Where does HP store it's Tape Devices conf file

[James Hardt]

I am looking to see where HP stores it's Tape device conf files. In SUN it is under /kernel/drv/st.conf. Is there a simular file. Thanks

[Duncan Edmonstone]

AFAIK, no there isn't one - what device are you trying to attach?

HTH

Duncan

[James Hardt]

in solaris, there is the st.conf file. This file can be used to configure a DLT tape drive for variable mode instead of fixed mode.

This variable mode is required for NetBackup (Veritas). We are searching for such a configuration in HP-UX.

[Sachin Patel]

There is none.

[Duncan Edmonstone · Accepted solution]

This might help:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90698/B2355-90698.html

Also:

man 7 mt
man mksf
man insf
man scsi_tape

HTH

Duncan

[Carlos Fernandez Riera]

See:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x22857d4cf554d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

HTH

[Duncan Edmonstone]

From the man page for scsi_tape:

If supported by the device, variable sized block mode is normally used (even when all blocks are the same size). Fixed sized block mode is generally only used for tape devices which do not support variable sized blocks.


HTH

Duncan

[Carlos Fernandez Riera]

But all devices for Veritas are defined as Best (defaults) in my servers using veritas.

[Dave van Nierop]

Hi James,

You may want to check this file out.

/usr/include/sys/mtio.h

- Dave