Re: IBM i guest of IBM i host doesn't find tape drive

An internal drive or an external drive/library connected by SAS will show
up
as a virtualized stand alone tape device only.

The tape library function only virtualizes well in a VIOS/NPIV environment
which by definition is a fibre connection.

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Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Evan
Harris
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 5:12 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: IBM i guest of IBM i host doesn't find tape drive

I actually meant was it showing as a tape library device or a standalone
tape device (i.e. TAPMLB01 vs TAP01)

On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 1:52 AM, Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 7/29/2015 6:54 PM, Evan Harris wrote:

Man this sounds familiar....
How does the tape drive look on the hosting partition ?

Not sure what you're asking but just did nightly backups without
issues (after I varied it back on on the hosting partition).

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 7:31 AM, Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

On 7/29/2015 2:52 PM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:

Try setting the alternate install device. Bypass the select buss
and

it

should find the tape device.

DST doesn't find it even if I F13 to bypass bus selection.

One more thought. MAKE REALLY sure the tape device is VARIED OFF
on

the

hosting partition

I tried it both ways. I'm glad it really is supposed to be simple.
Less glad that I can't copy a .log file or a .config file for
another set of eyes to scan.

Thanks for confirming that the book is right. Now it's a matter of
Really Looking at it and making sure I have all the matches matching.

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--buck

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