Re: DLT8000 on K-Class HPUX 10.20

From: Alan Johnson (adjtech_at_ulster.net)
Date: 08/24/03 

Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:31:24 -0400

Martin Jost wrote:
> "chlim" <chlim@nospam.email.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:3f458d4e$1_1@news.tm.net.my...
>
>>I'm trying to connect a Overland Storage DLT8000 loader to a K-Class which
>>running HPUX 10.20, after I connect it to a 28655A SE/LVD card (this is a
>>dedicated SCSI card, not connecting to any other device), I run ioscan -fnC
>>tape I can see the Quantum DLT8000 drive has been claimed and the device
>>files has been created. But when I trying to tar a file in to it, the
>>K-Class shows me cannot open device and when I run mt -f /dev/rmt/2m stat it
>>saying that no tape loaded, in fact I have already loaded a tape on the tape
>>drive. I've try to swap this Overland autoloader to a DDS2 tape drive it
>>works.
>
>
> Ok, what I have to offer are "near (?) misses".
> Here I have a HP Ultrium (aka LTO) Autoloader connected to a C3600 running 10.20.
> This works as expected.
>
> Is your machine up to date on patches ? Especially the SCSI-ones ?
>
> I don't know if it is supported, what you are trying to do, so this is just guessing.
>
> Martin
>
Is the card on the HPPB bus or an HSC card? DLT 8000's will not run off
of an HPPB interface card.

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