My client is running Networker 5.5.1 on an Origin2100, Irix 6.5.7. The tape device is an ATL P1000, 2 drive bays, 30 slots.
Hardware compression seems not to be configurable, yet this is what the client requires -- he prefers h/w compression to Networker's s/w compression using Unix Directives (which we have disabled).
When I run ./MAKEDEV, no tps devices are created with the "c" option. Normally, this would mean that the tape device is returning info that it's not capable of h/w compression, but we know the 2 Quantum drives ARE capable, because their compression lights come on temporarily when we insert compressed tapes from another ATL box attached to a different DG/UX machine. Once labeled on the SGI, however, the compression light goes out on this ATL's drives with these tapes and no compression occurs.
ATL tech support also insists that h/w compression has not been disabled on the P1000.
Any ideas on how to kick in h/w compression on this system? Any suggestions appreciated... let me know if further info is required. Thanks!
-Liz Liz Townsend
Torque Systems, Inc.
liz@torque.com
Hardware compression seems not to be configurable, yet this is what the client requires -- he prefers h/w compression to Networker's s/w compression using Unix Directives (which we have disabled).
When I run ./MAKEDEV, no tps devices are created with the "c" option. Normally, this would mean that the tape device is returning info that it's not capable of h/w compression, but we know the 2 Quantum drives ARE capable, because their compression lights come on temporarily when we insert compressed tapes from another ATL box attached to a different DG/UX machine. Once labeled on the SGI, however, the compression light goes out on this ATL's drives with these tapes and no compression occurs.
ATL tech support also insists that h/w compression has not been disabled on the P1000.
Any ideas on how to kick in h/w compression on this system? Any suggestions appreciated... let me know if further info is required. Thanks!
-Liz Liz Townsend
Torque Systems, Inc.
liz@torque.com
