20 IBM (AIX) Servers and Workstations
If you are using a non-graphics terminal, at the command line type:
% smit -C tape
2 If no device has been configured at this address before, select “
add a
tape drive
” to set up the address. From the pop-up window, select
“
ost
” or “
Other SCSI tape drive
” as the tape drive you wish to
change and choose connection addresses as appropriate.
3 Select from the window: “
change/show characteristics of a
tape drive
”
4 From the pop-up window, select “
ost
” or “
Other SCSI tape drive
”
as the tape drive you wish to change. Do not choose “
4mm2gb
”.
5 Change the block size field to 0, and click on the “
DO
” button or press
[Enter] to apply the change.
HP DDS-format drives will work with
tar
,
cpio
,
backup
,
restore
and
dd
.
For systems other than the 43P, the drive is also boot-capable, provided a
boot tape is generated using
mkszfile
and
mksysb
.
What Next?
Once the device files have been created, you should confirm that your new
tape drive is working properly. Chapter 8, “Verifying the Installation”
provides instructions on backing up and restoring a sample file to test your
installation.
Device Filenames under AIX
Use device filenames as listed below for the combination of Rewind on Close,
Retension on Open, and Compression that you want:
Filename Rewind on Close Retension on Open Compression
/dev/rmtn
Yes No enabled
/dev/rmtn.1
No No enabled
/dev/rmtn.2
Yes Yes enabled
/dev/rmtn.3
No Yes enabled
/dev/rmtn.4
Yes No disabled
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