Hi, I think that the IBM Atape driver is not supported on non-IBM libraries, even if the drives are IBM LTO drives. You need to use the Spectrum Protect driver. The IBM Atape driver is only supported on IBM Libraries and stand-alone IBM LTO drives.
Giacomo Testa -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Harris, Steven Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 8:53 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] AIX Atape driver on IBM drives in Oracle Library Hi All I have a bit of a conundrum. I have an Oracle SL8500 library with 6x IBM LTO-6 drives installed. The drives are dual connected. These are being used by multiple AIX 7.1 TSM 7.1 servers in a library sharing arrangement. AIX shows these drives as using the generic LTO driver, rather than the IBM Atape driver. For example rmt55rh Available 24-T1-01 LTO Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP) Rather than the expected vtl00rg Available 24-T1-01 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP) (this is an LTO-3 emulated drive on our protectier VTL) LTO 6 Performance is atrocious. Running instAtape gives one of the following for each drive Method error (/etc/methods/cfgAtape -l rmt55rh ): 0514-045 Error building a DDS structure. We have no licence keys applied for Data Path Failover.... They come free with an IBM library but cost for a non-IBM one ... I'm trying to track down whether the licences were purchased back when this equipment was new. So, does anyone know to apply the Atape driver to these drives? I can live without DPF for now. Cheers Steve Steven Harris TSM Admin/Consultant Canberra, Australia This message and any attachment is confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. You should immediately delete the message if you are not the intended recipient. If you have received this email by mistake please delete it from your system; you should not copy the message or disclose its content to anyone. This electronic communication may contain general financial product advice but should not be relied upon or construed as a recommendation of any financial product. The information has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider the Product Disclosure Statement relating to the financial product and consult your financial adviser before making a decision about whether to acquire, hold or dispose of a financial product. For further details on the financial product please go to http://www.bt.com.au Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
