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snakernetb

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Re: LTO

« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2008, 01:50:59 PM »

Got it all figured out. First time hooking one of these up. Put on the newest drivers and fixed the fibre settings.

IBM TotalStorage Tape Diagnostic Tool - Device List

Host Bus ID LUN Model Serial Ucode Changer [#]
+----+----+----+----+----+--------------+------------+------+------------+-+
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ## | ## | ULT3580-TD3 | 1210051854 | 57F7 | S78-B9391 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | ## | ## | ULT3581-TA2 | S78-B9391 | 3.20


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Michael

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Re: LTO

« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2008, 07:34:10 PM »

Have you installed the software available from here? (http://ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/AIX) ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/AIX
(http://ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/AIX)
In particular, I am thinking of the ATAPE software.


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Michael

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Re: LTO

« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2008, 02:49:13 PM »

I have not worked with a lot of tape devices, but what I recall from tivoli classes using tape libraries is that there is/are seperate programs used to actually talk to the device.

At this point I suspect you can actually communicate with the device at a very low level - and from your question, too low.

I dont have any Tivoli (TSM) maerials available atm, so I cannot check on the package names. However, I do recall that they are/were downloadable from the IBM site.


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snakernetb

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LTO

« on: March 05, 2008, 03:37:50 PM »

I am trying to connect a IBM TS 3581 F38 to my NIM server. I connected the fibre and installed the driver, but I think I must have a setting wrong as far as the fibre fabric is concerned. This is my first time hooking up one of these tape libraries so bare w/ me. Does anyone have experience w/ this? I know that you can't use it for mksysb's but I would like it for DR. I want to take my mksysb's and put them on there to get them off site. Here is what my output from lsattr -El lto0:

alt_pathing no Enable Alternate Pathing Support True
autoload yes Use Autoloading Feature at End-of-Tape True
block_size 0 Block Size (0=Variable Length) True
compress yes Use Hardware Compression on Tape True
debug_trace no Debug Trace Logging Enabled True
dev_status N/A False
devtype ULT3580- Device Type False
location Location True
logging no Activate volume information logging True
lun_id 0x0 Logical Unit Number True
max_log_size 500 Maximum size of log file (in # of entries) True
new_name New Logical Name True
node_name 0x5005076312005a46 World Wide Node Name False
primary_device lto0 Primary Logical Device False
retain_reserve no Retain Reservation False
rew_immediate no Use Immediate Bit in Rewind Commands True
scsi_id 0xe8 SCSI Target ID True
space_mode SCSI Backward Space/Forward Space Record Mode True
trace_logging no Trace Logging Enabled True
trailer_labels no Trailer Label Processing True
ww_name 0x5005076312405a46 World Wide Port Name False

Here is my smit output for the tape:

Tape Drive lto0
Tape Drive type 3580
Tape Drive interface fcp
Description IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP)
Status Available
Location 00-08-02
Parent adapter fscsi0
Connection address 1
SCSI ID 0xe8
Logical Unit ID 0x0
World Wide Port Name 0x5005076312405a46
World Wide Node Name 0x5005076312005a46
New Logical Name []
Enable Alternate Pathing Support no
Block Size (0=Variable Length) [0]
Use Hardware Compression on Tape yes
Use Autoloading Feature at End-of-Tape yes
(IBM 3581 and IBM 3583 with single drive only)
Activate volume information logging no
Maximum size of log file (in # of entries) [500]
Backward Space/Forward Space Record Mode SCSI
Use Immediate Bit in Rewind Commands no
Trailer Label Processing no

And my fcsci0 smit output:

FC SCSI virtual device fscsi0
Description FC SCSI I/O Controller Protocol Device
Status Available
Location 00-08-02
Adapter SCSI ID 0x1
How this adapter is CONNECTED al
FC Class for Fabric [3]
Dynamic Tracking of FC Devices no
FC Fabric Event Error RECOVERY Policy delayed_fail
Apply change to DATABASE only no