Currently I am running ADSM V3 AIX server using STK 9840 Drives. The Device class I am using uses a DEVTYPE of GENERICTAPE. This was required years ago by the 3rd party vender OMI (Now known as Gresham Technologies) when using their Advantape Device driver for AIX. Well the problem I am running into now is I am attempting to convert to my new TSM V4.2 server on another physical machine. The conversion and UPGRADE DB works like a champ, the problem is when I try and access my data on my 9840 tapes I get an I/O error reading the Tape labels. The only way to correct this is to use a DEVCLASS that has a DEVTYPE of ECARTRIDGE. This works I know because I was able to test it. The BIG problem comes in where TSM gives you no way to update the DEVTYPE in a Device class definition. I am currently working with TSM Level 2 support on this issue with no real progress as of yet. TSM support is telling me that I need to create a new Tape Primary storage pool on my ADSM V3.1 that is using a DEVCLASS of ECART. Tried this also and I get similar errors when trying to write to this new Devtype on the old server. So I am stuck right now with my conversion. Has anyone out there run into this problem before, and if so, what did you do to get around it.
Thanks for your input. Brice Hamilton Sr. Systems Engineer Provider HealthNet Services, Inc. (225) 381-6436 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]