not able to detect dat drive at startup

[Mangesh Khatav_1]

Hi All,

My system has crashed and i want to boot it from my recovery tape (created from Ingnite).Now the problem is my dat drive is not been detected atall at startup.how can i install it from ISL.Os is Hp Ux 11.11

Thanks in advance

Regards
Mangesh Khatav

[Ranjith_5]

Hi Mangesh,

Pls mention the the hardware specs for Server and DAT drive.

Pls check the SCSI and power connections & terminations for DAT drive. Also see that the ID of dat drive is unique.


regards,
Syam

[Mangesh Khatav_1]

Model c360
dat drive is hp c6392a
os hpux 11i
i want to detect it in IPL as i mentioned before

regards
Mangesh

[Ranjith_5]

Was this dat drive working before.? Or u connect it when needed a recovery?

regards,
Syam

[Mangesh Khatav_1]

it is working drive.but was connected to different w/s.

[Ranjith_5]

Hi Manngesh,

Thats cool.

Did u checked the ID of the dat drive.
It should be unique and make sure that the connections are proper. From your model description ur drive is a dds3 one and and dds3 is supported on C class workstations.


regards,
Syam

[Nguyen Anh Tien]

If it works well before you system is crashed. You should check SCSI cable connection. Termination. and Power. it is not waste of time to check it again.
regard
tienna.

[Ranjith_5]

Hi Mangesh,
What happended to ur prob? Is it solved?

Kindly respond.

regards,
Syam

[Peter Crowson]

Hi Mangesh,
once you get to the IDL prompt type the command
SEA
this will search for bootable media. when the search finishes type the command
BO Pn
where n is the number listed for your dat tape drive.

Pete

[Michael D'Aulerio]

Mangesh,

If you installed the workstation when the dat drive was not connected, the stape driver may not have been added to the kernel.

- Log in as root and run sam.
- Select Kernel Configuration and then Drivers.
- Scroll down the list of drivers. stape is near the end of the list.
- Highlight the stape line and select Add Driver to Kernel from the right-mouse menu.
- From the Actions menu, select Create a New Kernel

When the kernel has been created, sam will prompt you to reboot the system. After rebooting, the system should recognize the dat drive.

Good luck.

Mike D'.

[Ranjith_5]

Hi Michel,

Mangesh says his machine has crashed and he want to recover the OS from the recovery media. In that case how can he go to SAM?

I think his problem is in the hardware level or a connection problem.

regards,
Syam

[Stephen Keane]

At the Main Menu prompt...

Main Menu: Enter Command > IN

Information Menu
...


Information Menu: Enter Command > all

...


Look at the I/O module information section and the pci device information information to determine what is connected to the system. It helps if you know the SCSI id of your DAT drive.