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I have 2 UNIX boxes and I need to determine whether or not they possess the same tape drive. What is the hardware command to determine what type of tape drive is present? Thx in advance.
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I have 2 UNIX boxes and I need to determine whether or not they possess the same tape drive. What is the hardware command to determine what type of tape drive is present? Thx in advance.
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IBM RS6000 - oslevel 5.1

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find out what the names of your tape devices are:

# lsdev -Cc tape
rmt0 Available 40-60-00-0,0 SCSI 4mm Tape Drive

Then you can query the ODM

# lscfg -vl rmt0
rmt0 U0.1-P1/Z1-A0 SCSI 4mm Tape Drive (20480 MB)

Manufacturer................HP
Machine Type and Model......IBM-C568303030!D
Device Specific.(Z1)........C105
Serial Number...............2129A722
Device Specific.(LI)........A1700292
Part Number.................19P0798
FRU Number..................19P0802
EC Level....................H27417
Device Specific.(Z0)........0180020283000038
Device Specific.(Z3)........L1
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