Hi,
tape390 does not work if shared on LPAR but only on VM.
Use UTS Global driver

Regards,
Julia

Tyler Koyl wrote:

> I finally have the kernel able to properly insert  the tape390 module under
> SuSE 2.2.19 (LPAR on MP3000). I have also created the necessary tape
> devices under /dev .
>
> However,
>
> No devices are listed in /proc/tapedevices  and they are clearly listed in
> the /var/log/boot.msg
>
> The tape devices are channel attached but unfortunately they are shared
> CHIPIDS, and currently online across three LPARS. I vary offline the tape
> devices from the other LPARS before I run modprobe on the tape390 module,
> but I am not sure if the CHIPIDS have to be varied offline as well.  Of
> course, reading through the documentation there are plenty of warnings
> about not sharing devices but nothing stating that it won't work. This
> would be sooooo much easier if we had VM. Unfortunately I have to justify
> linux before we can bring VM back.
>
> Any ideas would be great
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tyler Koyl
> Software Support Programmer
> Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
> Regina, Saskatchewan Canada

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