problem with Tape drive

[Meakin Singh]

# ioscan -fnC tape
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=====================================================================
tape 0 0/1/1/1.5.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 1-SCSI


unable to view /dev/rmt/0m

[Pete Randall]

The next line of your ioscan output should show the device files associated with this tape drive. What does it show?


Pete

[Meakin Singh]

nothing

plz view the attached file, i have shown a comparison when attached with another server

[sreekanthtm]

Hi,

There is no device file created...
Please exicute the following.
#ioscan
#infs
It will show Installing device file...........
If its still not working try to reinstall the device file
#insf -eH 0/1/1/1.5.0

Where 0/1/1/1.5.0 is the h/w path of your tape drive.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Pete,
The doc includes the lines for the device files.

Did you change the tape unit? Could you try to remove the device files and recreate them.

# rmsf -H 0/1/1/1.5.0

# insf -H 0/1/1/1.5.0

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Pete Randall]

Ahhh - I never even noticed the attachment, Robert-Jan! Of course it's a .doc, so I can't open it on HP-UX anyway. Oh well.


Pete

[Meakin Singh]

it didnt work

any other solution

[Jeeshan]

deattach the tape drive
run ioscan
then attach the tape drive
run ioscan
then run ioscan -fnC tape
if not viewed then run insf -e

then run ioscan -fnC tape.

[sreekanthtm]

Can u please post the output of the suggested commands....

Rgds
Sreekanth

[Meakin Singh]

insf -eH 0/1/1/1.5.0

showed an error

insf: Unable to load the driver: gvid_him_fglrxinsf: Unable to load the driver: drmfglinsf:
Unable to load the driver: drmfglrxinsf: Unable to load the driver: gvid_him_consinsf: Insta
lling special files for stape instance 0 address 0/1/1/1.5.0
insf: Installing special files for stape instance 2 address 0/1/1/1.6.0
insf: Unable to unload the driver: gvid_him_fglrxinsf: Unable to unload the driver: drmfglin
sf: Unable to unload the driver: drmfglrxinsf: Unable to unload the driver: gvid_him_cons#

[TTr]

> tape 0 0/1/1/1.5.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 1-SCSI


The attachement that you included on the original posting shows "NO_HW".

Which is true? Did the tape drive get disconnected or powered off?

insf will not work if the ioscan shows NO_HW

[Meakin Singh]

that was with other server i did not put any tape in it , i was just checking the device files, just look at the next
screenshot

[sreekanthtm]

Hope this is the only tape device attached to the server. Then you can try the following...
#rm /dev/rmt/*.*
#ioscan
#insf

If no device files are getting installed then,
#insf -eC tape

Rgds
Sreekanth

[Meakin Singh]

yes i did that , but it didnt help, so i restarted the server and it worked, problem solved i guess

[Avinash20]

You should have tried the following
#rm /dev/rmt/*.*
#insf -e

You have removed the tape device files and reboot of the server have recreated the device file(insf -e)..

[SKR_1]

If you plugged out the tape in online conditions, sometimes the SCSI port got hanged. So reboot will work in this case.