We had some problems too, we saw all the drives, but no library. (and it is
/dev/smc0)
The sollution was to reset de first drives, or easier to reset the library
(power off/on)
After that, the cfgmgr saw the library and all the drives.
Greetings,
Maurice van 't Loo
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Klein, Robert (CIT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 5:31 PM
Subject: Defining 3584 Library to TSM on AIX
> We are trying to set up TSM on an AIX system and are having problems
> getting TSM to see the 3584 library. I have done a search on the adsm-l
> archives and did not see anything about defining a 3584 to TSM.
>
> The AIX system is not seeing the 3584 tape library, when any commands that
> try to configure or look at the device is issued, an error is returned
>
> $ mkdev -l 'lb0'
> Method error (/etc/methods/cfgadsmdd):
> 0514-051 Device to be configured does not match the
physical
> device at the specified connection location
> cfgadsmdd[valid]: the device is NOT supported
> cfgadsmdd[inq..]: free dds
> cfgadsmdd[main]: error inquiry or building dds, rc=51
>
> We need this device so we can continuing configuring the TSM server
running
> on the system. Without configuring the tape library and drives, we can't
> configure TSM server.
>
> Part of the problem appears to be that the documenation does not describe
> the syntax for specifying a fiber channel device, which is the type of
3584
> library we have. It only mentions a SCSI device.
>
> Has anyone successfully defined a fiber channel 3584 to TSM running on
AIX?
> Any help anyone can provide would be most appreciated. We have also
> submitted a problem ticket via our IBM support team, but have not heard
> anything back from them yet.
>
