Installing new external scsi tape drive

[paladin256]

I am trying to install a external tape drive on a Netra T1 running Solaris 8 Sparc platform. How do I get the system to recognise the new tape drive. I have tried searching sun site but cannot find any info on how to do it after the OS has been installed.

 

[lancer73]

do a boot -r from the ok prompt and it should recognize the new device

if it doesn't, try a probe-scsi-all from the ok prompt and make sure it can see the device. if it doesn't, then you have a scsi problem (cable, termination, controller, etc.)

 

[BVSJ]

Hope you have carried out all test for hardware working. Try ..
boot -r if your on OK> prompt

If you have already booted the system and do not want to shutdown your system then as root, carry out following commands ...

drvconfig;tapes;devlinks

It will take about 20-30 seconds before you get the prompts. If this is the only tape drive you have installed then you will be be accessing as /dev/rmt/0. Also see various option for this tape drive under /dev/rmt like 0n for no rewind, 0c for compress, ocn for compress, no rewind.

Hope this help.

 

[ady2k]

You can use this command : # cfgadm -al to check all the scsi device.After ok> boot -r , you can try to backup using tar/ufsdump to /dev/rmt/0.
If your tape drive without any error, you should perform the backup.