Hi everyone, I have a ibm p65 server with an internal DAT 72 tape drive. When I go to press the eject button the second light will blink for several minutes then stop. If I issue a
it tells me its available and gives back other information.
Now if I try this
it tells me device not ready. After some research people were saying that it was because the drive did not contain a tape. However I can clearly see a tape.
So at this point I am lost. My only other option I can think of would be to reboot the machine. The server is a AIX 5.3.
Oh and here is some more information if this helps.
yields cannot find device.
We have a SCO UnixWare system version 7.1.3, running a front end ERP system on a Compaq/HP Proliant ML370 server.
Compaq ProLiant ML370 Server
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Thanks
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