When I use 3590 tapes here, this is what I do:
vary on 5b1 (vary it off first on the other lpar)
attach 5b1 LINUX72
From Linux:
lstape
chccwdev -e 0.0.05b1 (set drive online)
lstape
mtst -f /dev/ntibm0 rewind
mtst -f /dev/ntibm0 fsf 1
mtst -f /dev/ntibm0 compression 1
However, you have to
Hello,
I have RHEL 6 Linux running as a guest under z/VM 6.1 on our z10 BC. It has the
following 3590-H tape drives assigned in the z/VM directory:
DEDICATE 1500 1500 MULTIUSER
DEDICATE 1501 1501 MULTIUSER
DEDICATE 1502 1502 MULTIUSER
DEDICATE 1503 1503 MULTIUSER
A query command shows the
On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 02:50:50PM -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
I have RHEL 6 Linux running as a guest under z/VM 6.1 on our z10 BC. It has
the
following 3590-H tape drives assigned in the z/VM directory:
DEDICATE 1500 1500 MULTIUSER
DEDICATE 1501 1501 MULTIUSER
DEDICATE 1502 1502 MULTIUSER
On 11/5/2011 2:57 PM, Philipp Kern wrote:
On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 02:50:50PM -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
However, the lstape command shows no drives:
Did you set those devices online? Something like `chccwdev -e 0.0.1500'
might help.
The 'MedState' column in the 'lstape' output will contain
You found the module, but is it loaded?
modpobe tape-3590
Or look for it with 'lsmod | grep tape'.
-- R;
Rick Troth
Velocity Software
http://www.velocitysoftware.com/
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 18:17, Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com wrote:
On 11/5/2011 2:57 PM, Philipp
On 11/5/2011 3:23 PM, Richard Troth wrote:
You found the module, but is it loaded?
modpobe tape-3590
Or look for it with 'lsmod | grep tape'.
The module is most definitely NOT loaded.
--
Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
831 Parkview Drive North
El Segundo, CA
On 11/5/2011 3:28 PM, Edward Jaffe wrote:
On 11/5/2011 3:23 PM, Richard Troth wrote:
You found the module, but is it loaded?
modpobe tape-3590
Or look for it with 'lsmod | grep tape'.
The module is most definitely NOT loaded.
Modprobe loads the module without problems. lsmod then
Have you tries using the `cio_ignore` command to make sure the channels
your tapes are attached to aren't blacklisted?
For example:
cio_ignore -r 1500
Your tape drives may currently be masked from being detected. For more info
on cio_ignore, see What's new in RHEL 6 for Linux on System
On 11/5/2011 4:19 PM, Christian Paro wrote:
Have you tries using the `cio_ignore` command to make sure the channels
your tapes are attached to aren't blacklisted?
For example:
cio_ignore -r 1500
Your tape drives may currently be masked from being detected. For more info
on cio_ignore, see