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Subject:    Re: AIX mksysb and savevg Backup on IBM 3590 Tape Drive and
From:       "Lewis Wong, Yong Cheong" <d9430055 () SINGNET ! COM ! SG>
Date:       1998-10-31 2:52:12
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Dear Clive,

The device that I open is /dev/rmt0.smc.

Regards.

-----Original Message-----
From: cyborg@MY-DEJANEWS.COM <cyborg@MY-DEJANEWS.COM>
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Date: Saturday, October 31, 1998 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: AIX mksysb and savevg Backup on IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium
Changer


>In article <ISSMTP.98_21_.19981030114412.195A@unilever.com>,
>  Lewis Wong <Lewis.Wong@UNILEVER.COM> wrote:
>> Dear Carlos,
>>
>> I have tried the tapeutil command to unload the tape and it seems
doesn't>>  work
>> on my IBM 3590 tape changer. I always have the following messages when I
>> try to
>> load and unload the tape, please advice:-
>>
>> Moving medium: source 32, destination 33...
>> Operation failed with errno 46: Device not ready
>>
>> Error Sense Data,  Length 80
>>
>>             0 1  2 3  4 5  6 7  8 9  A B  C D  E F   0123456789ABCDEF
>>     0000 - 7000 0200 0000 0048 0000 0000 048E FF02
[p......H.....Žÿ.>> ]
>>     0010 - C436 0051 0206 0140 0000 0000 0000 A500
[Ä6.Q...@......¥.>> ]
>>     0020 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  [................]
>>     0030 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  [................]
>>     0040 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 3531 3520 2020 2000  [........515    .]
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:   Carlos Sallave [SMTP:carlossi@hotmail.com]
>> Sent:   Wednesday, October 28, 1998 11:55 AM
>> To:     Multiple recipients of list AIX-L
>> Subject:        Re: AIX mksysb and savevg Backup on IBM 3590 Tape Drive
a>> nd           
>>   Medium Changer
>>
>> Okay it's been a year that I had worked with this but I hope this would
>> point you to the right direction....
>>
>> There is a utility for this...tapeutil...it's a menu system that helps
>> you with the command to load and unload the tape and all you have to do
>> is make a script if you want to....
>>
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>> >From:  Lewis Wong <Lewis.Wong@UNILEVER.COM>
>> >Subject:      AIX mksysb and savevg Backup on IBM 3590 Tape Drive and
>> Medium
>> >              Changer
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>> >
>> >Dear Everyone,
>> >
>> >I need some help from you guys and gals urgently.
>> >
>> >At the current moment, I have an IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium Changer
>> using
>> >by an IBM RS/6000 that running AIX.
>> >
>> >What I plan to do is to backup my systems using mksysb on the first
>> tape of the
>> >tape changer and backup my volume group on the second tape of the tape
>> changer.
>> >
>> >Can any guru out there assist me on this ?
>> >
>> >Thanks in advanced.
>> >
>> >
>> >With Best Regards,
>> >
>> >Lewis Wong, Yong Cheong
>> >UNIX Specialist
>> >IT Infrastructure Management Center (IMC)
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>> >
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>
>Hi Lewis,
>When you opened the device initially which one did you open?  If I remember
>correctly it should be rmt0.smc (assuming your 3590 is rmt0).
>
>Regards
>Clive
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