Shared tape drive on ASE 1.5

From: Frederick, Bill <Isdwcf_at_cgcu.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 11:58:32 -0500

Fellow Managers:

I apologize in advance for the length of this two part question:

Part 1: I am sharing a TL891 between two 4100's running 4.0d pk #3. The
4100's are running firmware 5.4. Until recently, I had no problems.
However, last week I ran into to some problems attempting to install
Networker 5.5.1 (I've had both 4.4 and 5.5 running with no problems). I was
unable to see the changer from the nwadmin GUI. As I was troubleshooting
the hardware I ran into the following error message:

# file /dev/nrmt0*
/dev/nrmt0a: character special (9/36871) SCSI #2 TZ89 tape #3 (SCSI
ID #4) (SCSI LUN #0) errors = 0/46 85700_bpi
/dev/nrmt0h: character special (9/36867) SCSI #2 TZ89 tape #3 (SCSI
ID #4) (SCSI LUN #0) errors = 0/46 85700_bpi
/dev/nrmt0l: character special (9/36865) SCSI #2 TZ89 tape #3 (SCSI
ID #4) (SCSI LUN #0) errors = 0/46 85700_bpi
/dev/nrmt0m: character special (9/36869) SCSI #2 TZ89 tape #3 (SCSI
ID #4) (SCSI LUN #0) errors = 0/46 85700_bpi

Any ideas what "errors = 0/46" is referring to?

Part 2: When I setup a tape service and specify a changer (/dev/mc16 in my
case), shouldn't this device be reserved for the machine where the service
is located? I thought so, but when run the file command on Node A and Node
B here is my output (the service is running on Node B):

Node A:
# file /dev/mc16
/dev/mc16: character special (53/32768) SCSI #2 TL800 special_device
#128 (SCSI ID #0) (SCSI LUN #0

Node B:
# file /dev/mc16
/dev/mc16: character special (53/32768) SCSI #2 TL800 special_device
#128 (SCSI ID #0) (SCSI LUN #0)

Any pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Bill Frederick
Citizens Gas
Indianapolis, IN
Received on Thu Sep 09 1999 - 17:01:25 NZST

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