I have AIX 5.1 installed and running in a 43P-150. I have installed a Seagate scorpion DDS4 tape drive. (STD2401LW). I have set the dip switch settings correctly (5 and 7 on, 6 and 8 off) and have the SCSI id set to 6. I changed the drive settings to reflect what Seagate recommends for the AIX 3.2 + environment.
The tape drive apepars to be installed correctly. From smit:
[Entry Fields]
Tape Drive rmt0
Tape Drive type ost
Tape Drive interface scsi
Description Other SCSI Tape Drive
Status Available
Location 10-80-00-6,0
Parent adapter scsi0
Connection address 6,0
BLOCK size (0=variable length) [1024] +#
Use DEVICE BUFFERS during writes yes +
RETURN error on tape change or reset no +
Use EXTENDED file marks yes +
RESERVE/RELEASE support no +
BLOCK SIZE for variable length support [0] +#
DENSITY setting #1 [140] +#
DENSITY setting #2 [0] +#
Set delay after a FAILED command [45] +#
Set timeout for the READ or WRITE command [900] +#
Maximum LUN inquiried on device [31] +
If I try any operation on the drive it says its busy. I can't do a "smit mksysb", it returns this error:
COMMAND STATUS
Command: failed stdout: yes stderr: no
Before command completion, additional instructions may appear below.
0512-017 mksysb: Cannot write to the device /dev/rmt0.
Either write protected or in use.
I have tried several brand new blank tapes. Some from HP, some from Imation. Any ideas what the problem could be. I am at a loss...help!!
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