Re: booting from fibre tape drives

From: Kilchenmann Timo (timo.kilchenmann_at_BECHTLE.CH)
Date: 04/30/03

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    Tried it myself - I was not able to boot directly from a IBM Ultrium tape.
    It worked when first booting from aix cd-rom 1 and then selecting system
    recovery / restore from mksysb.
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    Wehn you say AIX must be 5.1 or higher that is on the boot tape
    (mksysb) right?

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    From: Kilchenmann Timo <timo.kilchenmann@BECHTLE.CH>
    Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 7:05 am
    Subject: booting from fibre tape drives

    > - fc-adapter must have current firmware
    > - system firmware must be current
    > - aix must be at version 5.1 or higher
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    > Good morning all:
    > I was ask a question last night:
    > Can you boot a server from a fibre tape drive? I tried this on an S80
    > with a 3494 fibre drive and the system didn't see the device.
    > So now I ask the you has anyone done this or can it be done? If so
    > what are the step needed to do this.
    > As always I look forward to the replies and thank you in advance.
    > Vince
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