SUMMARY : Replacement of tape TZ87

From: Berger, Michel <berger_at_ebu.ch>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 12:21:44 +0200

Original question was : we have replaced a faulty tape drive in our HSZ by a new one, what do I need to do to see it from Unix (V5.1A) without rebooting the server ? "hwmgr -show scsi" gave this output : SCSI DEVICE DEVICE DRIVER NUM DEVICE FIRST HWID: DEVICEID HOSTNAME TYPE SUBTYPE OWNER PATH FILE VALID PATH 0: 18 gnvasapps tape none 0 1 (null) [2/6/0] 51: 4 gnvasapps tape none 0 1 tape0 [2/3/0] 52: 5 gnvasapps tape none 4 1 tape1 70: 12 gnvasapps tape none 0 1 tape2 [1/3/1] Tape 0 and tape2 were already present, the replaced tape was tape1 on bus-2-targ-6-lun-0. hwmgr -scan scsi did not show up any new device. Solution : First delete the null device : hwmgr delete -did 18 Then after hwmgr -scan scsi, I had : SCSI DEVICE DEVICE DRIVER NUM DEVICE FIRST HWID: DEVICEID HOSTNAME TYPE SUBTYPE OWNER PATH FILE VALID PATH 51: 4 gnvasapps tape none 0 1 tape0 [2/3/0] 52: 5 gnvasapps tape none 4 1 tape1 70: 12 gnvasapps tape none 0 1 tape2 [1/3/1] 83: 18 gnvasapps tape none 0 1 tape6 [2/6/0] The attempt to swap tape6 and tape1 (dsfmgr -m tape6 tape1) failed with the error : "dsfmgr: ERROR: second device status is active: tape1". The attempt to delete the component 52 (-delete component -id 52) failed also with the error "hwmgr: Error (95) Cannot start operation". In fact, it cannot be deleted because the driver owner is 4 (should be 0). Finally, I just did this : dsfmgr -m tape1 tape7 dsfmgr -m tape6 tape1 and now, it looks like this : SCSI DEVICE DEVICE DRIVER NUM DEVICE FIRST HWID: DEVICEID HOSTNAME TYPE SUBTYPE OWNER PATH FILE VALID PATH ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51: 4 gnvasapps tape none 0 1 tape0 [2/3/0] 52: 5 gnvasapps tape none 4 1 tape7 70: 12 gnvasapps tape none 0 1 tape2 [1/3/1] 83: 18 gnvasapps tape none 0 1 tape1 [2/6/0] Everything is fine now. At the next reboot, I should be able to delete the component 52. Special thanks to Shaun Racine and Andrew Tolmie ! Michel Berger Data Base Administrator Tel (+41 22) 717 21 53 Internet : berger_at_ebu.ch European Broadcasting Union Ancienne Route, 17A CH-1218 Geneva / Switzerland   ----------------------------------------- ************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by the mailgateway **************************************************
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