I think the best way for you to determine the correct drive format is to issue command similar in Red Hat similar to AIX lscfg -vl rmt*. >From the output, you can tell which rmt are LTO2 and which are LTO3. From there then you can define the drive from TSM server according to what format you want.
If I am not mistaken where it says should not use FORMAT=DRIVE applies if you have one tape library with multi LTO2/LTO3 tape drives. Since you have two libraries, you should be able to use FORMAT=DRIVES with predictability. As for initialization error message, that's whole different story. From the OS check if you can see SMC# for the library in question, and make sure the q library path is defined to this path. Also if the problem continues look to see if you have ruled out hardware problems (cable/library/scsi /fibre) Sung Y. Lee Mario Behring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> 04/30/2008 12:38 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject [ADSM-L] How to determine a drive format Hi list, I have two libraries connected to a TSM 5.2.2 Server running on a Red Hat. Library LIBLTO1 is a 3583L18 with 3 LTO2 drives and LIBLTO2 is an ULT3582 with 2 LTO2 drives. The Linux Admin manual says that I should not use FORMAT=DRIVE on both libraries when issuing the DEFINE DEVCLASS command, because the results can be unpredictable. How do I determine which is the correct drive format (ultriumc for instance)? I had only one library with three drives....now that there is another one with 2...TSM is not working properly...I keep getting the following errors at the ACT log: 04/29/2008 07:00:15 ANR8441E Initialization failed for SCSI library LIBLTO1. PM (PROCESS: 14) 04/29/2008 07:00:15 ANR8460E AUDIT LIBRARY process for library LIBLTO1 failed. PM (PROCESS: 14) 04/29/2008 07:00:15 ANR0985I Process 14 for AUDIT LIBRARY running in the PM BACKGROUND completed with completion state FAILURE at 07:00:15 PM. (PROCESS: 14) Any help is appreciated. Mario ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ForwardSourceID:NT00003D96
