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The Question is: An exabyte 8200 shows up as 8 seperate SCSI devices under VMS on a Alphastation 200 WS. I cannot talk to the tape drive at all, but the same hardware setup works under NT. What am I missin here? The Answer is : Third-party SCSI device integration is often difficult and involved, and is well outside the scope of Ask The Wizard. As a start, please contact Exabyte customer support for assistance. SCSI is a standard collection of optionally-implemented -- occasionally misimplemented features. SCSI is not a particularly standard interface. "SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then." This could be as simple as a mis-set SCSI ID somewhere on the SCSI bus, or it could involve a problem with the SCSI implementation, or this could be some other (unspecified) problem. There are known incompatibilities with certain versions of OpenVMS and certain Exabyte drives -- there are ECOs for various combinations of systems and releases, see the OpenVMS release notes and see the ECOs at the service website, and there are reports of problems with the firmware with certain Exabyte devices -- please make sure the device has the most current firmware available. For best results, please acquire and use supported and tested SCSI devices, or please expect to spend time and effort performing any testing and integration work found necessary for the device. "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch". "TANSTAAFL" Of course on some SCSI buses, "There ain't no such thing as a free lun."
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