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3 HP (OpenVMS) servers and workstations
NOTE:
SAS drives are not supported on Alpha Server systems.
Determining attached devices
After connecting the tape drive to your system, boot OpenVMS and check for the presence of the
new tape device. Execute the following commands.
For FC drives, first:
$mc sysman io find
$mc sysman io auto
Then, for all drives:
$mc sysman io find
$mc sysman io auto
$ sho dev mk
Device
Name
MKA400:
^use this value in the next command line
$ sho dev MKA400/full
Magtape SIT058$MKD300:, device type HP Ultrium 5-SCSI, is
online, file-oriented device, available to cluster, error
logging is enabled, controller supports compaction (compaction
disabled), device supports fastskip (per_io).
Error count
Owner process
Owner process ID
Reference count
Density
Volume status:
What next?
You are now ready to begin using your tape drive. Please consult your OpenVMS system documentation
for details.
Device
Error
Status
Count
Online
0
0
""
00000000
0
default
no-unload on dismount, beginning-of-tape, odd parity.
Volume 5: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide
Volume
Free
Label
Blocks Count Cnt
Operations completed
Owner UIC
Dev Prot
S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G:R,W
Default buffer size
Format
Trans Mnt
0
[SYSTEM]
2048
Normal-11
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