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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?
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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.
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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)
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4. SCO
Hello,
I'm having some issues with installing SCSI tape drive on SCO 5.0.6
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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.
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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
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7. Solaris
Hi,
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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)
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tms(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual tms(4)
Name
tms - TMSCP magnetic tape interface
Syntax
For UNIBUS, Q-bus:
controller klesiu0 at uba0
controller uq0 at klesiu0 csr 0174500 vector uqintr
tape tms0 at uq0 drive 0
For MSI Bus:
adapter msi0 at nexus?
controller dssc0 at msi0 msinode 0
tape tms0 at dssc0 drive 3
For VAXBI:
controller klesib0 at vaxbi0 node 0
controller uq0 at klesib0 vector uqintr
tape tms0 at uq0 drive 0
controller aie0 at vaxbi? node?
controller bvpssp0 at aie0 vector bvpsspintr
tape tms0 at bvpssp0 drive 0
For MSI Bus:
adapter msi0 at nexus?
controller dssc0 at msi0 msinode 0
tape tms0 at dssc0 drive 0
For VAX CI/HSC:
adapter ci0 at nexus?
adapter ci0 at vaxbi? node?
controller hsc0 at ci0 cinode 6
tape tms0 at hsc0 drive 3
Description
Prior to Version 2.0, this device was referenced by tmscp(4).
The TMSCP driver provides a standard tape drive interface, as described in This is a driver for any controller that adheres to the Tape
Mass Storage Control Protocol (TMSCP). The TMSCP controllers communicate with the host through a packet-oriented protocol termed the Tape
Mass Storage Control Protocol. This driver also supports n-buffered reads and writes to the raw tape interface (used with streaming tape
drives). See for further details.
Tape Support
TK50, TK70, TF70, TU81, TU81e, TA78, TA79, TA81, RV20, TA90, TA90E, TA91
Diagnostics
All diagnostic messages are sent to the error logger subsystem.
Files
See Also
mtio(4), nbuf(4), MAKEDEV(8), uerf(8), tapex(8)
Guide to the Error Logger
tms(4)
