That's exactly what the problem was. Since we only ever had a 3494 library before, we never needed the TSM Device driver so it was never installed before. After installing it, the library was recognized and I was able to define it to TSM. John
-John, -If I'm not mistaken, the TSM device driver must be used to address the -robot controller in the STK library: -Smitty -Devices -Tivoli Storage Manager Devices -Best regards, -Kurt > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] Namens John C > Dury > Verzonden: donderdag 24 januari 2008 20:36 > Aan: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU > Onderwerp: [ADSM-L] Need help defining SL500 Tape library to TSM Server > running under AIX > > We have a new SL500 that we are going to use to replace our existing 3494 > library. I have the 4 LTO4 drives and the tape controller in the SL500 > zoned in the brocade swtich so that the AIX box where the TSM server is > running can see all the drives and the controller. After running 'cfgmgr' > I can see the 4 tape drives in TSM but I can not see the SL500 controller. > I have the ATAPE and ATLDD drivers installed (v10.7.3.0 and v6.5.5.0 > respectively). What is it I need to do to get AIX to see the SL500 > controller and then what type of library do I define the SL500 to TSM as? > (SCSI,manual etc). I have yet to find any documentation on this anywhere > and also I called STK/Sun support and they were pretty much no help at > all. ''cfgmgr' gives an error after running saying that > 'devices.fcp.changer' is not installed although I think from reading > problems other people have had, this is a generic error. > Any help anyone can provide would be great! > AIX 5.3 > TSM 5.5 *** Disclaimer *** Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep Auguste Reyerslaan 52, 1043 Brussel nv van publiek recht BTW BE 0244.142.664 RPR Brussel http://www.vrt.be/disclaimer