Thank you and everyone else who has help with these issues. I think I finally have these 3-TSM servers cross-sharing 2-Tape Libraries amongst themselves !
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/01/2004 10:08:14 AM: > Serial numbers or the WWN of the device? Several responses showed you how to > get the serial number, but the WWN can be gotten with 'lsattr -El rmtx' > command. > > Bill Boyer > DSS, Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 8:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Library sharing > > > Thanks for all the help in this area. I think I finally got it working ! > > Now then, how do I get this (WWN) or similar information from a Windows > TSM server, since it too will be sharing the 3494ATL and/or LTO2 library ? > > I can see the serial numbers on the 2K3 server. How can I get the > serial-numbers from AIX ? > > Sorry to be so dense......I am not an AIX person......still learning ! > > > > > Bill Boyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 03/31/2004 12:08 PM > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc > > Subject > Re: Library sharing > > > > > > > Then substitute storage agent client for library client. You define the > paths on the library manager server. The PATHS reference the library > client > servername, the library name (which I believe must be the same name) and > the > drive names as defined on the library manager server. You then use the > DEVICE= to point to the /dev/rmtx device on the library client server that > matches the same device on the library manager server. Let's say on the > TSM > library manager server: > > Library: 3584 > Drive: LTO1 /dev/rmt1 > Drive: LTO2 /dev/rmt2 > > Your library client server name is LIBCLIENT (or whatever) and you have > the > following drives: > > /dev/rmt3 Which is the same device as /dev/rmt1 on the library > manager > server > /dev/rmt4 Which is the same device as /dev/rmt2 on the library manager > server > > If these are fibre, you'll have to get the WWN names (lsattr -El rmtx) on > both/all server and create a matrix that shows which is which on each > server. > > Then on the library manager server: > > define path libclient lto1 srctype=server desttype=drive library=3584 > device=/dev/rmt3 > define path libclient lto2 srctype=server desttype=drive library=3584 > device=/dev/rmt4 > > Clear as mud, right? > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Library sharing > > > Well, in this case, it isn't, sortof....... > > I don't have *ANY* path statements on the client, that refer to these > drives. All that is defined on the client is the SHARED LIBRARY. This is > another TSM server, not just a storage agent. > > The path statements on the library manager are duplicated for the client, > pointing to the client as the SOURCE server....and yes, both sets of > definitions point to the same /dev/rmtx. > > I am beginning to wonder if it has to do with the different levels of > ATAPE. The client is much newer (8.4.1.0) while the library manager is > 8.3.x. > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/31/2004 > 11:07:04 AM: > > > When you define the PATHs on the TSM server for the storage agent on > > the client node, the device= is the name of the tape drive on the > > client, not on the server. You need to match the drive name on the > > TSM server to the correct device name on the client node, then use > > that in the DEFINE PATH. So on your TSM server: > > > > If library 3584 drive LTO1 points to the /dev/rmt1 device and on the > > storage agent client SA1 that same physical drive is the /dev/rmt3 > > device you would use: > > > > define path SA1 LTO1 srctype=server desttype=drive library=3584 > > device=/dev/rmt3 > > > > Bill Boyer > > DSS, Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > Karel Bos > > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:54 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Library sharing > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Can be, but don't have to be the same... In the past I saw some machines > > with different device names for the same devices and it worked well with > > ITSM (on Windows). > > > > Regards, > > > > Karel > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: Amos Hagay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Verzonden: woensdag 31 maart 2004 17:46 > > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Onderwerp: Re: Library sharing > > > > > > Hi, > > > > From my experience with 3584 Library, the rmt devices should be > > The same on both machines e.g. server_1 /dev/rmt1 /dev/rmt2 etc... > > And also on the library client /dev/rmt1 ... > > > > AH > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:46 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Library sharing > > > > Trying to get ATL library sharing working between two TSM AIX servers. > > > > I think I finally got the definitions correct......at least they seem to > > function......... > > > > However, I can't get the library client (capella) to use the drives. > Every > > time it does, I get these errors in the activity log: > > > > 03/31/2004 09:54:13 ANR8779E Unable to open drive /dev/rmt1, error > > number=46. > > (SESSION: 2663, PROCESS: 11) > > > > The "library manager" says the tape is mounted and ready..... > > > > 03/31/2004 09:52:25 ANR8337I 3590 volume 070330 mounted in drive > > ATL-DRIVE2 (/dev/rmt1). > > 03/31/2004 09:52:25 ANR9791I Volume 070330 in library 3494ATL ownership > > is changing from TSM-AGENA to TSM-CAPELLA. > > > > Any suggestions on what might be wrong ? > > > > AIX messages says the "-46" is "Drive Not Ready". > > > > These are FC / SAN attached 3590E1A drives.
