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Hi Does anyone know the command to configure HP tape slots. I have tried the following on Sun, but its notworking. This is the first time I have configured a tape drive with muiltple slots.

root@ssdb0009 # cfgadm -l
Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Conditio
SBa cpu/mem connected configured ok
SBb cpu/mem connected configured ok
SBc cpu/mem connected unconfigured ok
SBd cpu/mem connected unconfigured ok
c0 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c1 fc-private connected configured unknown
c2 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c3 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
pcisch0:hpc1_slot0 unknown empty unconfigured unknown
pcisch0:hpc1_slot1 unknown empty unconfigured unknown
pcisch0:hpc1_slot2 unknown empty unconfigured unknown
pcisch0:hpc1_slot3 unknown empty unconfigured unknown
pcisch2:hpc2_slot4 unknown empty unconfigured unknown
pcisch2:hpc2_slot5 unknown empty unconfigured unknown
pcisch2:hpc2_slot6 unknown empty unconfigured unknown
pcisch3:hpc0_slot7 unknown empty unconfigured unknown
pcisch3:hpc0_slot8 pci-pci/hp connected configured ok


I have tried the following command from the man page and its not working.

cfgadm -f -c configure c3::rmt/0 pcisch0:hpc1_slot1

what am i doing wrong

What is the version of Solaris? What type of equipment are these tape drives ( single tape drives or library {jukebox})?

What software are you using?

First see what is in /dev/rmt. If you don't have anything (or not all the tape drives) then you can try the drvconfig, devlinks, tape commands to see if you configure them on the fly (instead of doing a boot -r ).

See the man page due to the fact I don't know your version (difference in commands mentioned in the man pages)

Hi I am running SunOS 5.8 on a V880 server.

The tape drive used is a HP Storage works Ultrium 1/8 autoloader. I guess this is using the library

Hi Denisca,

drvconfig;tapes;devlinks should do until Solaris 9
Solaris 8,9 and future releases also have fsadm, don't know the exact syntax.

When the drive is connected correct the above should work.
For changing hardware path's "/etc/path_to_inst" can be addapted, but please be very carefull in this last option.


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David