SUMMARY: Device Specifications for NSR 5.5.2 on TRU64 V5.0A

From: Stephen L LaBelle <labelles_at_mscd.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 21:09:57 -0600 (MDT)

Hello,

I posted the following a couple of weeks ago:

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Beginning with TRU64 Unix V5.0 the device naming conventions changed.

I am still trying to fully understand the new device names.

I have an issue particular to NSR 5.5.2 and TRU 64 V5.0A

On my V4.0X systems I have TZ887 tapedrives which are setup with NSR 5.5.2
to do backups. The device specifications are like:

                /dev/nrmt0h
                /dev/nrmt1h

I am working on setting up a 5-Tapedrive TL895, the drives are TZ89's
inside that tape library. I am using NSR 5.5.2 and TRU 64 V5.0A, which
is a supported Legato configuration for NSR.

        My question:

                What are the proper devices specifications for NSR?
                I assume I need the equal device names to above so:

                        /dev/ntape/tape0_d1
                        /dev/ntape/tape1_d1

Anyone out there have thoughts on this? Or a better device to use?
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I got just a couple of responses, neither with any definitive answer?

If you look in the man page for TZ, you find the following:

  rmt?a --------> tape?_d3
  rmt?l --------> tape?_d0 (d0 always maps to the low density)
  rmt?m --------> tape?_d2
  rmt?h --------> tape?_d1 (d1 always maps to the high density)

Based on that /dev/nrmt0h equates to /dev/ntape/tape0_d1 on TRU 64 V5.0A

Thats what I am using and it works fine.

                                                        Steve

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