Timberwolf 9730 and st.conf for Solaris 9

[rheller]

I'm trying to get a Timberwolf 9730 working with a Sun V880 system. The hardware is recognized in Open Boot when I do a probe-scsi-all: one STK 9730 and two Quantum DLT7000 drives.

Doing a boot -r doesn't created the expected devices at /dev/st or /dev/sg. My research tells me I need the exact parameters added to [red]/kernel/drv/st.conf[/red] for this to work. I found a sample config in a QFS install guide for an STK 9840, and adapted it to my st.conf ...

tape-config-list =
"STK 9730", "STK 9730 TimberWolf", "CLASS_9730",
"QUANTUM DLT7000", "DLT 7000 tape drive", "dlt7-tape";
CLASS_9730 = 1,0x36,0,0x1d679,1,0x00,0;
dlt7-tape = 1,0x36,0,0xd679,4,0x82,0x83,0x84,0x85,3;

... but still no happiness. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[comtec17]

The 9730 does not need an entry in st.conf.

What software are you using to do backups?

 

[rheller]

For now, I'm using an eval of Arkeia 5.2.7

Arkeia can't detect the tape hardware, though it's probably expecting something at /dev/st or similar.

 

[comtec17]

Post the following:

How many tape drives are there?

How are they connected?

What is the contents of /dev/rmt?

Post your st.conf?

When your system starts up does it detect the library and drives? Check your /var/adm/messages file.

Go to an OK prompt, type PROBE-SCSI-ALL and see if it lists the drives and library?

 

[rheller]

comtec17,
Thanks for your help with this issue. Turns out, the SCSI adapter was bad. After installing a new one,
both Solaris & Arkeia see the drives & library.

A salesdroid at Arkeia also sent me some config files and docs. Using these, I was able to create the
[red]/dev/rmt[/red] and [red]/dev/rsst2[/red] devices. If anyone would like a copies of these, please email me.

Here are the answers to the questions in your last post.

Thanks,
-- rheller

[blue]How many tape drives are there?[/blue]
two Quantum DLT7000

[blue]How are they connected?[/blue]
SCSI-HBA in Sun V880 (symbios 28802) ---> STK9730 ---> drive0 ---> drive1 ---> terminator

[blue]What is the contents of /dev/rmt?[/blue]

root:/ $ ls -o /dev/rmt
total 96
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 41 Mar 10 14:13 0 -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 0b -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:b
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 0bn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:bn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 0c -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:c
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 0cb -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:cb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 44 Mar 10 14:13 0cbn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:cbn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 0cn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:cn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 0h -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:h
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 0hb -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:hb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 44 Mar 10 14:13 0hbn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:hbn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 0hn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:hn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 0l -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 0lb -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:lb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 44 Mar 10 14:13 0lbn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:lbn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 0ln -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:ln
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 0m -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 0mb -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:mb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 44 Mar 10 14:13 0mbn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:mbn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 0mn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:mn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 0n -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:n
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 0u -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:u
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 0ub -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:ub
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 44 Mar 10 14:13 0ubn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:ubn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 0un -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@3,0:un
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 41 Mar 10 14:13 1 -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 1b -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:b
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 1bn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:bn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 1c -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:c
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 1cb -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:cb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 44 Mar 10 14:13 1cbn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:cbn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 1cn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:cn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 1h -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:h
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 1hb -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:hb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 44 Mar 10 14:13 1hbn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:hbn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 1hn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:hn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 1l -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 1lb -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:lb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 44 Mar 10 14:13 1lbn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:lbn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 1ln -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:ln
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 1m -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 1mb -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:mb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 44 Mar 10 14:13 1mbn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:mbn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 1mn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:mn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 1n -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:n
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 42 Mar 10 14:13 1u -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:u
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 1ub -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:ub
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 44 Mar 10 14:13 1ubn -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:ubn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 43 Mar 10 14:13 1un -> ../../devices/pci@8,700000/scsi@3/st@4,0:un

[blue]Post your st.conf?[/blue]
(For the sake of brevity, most of the commented lines have been removed)

root:/ $ more /kernel/drv/st.conf
#
# Copyright (c) 1995, by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
# All rights reserved.
#
#
#pragma ident "@(#)st.conf 1.18 97/06/06 SMI"
#
.
.
.
tape-config-list=
.
.
.
"Quantum DLT7000", "Quantum DLT7000", "DLT7k-data",
"Quantum DLT7000", "Quantum DLT7000", "DLT7k-data";
.
.
.
#
# If you uncomment any single line above be sure to end it in a semicolon, ';'.
# If you uncomment 2 or more lines above be sure to end the first in a comma, ',' and the second in a semicolon, ';'.
#
.
.
.
DLT7k-data = 1,0x36,0,0x1D639,4,0x82,0x83,0x84,0x85,2;
.
.
.
name="st" class="scsi"
target=0 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi"
target=1 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi"
target=2 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi"
target=3 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi"
target=4 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi"
target=5 lun=0;

name="st" class="scsi"
target=6 lun=0;

# end of st.conf

[blue]When your system starts up does it detect the library and drives? Check your /var/adm/messages file.[/blue]
Yes, the new devices are detected oK.

[blue]Go to an OK prompt, type PROBE-SCSI-ALL and see if it lists the drives and library?[/blue]
Yes, the library & drives are listed oK.