store DAT DDS4?

thanks

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

ahh yes, sorry I did not know the C5713A is/was an autoloader.

You need a script to load a tape in the autoloader before starting the maka_tape_recovery. Something like..

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=190689

Best regards,
Robert-Jan

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

The Ignite program (or cpio or tar or fbackup) will not load or change tapes. The changer is a separate device and must be manipulated with the mc command. I have attached a script called loadmedia that that will change tapes. It is just a simple interface to the mc command.

[Lorenzo Facello]

thanks guys..
you solved the issue!