Troubleshooting Tape Drives; Checking Tape Status - Avaya Sun Fire V880 Installation & Maintenance

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting tape drives

Use the following procedures to troubleshoot tape drives:

Checking tape status

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Reassigning device instance numbers for tape devices
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Checking tape status
For many procedures, you must identify what tape drive, by device path, you will use for the
procedure. Tape drives are assigned to particular device paths, usually one of the following:
/dev/rmt/0
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/dev/rmt/0c
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/dev/rmt/1
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/dev/rmt/1c
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Note:
The letter c at the end of the device name indicates that the tape device can
Note:
operate in compressed mode. Avaya recommends that you use compressed
mode at all times.
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