Tape Drive Cannot be detect by HP-UX

[rahanoordin]

hi guys

i would like install tape drive at my HP-UX server. but it not detected.
i type ioscan -fnC tape but nothing appear.
please help me.
thank's

[Rajeev Shukla]

Make sure you have stape driver active in the kernel. If this is the first time you are adding tape in the system then i am sure the kernel would not have been built with the driver, go to sam and enable the driver and rebuild the kernel

[Rajeev Shukla]

Sorry, forgot to mention about /stand/system, see if the stape driver is in there in that file, if not when you need to add in and reconfigure the kernel

[YoungHwan, Ko]

To use tape drive you must install tape driver.

# sam -> Kernel Configuration -> Drivers ->
Select stape type space and type tap key, and go Action -> Add Driver(s) to Kernel

After driver "In" reboot your system.

After reboot
# ioscan -fn
# insf
# ioscan -funC tape

have a nice day..

[Andrew Rutter]

hi,

#ioscan -fnC tape will not pick up new devices, if drivers are not there especially.

do a full ioscan
#ioscan

This will force a full system scan not a previously cached one.

If the tape drive is picked up but not recognised (unclaimed) then you will have to add the driver in the kernel, do this in sam like previously mentioned.

This will require a reboot!

upon reboot the dev files should be automatically created.

if the drive is seen but has no device files with it then create them with

#insf -e
or
#insf -H hardware path

then your # ioscan -fnC tape will work

Andy