Ultrium II tape

[Michael O'brien_1]

Hi,

I've took delivery of a Ultrium II tape, when I try and perform a backup I get the following error.

fbackup(3038): output file /dev/rmt/1m is not a valid device file for backup
fbackup(3019): would you like to enter a new output file?

If I use an Ultrium I tape the backup tape it works fine. The tape drive is definately a Ultrium II

tape 1 0/0/1/0.5.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 2-
SCSI.

Anybody any ideas why the Ultrium II tapes are not valid? Are Ultrium II tapes support under HP-UX 11i.

Thanks in advance
Mike

[Steven E. Protter]

Make sure you didn't add a terminator on the drive, its self terminating.

I'd look into rmsf and insf -e, maybe rebuild the device drivers.

You also need to add the stape drvier to the kernel

sam
kernel
drivers


It should be intuitive from that point, but it involves a boot.

SEP

[Michael O'brien_1]

Hi Sep,

Do I need a special driver for the Ultrium II tape drive. I can sucessfully backup using Ultrium I tapes so I guess that the tape drive is terminated correctly. The tape drive is currently using the stape driver.

The fbackup only complains if I try to backup using a Ultrium II tape load in the tape drive. If I use a Ultrium I tape there's no problem.

Thanks
Mike

[Stefan Farrelly · Accepted solution]

Theres 3 patches you musth ave for the Ultriums to work, heres the 11i versions we use;

# PHKL_27556 1.0 SCSI Ultra160 Cumulative Patch
# PHKL_28217 1.0 SCSI Tape (stape) cumulative
# PHCO_28998 1.0 fbackup(1M),frecover(1M) cumulative patch

[Michael O'brien_1]

Sep, those patches solved my problem I'm now able to write to the Ultrium II tapes.

Many Thanks
Mike