Hi... we have installed new SAP blade server and IBM TS3100 Express tape library to internal fibre switch on IBM blade chassis and used zoning to connect tape library to server. I tested the tape library by just running a windows backup and restore. This was succesful. A backup was then attempted of the Oracle database using BRBACKUP but the following error message appears:
mt: unable to initialize ASPI manager
mt: using NT tape support
mt: opening ' /dev/mt0' :No media in drive
Our SAP Basis guy sent me the following possible solution:
The output contains at least the following lines (if no errors occurred) by default:
mt: unable to initialize ASPI manager
mt: using NT tape support
The displayed message is no reason for concern. MT expects an ASPI Manager (Advanced SCSI Programming Interface). However, this is not required for operation on Windows, nor does it have to be installed. MT provides a restricted set of commands which is all you need for the backup.
If this type of error message occurs, check that the ASPI manager is installed, and deinstall it if this is the case.
For more information on the ASPI manager, see
http://www.adaptec.com/techsupp/.
I've been searching the net but cannot find a tool that will either uninstall or inform me of any ASPI layer that may be installed on "Windows 2003 server 64-bit". Everything related to ASPI layer is usually for Win 98,XP, or 2000.
any help on this will be appreciated.
