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Operating Systems Solaris Install ext DLT Sun Tape drive on V445 Solaris 10 Post 302996875 by chastings on Thursday 4th of May 2017 11:50:26 AM

05-04-2017

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I can reboot it and have done so several times. But I am going to try it all again. Unfortunately that will have to wait until morning as management calls. I'll post the results then. Thanks for the helpful suggestions.

---------- Post updated 05-04-17 at 10:50 AM ---------- Previous update was 05-03-17 at 03:17 PM ----------

I did a reboot and still get the same results. This is what I did this morning.
init 0
at ok prompt setenv auto-boot? false
reset-all
probe-scsi-all - the results do show the tape drive at the correct target of 4
boot -- -r
after reboot I check /dev/rmt and the links are there. I then check the devices directories in the links and the files are there as well.
I try a tar command and get an I/O error
I try the mt config and get back the correct info on the tape drive
I try the mt status and get no tape loaded or drive offline
I do a reboot then when it's back up I go through it all again with the same results.
I try cfgadm -al command and it shows c3::rmt.old/0 tape connected configured unknown
I do devfsadm -c tape -v and check the links and the files again. All look good.
I do a mt status and get the same error again.
Try the tar again and get the same error.
So what am I missing? The tape drive works fine on a v440 that I have also running Solaris 10. Is it possible this drive is not compatible with a V445? Seems unlikely to me, but then you never know. Thanks in advance.

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tapset::scsi

tapset::scsi(3stap)													       tapset::scsi(3stap)

NAME

       tapset::scsi - systemtap scsi tapset

DESCRIPTION

	This family of probe points is used to probe SCSI activities.

       scsi.ioentry
	      Prepares a SCSI mid-layer request

	       See probe::scsi.ioentry(3stap)
	       for details.

       scsi.iodispatching
	      SCSI mid-layer dispatched low-level SCSI command

	       See probe::scsi.iodispatching(3stap)
	       for details.

       scsi.iodone
	      SCSI command completed by low level driver and enqueued into the done queue.

	       See probe::scsi.iodone(3stap)
	       for details.

       scsi.iocompleted
	      SCSI mid-layer running the completion processing for block device I/O requests

	       See probe::scsi.iocompleted(3stap)
	       for details.

       scsi.ioexecute
	      Create mid-layer SCSI request and wait for the result

	       See probe::scsi.ioexecute(3stap)
	       for details.

       scsi.set_state
	      Order SCSI device state change

	       See probe::scsi.set_state(3stap)
	       for details.

SEE ALSO

	  probe::scsi.ioentry(3stap),	   probe::scsi.iodispatching(3stap),	  probe::scsi.iodone(3stap),	 probe::scsi.iocompleted(3stap),
       probe::scsi.ioexecute(3stap),  probe::scsi.set_state(3stap),  stap(1), stapprobes(3stap)

IBM
									---						       tapset::scsi(3stap)

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