Ok, we're going nutz!!! We have recently installed some Virtual Tape
Heads and they only emulate DLT Tape drives which means that we have to
create TSM sudo devices via smitt. The challenge comes when the FC Port
bounces the we start getting the Path Not found errors...
Now we know we have to do the update drive in TSM to update the serial #
is TSM, but when we define the drive the Serial Number is set to
Autodetect, well it doesn't... What appears to be happening is the FC
port bounces and TSM can not find the Serial Number to update it
tooo.... The device Serial number is not visible @ the AIX level but
you can see it in TSM.
This is happening to us many times a day. I imagine that we shouldn't
see FC port Logins much (working with our SAN team ) but every time the
port logs out then logs in the TSM Tape Device seems to be changing its
serial number... Arggggg!!!!!
Is anyone else having these challenges using the TSM device driver?
Info Below.........
Virtualized DLT Tape Drive OS Device Level
rmt36
U7311.D20.1011DEB-P1-C06-T1-W10000000C9604A8C-L18000000000000 Other FC
SCSI Tape Drive
Manufacturer................QUANTUM
Machine Type and Model......DLT7000
Serial Number...............
Device Specific.(Z3)........7160
Have to use TSM Device Drivers
Library Name: PTLIB44
Drive Name: DRIVE_PT0A8C
Device Type: DLT
On-Line: Yes
Read Formats:
DLT35C,DLT35,DLT20C,DLT20,DLT15C,DLT15,DLT10C,DLT10
Write Formats:
DLT35C,DLT35,DLT20C,DLT20,DLT15C,DLT15,DLT10C,DLT10
Element: 18
Drive State: EMPTY
Volume Name:
Allocated to:
WWN:
Serial Number: 4239566002
Last Update by (administrator): UTILITY
Last Update Date/Time: 08/24/07 14:29:59
Cleaning Frequency (Gigabytes/ASNEEDED/NONE): NONE
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