Installing device drivers for IBM SCSI tape devices

See the following documentation for instructions about installing and configuring IBM tape device drivers:

• IBM Tape Device Drivers Installation and User's Guide: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S7002972
• IBM Tape Device Drivers Programming Reference: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S7003032

After you complete the installation procedure in the IBM Tape Device Drivers Installation and User's Guide, different messages are issued, depending on the device driver that you are installing:

• If you are installing the device driver for an IBM SCSI Tape drive or library, you receive:

  rmtx Available

  or

  smcx Available

  Note the value of x, which is assigned automatically by the system. To determine the special file name of your device, use the /dev/ prefix with the name provided by the system. For example:
  • If the message is rmt0 Available, the special file name for the drive is /dev/rmt0.
  • If the message is smc2 Available, the special file name for the media changer device is /dev/smc2.

The file name might have more characters at the end to indicate different operating characteristics, but these characters are not needed by Tivoli® Storage Manager. Use the base file name in the Device= parameter of the DEFINE PATH command to assign a device to a drive (/dev/rmtx) or a library (/dev/smcx).

After you complete the installation procedure in the IBM Tape Device Drivers Installation and User's Guide, different messages are issued, depending on the device driver that you are installing:

• If you are installing the device driver for an IBM 3581, 3583, 3584, or 3590 Model B11, you receive:

  IBMtapex Available

  or

  IBMChangerx Available

  Note the value of x, which is assigned automatically by the system. To determine the special file name of your device, use the /dev/IBM prefix with the name provided by the system. For example:
  • If the message is IBMtape0 Available, the special file name for the drive is /dev/IBMtape0.
  • If the message is IBMChanger2 Available, the special file name for the media changer device is /dev/IBMChanger2.

The file name might have more characters at the end to indicate different operating characteristics, but these characters are not needed by Tivoli Storage Manager. Use the base file name in the Device= parameter of the DEFINE PATH command to assign a device to a drive (/dev/IBMtapex) or a library (/dev/IBMChangerx).

After you complete the installation procedure in the IBM Tape Device Drivers Installation and User's Guide, the IBM device driver creates a set of special file names for each device. To see the special file names, issue the following command:

ls -la /dev/rmt

The output shows that the special files are symbolic links into the /devices tree of the file system. These files have the form:

• /dev/rmt/xst
• /dev/rmt/xsmc

Where x is a number. The file name might have more characters (n, b, c) at the end to indicate different operating characteristics, but these characters are not needed by Tivoli Storage Manager. Use the base file name in the Device= parameter of the DEFINE PATH command to assign a device to a drive (/dev/rmt/xst) or a library (/dev/rmt/xsmc).