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1. HP-UX
I have used ioscan -fnC tape and the system identified the tape drive. what is the command to show a listing of what is on the tape? I have used ls /dev/rmt/rmt0 to no avail. can anyone help?
Thanks in advance (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: Randydog
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2. Solaris
Hey folks,
Linux admin here, forced to use Opensolaris to try to use ufsdump/ufsrestore to get some data of some old tapes.
I've got Opensolaris 2009.06 on x86 and a Sony SDX-700V.
As a "control" experiment, I booted the system with a Linux live CD and the tape drive worked perfectly.
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: eddy_sysad
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
i installed a unix tape drive on my alphaserver. when i use a mt command it tells me there is no tape or device.
I have used the hardware manager and it shows the tape is present.
Can anyone help me understand why it cannot pick up the tape as a default? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ryks
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4. SCO
Hello,
I'm having some issues with installing SCSI tape drive on SCO 5.0.6
hardware config shows the following adapters
%adapter 0xE800-0xE8FF 10 - type=alad ha=0 bus=0 id=7 fts=sto
%adapter 0x0170-0x0177 15 - type=IDE ctlr=secondary dvr=wd
%adapter - 3 - ... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ananth_ak
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5. AIX
Brothers, I have a question on compatible issues.
I have a p570 server running on AIX5.3.0.0 TL04.
Recently I have received a 3590 tape drive with library and I am wonder whether I can make use of this tape drive for my normal daily backup of AIX 5.3.0.0 in p570 server.
Any driver or adapter... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kwliew999
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I need to restore my tape backup, when I type "tape status" it gives;
status : ready beginning-of-tape write-protected
soft errors : 0
hard errors : 0
underruns : 3
but... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: alisevA3
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7. Solaris
Hi,
I am a newbie to Solaris, I have a SunFire V120 box, i was trying to install a tape drive(HP SureStore DAT24), i did the install in this manner.
# rm -rf /etc/path_to_inst
# init 6
later at the "ok" prompt i gave "boot -ar" after doing that it asked me various options i accepted the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rajendra.rait
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8. Filesystems, Disks and Memory
Hi all, please help I am stuck.
I have installed a external unipack scsi tape drive. The tape drive is Exabyte Eliant 820. All I did was connected scsi cable and power it on. When issued "probe-scsi-all" command, the tape is correctly identified. However, when issued "dmesg | more" command, the... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: dennis
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