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09-10-2008

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mksysb with smitty

Hello

I need to make a mksysb, I try with smitty but I get the next message

0512-017 mksysb: Cannot write to the device /dev/rmt3.
Either write protected or in use.

My tape are ready to write ( dont get protection)
I use the clean tape
and I try with other tapes but I got the same message

My question is someone has got this problem before.

Thanks for your advices

I send some commands

lsdev -Cc tape
rmt0 Available 08-08-02 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP)
rmt1 Available 08-08-02 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP)
rmt2 Available 08-08-02 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP)
rmt3 Available 08-08-02 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP)
smc0 Available 08-08-02 IBM 3583 Library Medium Changer (FCP)

lscfg -vpsl rmt3
rmt3 U7311.D20.10035BB-P1-C01-T1-W500308C143CAE002-L0
IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP)

Manufacturer................IBM
Machine Type and Model......ULT3580-TD3
Serial Number...............1210068798
Device Specific.(FW)........73P5

lsattr -El /dev/rmt3
lsattr: 0514-519 The following device was not found in the customized
device configuration database:
/dev/rmt3

prodwps2 > mt -f /dev/rmt3 status
rmt3 Available 08-08-02 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive (FCP)
attribute value description user_settable

alt_pathing no Enable Alternate Pathing Support True
autoload no Use Autoloading Feature at End-of-Tape True
block_size 0 Block Size (0=Variable Length) True
compress yes Use Hardware Compression on Tape True
debug_trace no Debug Trace Logging Enabled True
dev_status N/A False
devtype ULT3580- Device Type False
location Location True
logging no Activate volume information logging True
lun_id 0x0 Logical Unit Number True
max_log_size 500 Maximum size of log file (in # of entries) True
new_name New Logical Name True
node_name 0x500308c143cae001 World Wide Node Name False
primary_device rmt3 Primary Logical Device False
retain_reserve no Retain Reservation False
rew_immediate no Use Immediate Bit in Rewind Commands True
scsi_id 0x158e8 SCSI Target ID True
space_mode SCSI Backward Space/Forward Space Record Mode True
trace_logging no Trace Logging Enabled True
trailer_labels no Trailer Label Processing True
ww_name 0x500308c143cae002 World Wide Port Name False

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dds2index

dds2index(1)						      General Commands Manual						      dds2index(1)

NAME

       dds2index - tool to create an indexfile for the use of

SYNOPSIS

       dds2index [options]

DESCRIPTION

       dds2index  creates  an  index file that is required by the file extraction utility dds2tar(1).  It works on tar archives stored on dds tape
       devices (DAT).  Since the file structure of the tape archives is used to extract the files, the archive must be	an  uncompressed  tar  ar-
       chive. But compression by the transparent signal processor of the tape device is allowed.

       The  index  created  by	dds2index is written to stdout by default and should normally be stored on hard disk as indexfile for later use by
       dds2tar(1).

       The default tape device to read from is /dev/nst0, which may be overridden with the environment variable TAPE, which in turn may  be  over-
       ridden with the -f device option. The device must be a SCSI tape device.

OPTIONS

       -f devicefile
	      device of the tape archive. Must be a character special file.

       -t indexfile
	      write the index to indexfile, not to stdout.

       -z,--compress
	      write the index in (gzip) compressed mode.

       --help print some screens of online help with examples through a pager and exit immediatley.

OPTIONS you didn't really need
       -b, --block-size
	      Set the maximal blocksize, dds2index can handle.

       --z, --no-compress
	      Don't filter the archive file through gzip.

       -v,--verbose
	      verbose mode. Print to stderr what is going on.

       -h,--hash-mode
	      Print a hash sign '#' to stderr for each MB read from tape.

       -V,--version
	      Print the version number of dds2index to stderr and exit immediately.

EXAMPLES

       Example of getting the index from the default tape /dev/nst0 and storing it in file archive.idx:

	      dds2index -v -t archive.idx

WARNING

       This  program  can  only read records (tar is calling them tape blocks) up to 32 kbytes. A bigger buffer will cause problems with the Linux
       device driver.

ENVIRONMENT

       The environment variable TAPE overrides the default tape device /dev/nst0.

FILES

       /dev/nst0     default tape device file. Must be a character special file.

SEE ALSO

       dds2tar(1), mt(1), mt-dds(1), tar(1), gzip(1)

HISTORY

       This program was created as a tool for dds2tar(1).

AUTHOR

       J"org Weule (weule@cs.uni-duesseldorf.de), Phone +49 211 751409.  This software is available at ftp.uni-duesseldorf.de:/pub/unix/apollo

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