I'm not sure which ones you got, but the IBMtape drivers are deprecated. The current ones are lin_tape, and there are two dependent packages, IBMtapeutil, and lin_taped.
The lin_tape drivers have to be hand-built for a particular kernel level, and IBMtapeutil is provided as part source, and part OCO binary. Lin_taped is provided as a pre-packaged RPM. We did this for Red Hat, not sure how it's handled in SLES. One of the problems we ran into with TSM is that the device nodes created by the driver are arbitrary, and there's no good way to tie them to a particular changer, which is needed for the TSM definitions. Every time a drive is added or removed, the nodes change and you have to redo the TSM config. IBM helped us solve this with a combination of scripts and udev rules. There's information about the drive and changer mapping provided in /proc/IBMtape. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee, Gary D. Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:49 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Searching for IBMtape driver for 64-bit sles9 Thanks to the list. Wouldn't have thought of the archives subdir. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University phone: 765-285-1310 -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harder, Pieter Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:06 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Searching for IBMtape driver for 64-bit sles9 ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/Linux/ Best regards, Pieter Harder [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel +31-73-6837133 / +31-6-47272537 -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Lee, Gary D. Verzonden: vrijdag 17 oktober 2008 16:04 Aan: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Onderwerp: Searching for IBMtape driver for 64-bit sles9 Trying to get a TSM server set up which will acccess both 3590 and ts1120 tape drives inside a 3494 library. Got the ibmatl package installed, but can't seem to find IBMtape. Any clues where to look? Thanks for the help. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University phone: 765-285-1310 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 Brabant Water N.V. Postbus 1068 5200 BC 's-Hertogenbosch http://www.brabantwater.nl Handelsregister: 16005077 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -------------------------------------------------------- This message w/attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it and delete it. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Merrill Lynch. Subject to applicable law, Merrill Lynch may monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.ml.com/e-communications_terms/. By messaging with Merrill Lynch you consent to the foregoing. -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
