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Old 06-10-2005
Command to determine Tape Type
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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Old 06-10-2005
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Originally Posted by Surdeymon
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.
what flavor of UNIX?
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Old 06-10-2005
IBM RS6000 - oslevel 5.1

Thanks
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Old 06-10-2005
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Originally Posted by Surdeymon
IBM RS6000 - oslevel 5.1

Thanks
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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Old 06-10-2005
Thx a ton - Happy Weekend.
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