problem fixed by installing latest Atape drivers released as of Aug
15th-ish. So a 1 hour problem took 1 week to resolve since IBM for some
reason just didn't want me to talk to the right person... fyi, I started
the testing a little bit before the 15th so I didn't get the veryvery
latest drivers. The difference in the drivers is like 6.1.8.0 verse
6.1.9.0 Can you say... very very unhappy with IBM support.. (and fyi
again, I used to work for IBM support a number of years ago, and looks like
things are still broken if not worse)
rick un
Richard Cowen
<richard_cowe To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent by: Subject: Re: Problem with 3494 / 3590
drives only partly seen
"ADSM: Dist by library
Stor Manager"
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08/31/01
08:29 AM
Please
respond to
"ADSM: Dist
Stor Manager"
Works here. (same environment, but direct FC attached)
Maybe your SAN DG needs to have its scsi rescanned. You could try delete
the drives under TSM, rmdev -dl under AIX, rescan at the SAN DG, cfgmgr,
define the drives under TSM, and try again?
# lscfg -vl rmt4
DEVICE LOCATION DESCRIPTION
rmt4 2A-08-01 IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium
Changer (FCP)
Manufacturer................IBM
Machine Type and Model......03590E1A
Serial Number...............0000000C3398
Device Specific.(FW)........E304
Loadable Microcode Level....A0B00E33
# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -D -E
Type Mod Serial # Devnum Cuid Device VTS Library
003590 E1A 13-C3398 00C33980 1 0
003590 E1A 13-C3916 00C39160 2 0
# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qV -V YZA456
Volume Data:
volume state.........00
logical volume.......No
volume class.........3590 1/2 inch cartridge tape
volume type..........HPCT 320m nominal length
volser...............YZA456
category.............012C
subsystem affinity...01 02 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -f /dev/rmt4 -m -V YZA456
# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qM
YZA456 C33980
# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -f /dev/rmt4 -d -V YZA456
# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qM
#
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Un [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:22 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem with 3494 / 3590 drives only partly seen by library
Ok, folks got a puzzle for you. here's the environment:
H80 / AIX 4.3.3 (relatively latest patches)
3494 with 3590 type E drives (another ADSM and TSM server are also using
this library but different drives)
3590 drives are attached via a SAN datagateway
Ok, the drives are "available" and working because I'm able to do the
following commands:
# mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -D -E
Type Mod Serial # Devnum Cuid Device VTS Library
003590 E1A 13-57297 00572970 1 0
003590 E1A 13-56981 00569810 2 0
003590 E1A 13-56977 00569770 3 0
003590 E1A 13-56746 00567460 4 0
003590 E1A 13-F0336 00F03360 5 0
003590 E1A 13-F0550 00F05500 6 0
003590 E1A 13-34252 00342520 7 0
003590 E1A 13-34228 00342280 8 0 (presently testing this one)
003590 E1A 13-F2074 00F20740 9 0
003590 E1A 13-F1892 00F18920 10 0
#lsdev -Cc tape
rmt0 Available 40-60-00-5,0 SCSI 4mm Tape Drive
rmt1 Available 2A-08-00-0,2 IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium Changer
(here's the matching logical device being tested)
rmt2 Available 2A-08-00-0,4 IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium Changer
rmt3 Available 2A-08-00-0,6 IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium Changer
rmt4 Available 2A-08-00-0,8 IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium Changer
lmcp0 Available LAN/TTY Library Management Control Point
(now I load a tape, write to it and unload the tape here)
#mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -x 342280 -m -V A00020
#tar -cvf /dev/rmt1 /etc (note: rmt1 maps to serial number 342280
checked with the "lscfg -l rmt1 -v" command)
#mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -x 342280 -d -V A00020
So, you may be a bit curious why I use the "-x" flag here instead of the "
-f /dev/rmt1" flag!
Well, that's what I've been wondering for the past week and trying to get
IBM to answer.
(This command doesn't work:)
#mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -f /dev/rmt1 -m -V A00020
Query operation Error - Device is not in library.
So, I can actually simply the problem even further, Can anybody on this god
forsaken planet
tell me what the hell is wrong (or at least why this first command suceeds
but the 2nd cmd fails)
#mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -x 342280 -q D
Device Data:
mounted volser.............none.
device category............01F6
device state...............Device installed in Library.
Device available to Library.
ACL is installed.
device class...............3590-E1A
extended device status.....Suppress unsolicited interrupts
#mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -f /dev/rmt1 -m -V A00020
Query operation Error - Device is not in library.
