The atape drivers are the latest on the download site and those I had installed previously.
I did see the library was configured differently than the one here so I changed those settings. I also removed the devices and re-ran cfgmgr. That ended up showing just 3 tape drives. I enabled the control path for a second drive and cfgmgr brought back smc0. Unfortunately just the 3 drives show up though. The fibre channel summary shows that first drive as being not available, no link status, along with 2 others, which to me is why the library came back once I enabled a working drive. Looks like I still need IBM to get back out there and fix what they didn't check when the system was initially installed. By the way, has anyone else had this issue with IBM? Installing hardware and not checking the system to make sure everything is available and online? The "put it on maintenance and we can fix it" response to me is BS. Make sure it is in working condition when you leave or stay until it is. Then I'll put it on maintenance. Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Choate Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:22 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: 3584 Library Geoff, I would rmdev the smc devices and the rmt devices that are showing up as Other SCSI devices. Install the Atape driver. ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/AIX/ Then for your multiple smcs, if you don't have multiple paths defined, you could have a zoning issue. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gill, Geoffrey L. Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:54 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: 3584 Library I'm bringing up a remote AIX system with a 3584. Seems as though IBM left it in an unusable state and I'm trying to figure out why. What I originally saw was the below output minus the 3584 info. I ran cfgmgr and now have the below output. What is odd to me is that there are 3 3584's showing up. On the system I have here I only have the one. The defined drives I've seen before too. In fact on the system I have here, if I reboot it a few of the drives show up as defined instead of available. That doesn't happen with the 3490's on the other system. I still have one in that state and haven't been able to bring it back as of yet. These 3 are similar and I'm at a loss as to why IBM would leave an installation in a state like this. Can anyone shed some light on the library or tape drive issue? # lsdev -Cc tape rmt0 Available 40-60-00-5,0 SCSI 4mm Tape Drive rmt1 Available 14-08-02 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive rmt2 Available 17-08-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive rmt3 Available 54-08-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive rmt4 Defined 1A-08-02 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive rmt5 Defined 21-08-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive rmt6 Defined 5A-08-01 Other FC SCSI Tape Drive smc0 Available 14-08-02 IBM 3584 Library Medium Changer (FCP) smc1 Available 17-08-01 IBM 3584 Library Medium Changer (FCP) smc2 Available 54-08-01 IBM 3584 Library Medium Changer (FCP) Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
