Re: Identifying library and tape drive devices in Solaris
I just set up a Qualstar 4480 last month on a NT server, and had the following problems. 1. Device information in Server Utilities correctly identified both the library and drives, 2. I received the following message when attempting to define the library ANR8310E An I/O error occurred while accessing library AITLIB. ANR8418E DEFINE LIBRARY: An I/O error occurred while accessing library AITLIB. This turned out to be a new configuration setting "DT Serial" was set to "00 FILL" I needed to change it to "NONE" (I was told about the setting from other users, this was discussed on the list last month) Note: The documentation that came with the library said that this option did not apply to the 4480, but when I took the time to read the Addendum, it told about the option now being enabled. 3. Once the DT Serial Option was set to none, I received the following messages: ANR8823E Hardware configuration error in library AITLIB: 0 drives, 0 storage slots. ANR8418E DEFINE LIBRARY: An I/O error occurred while accessing library AITLIB. IBM Support of course told me to upgrade my server, which I did, and also which didn't help. Qualstar support spent a lot of time on the phone with me. First, we change the element addresses to match what Tivoli expected (See Kelly Lipp's Post on this subject) and finally after going through the configuration menu item by item, we found that the following settings were blank. Drive First Drive Last Fixed First Fixed Last The proper settings for my library were Drive FirstT1 Drive LastT4 Fixed First1F Fixed Last4F By the way, Qualstar has free phone and e-mail support [EMAIL PROTECTED] (805) 583-7744 On Tuesday, November 27, 2001 3:14 PM, Seay, Paul [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > You have a SCSI bus problem most likely. Check for bent pins or missing > terminators. The other possibility is a bad cable or the distance is too > long because it is not ultra differential scsi or such. > > -Original Message- > From: Ranganathan S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 5:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Identifying library and tape drive devices in Solaris > > > Hi, > I am new to this list . If there is an FAQ please point me in that > direction. > > We have a Qualstar 4440 library with Sony AIT2 Tape drives both > are in the supported list for TSM. > > When I define the library with command > > define library qualstar libtype=scsi device=/dev/rmt/0lb > > the server just stops (or just waits there for a long time) > > Is there anybody who can give me a solution for this. > > Thanks in Advance, > Ranga > > > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: Identifying library and tape drive devices in Solaris
And when you get that problem fixed, the element addresses for the drives are 63000 for the first drive, 63001 for the second and so on. Kelly J. Lipp Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. PO Box 51313 Colorado Springs, CO 80949 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com (719)531-5926 Fax: (240)539-7175 -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Seay, Paul Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Identifying library and tape drive devices in Solaris You have a SCSI bus problem most likely. Check for bent pins or missing terminators. The other possibility is a bad cable or the distance is too long because it is not ultra differential scsi or such. -Original Message- From: Ranganathan S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 5:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Identifying library and tape drive devices in Solaris Hi, I am new to this list . If there is an FAQ please point me in that direction. We have a Qualstar 4440 library with Sony AIT2 Tape drives both are in the supported list for TSM. When I define the library with command define library qualstar libtype=scsi device=/dev/rmt/0lb the server just stops (or just waits there for a long time) Is there anybody who can give me a solution for this. Thanks in Advance, Ranga _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: Identifying library and tape drive devices in Solaris
You have a SCSI bus problem most likely. Check for bent pins or missing terminators. The other possibility is a bad cable or the distance is too long because it is not ultra differential scsi or such. -Original Message- From: Ranganathan S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 5:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Identifying library and tape drive devices in Solaris Hi, I am new to this list . If there is an FAQ please point me in that direction. We have a Qualstar 4440 library with Sony AIT2 Tape drives both are in the supported list for TSM. When I define the library with command define library qualstar libtype=scsi device=/dev/rmt/0lb the server just stops (or just waits there for a long time) Is there anybody who can give me a solution for this. Thanks in Advance, Ranga _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Identifying library and tape drive devices in Solaris
Hi, I am new to this list . If there is an FAQ please point me in that direction. We have a Qualstar 4440 library with Sony AIT2 Tape drives both are in the supported list for TSM. When I define the library with command define library qualstar libtype=scsi device=/dev/rmt/0lb the server just stops (or just waits there for a long time) Is there anybody who can give me a solution for this. Thanks in Advance, Ranga _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
