Hi Joni
I have a site running Solaris 9 with Emulex 9002L HBA's and IBM 3582 with 2
LTO2 drives using the same version of the IBMtape device driver. Works fine after
overcoming the fiasco with Emulex's HBA driver version 6.00g. (now running 6.01c). I
assume that you have commented out all the entries in the st.conf file for the tape
devices that you want TSM to use (as per the IUG that you refer to). IBMtape creates
its own .conf file. If the .conf files are correctly set up, a ls -la /dev/rmt should
show you one entry for the media changer and 8 entries for each LTO2 drive. The
entries will show the full path from the hba to the device. I do not have an actual
sample to include right now, but the important thing is the st definintions for the
tape devices. For example:
0smc Media changer
First tape dev
1st
1stc
1stcn
1stcbn
1stb
etc
Second tape device
3st
3stc
and so on.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Steve Hartland
Lechabile Storage Solutions
0824645461
-----Original Message-----
From: Joni Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:16 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IBMTape on Solaris servers device drivers
Hello All!
We are trying to install the IBMTape device driver on our Solaris servers
that will do LAN-free data transfer to our LTO2 tape drives. The
individual installing the driver cannot see one of our drives and I was
wondering if anyone has ever seen this issue? Thank you!
Ref: IBM_ultrium_tape_IUG.pdf
The above PDF document pertains to installation and configuration of the
IBM Ultrium LTO2 Tape Device Drivers. The driver which we had downloaded
and installed is the:
Version 4.0.9.3
A brief description of the HARDWARE involved in this installation:
Fujitsu PrimePower 850
Solaris 8
Emulex LP9000 HBA
Normally, when we have DISKS connected via SCSI and/or via JNI HBAs, our
"sd.conf" file reflects:
name="sd" class="scsi" target=<target> lun=<lun>;
However, when we use EMULEX cards, the format of the entries change to:
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=<target> lun=<lun>;
Note the change from "class="scsi"" to "parent="lpfc"".....
I would not think that the FORMAT of the SD.conf and the ST.conf would be
that much different.....therefore, I am of the thinking that it MAY make
sense that the entries in the "st.conf" would ALSO reflect "lpfc" IF Emulex
HBAs are involved.
The purpose of this query is to get a determination of what the entries
should reflect in the "st.conf" IF using EMULEX (lp9000) HBAs.....
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