On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:49:45 +0100 Lars Bebensee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi guys and girls, > > I am currently busy testing a TSM server (5.1.5.4) under Linux (RH7.2). I > have a 3590-B11 attached to the machine. The only device that shows up in > /proc/scsi/scsi is: > > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00 > Vendor: IBM Model: 03590B11 Rev: A429 > Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 > > When I run IBMtapeconfig it creates the special device files /dev/IBMtape0 > and /dev/IBMtape0n. Since I want to configure the 3590 as a library would > I not also need a device for the media changer? The docu says there will > be a device called /dev/IBMchangerX for libraries. However, no such device > shows up when the adapter scans the bus. I was setting the 3590 to random > mode as well as random 2-lun mode still, there is no changer device > visible. What can be done, did someone of you ever test this beast with > Linux?? > > Thanks Lars Hi, forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't the 3590 just a tape-drive? If you've placed it in some sort of library, that must either be a 3494 or a special made STK library, in either case, the library is not controlled via the drive, but via some other channel (ethernet, serial, scsi). -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post SARA - Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum Amsterdam http://www.sara.nl High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 8008 Fax. +31 20 668 3167 "I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end." -- Douglas Adams