You found the module, but is it loaded?
modpobe tape-3590
Or look for it with 'lsmod | grep tape'.
-- R; <><
Rick Troth
Velocity Software
http://www.velocitysoftware.com/
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 18:17, Edward Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/5/2011 2:57 PM, Philipp Kern wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 02:50:50PM -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
>>>
>>> However, the lstape command shows no drives:
>>
>> Did you set those devices online? Something like `chccwdev -e 0.0.1500'
>> might help.
>
> The 'MedState' column in the 'lstape' output will contain OFFLINE for any
> offline device(s). For example:
>
> lstape
> FICON/ESCON tapes (found 1):
> TapeNo BusID CuType/Model DevType/Model BlkSize State Op
> MedState
> N/A 0.0.05b1 3590/50 3590/11 N/A OFFLINE --- N/A
>
> In my case, the devices simply aren't being recognized. (Zero tapes found.)
>
> # chccwdev -e 0.0.1500
> Device 0.0.1500 not found
>
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