tape drive not detecting

[rajesh73]

kmsystem |grep tape2

output

$kmsystem |grep tape2
tape2 N -
tape2_included N -
$


how to enable the tape

[Basheer_2]

Hello Rajesh,

what do you get for

ioscan -fnkCtape

have you installed the tape drivers.

insf -e -C tape

[DeafFrog]

Hi ,

hope you alredy did , after connecting
ioscan
insf -eC tape.

more info as to "what type" of tape drives you ntend to discover will be useful , like
standalone ultrium , direct attached scsi dat , over SAN etc .

Reg

[Torsten.]

"tape2" is for very old HBAs, you probably need "stape" driver.

[vishnu.khandare]

Hi Rajesh,

Please do as follows,
If ur connecting external tape drive n connect it to scsi port make sure drive is off.
check,
ioscan -fnC tape
insf -e
in ioscan -funC tape
u will get tape path check
u switch on the drive.
check #mt -f tape_drive_path_mn status
if tape is there it will show tape size.
If the drive is not detected u need to install stape driver.

Hope by following this ur issues resolves.

Regards
Vishnu Khandare

[Sagar Sirdesai]

Hi Rajesh,
is the stape driver compiled within the kernel

You'll need the stape drive for the tape drive

Sagar