Add The Transparent Manager; Add The Tape Device Logical Device Number (Ldev); Save The Configuration - HP A3542A User Manual

Add the transparent manager

Using the SCSI address of the tape drive, enter the following to add the transparent manager to the path. Use
the SCSI address the tape drive was set to during installation.
This example assumes the SCSI address is 0.
io>APATH PATH=52.0

Add the tape device Logical Device Number (LDEV)

To add the device to the configuration, the Logical Device Number (LDEV) is used. The example assumes
the LDEV address is 0 and the MPE/iX ldev number is 8.
io>ADEV LDEV=8 PATH=52.2.0 ID=HPC1537A

Save the configuration

Hold the changes by entering
io>HOLD
Exit the IO configurator by entering:
io>EXIT
sysgen>
Save the changes in the permanent file by entering:
sysgen>KEEP
Save the changes made in the IO configurator to the default configuration group. Respond with Y when
SYSGEN asks whether or not to overwrite this group.
For best performance, keep disk drives and tape drives on separate busses if possible. Significant
performance degradation and reduced reliability may occur if more than X devices are written to or read
from simultaneously.
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ID=PSEUDO
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