Here are few commands to configure tape drives in HP-UX 1. Scan for new devices: # ioscan –fnC tape 2. List tape drives currently recognized by the OS (without performing an actual hardware scan) # ioscan –fnkC tape 3. remove all the special files used by the tape drives # rmsf /dev/rmt/* 4. Recreate the specil files for the tape drives # insf –C tape –e 5. Remove a tape drive (that has a NO_HW state) # rmsf –H 0/7/1/0.1.24.255.5.5.0 Find the WWN for the HBAs: # ioscan –fnkC fc # fcmsutil /dev/fcd0 Find the WWN for the tape drives connected to the HBA: # fcmsutil /dev/fcd0 get remote all **These are just a handful of commands to deal with the tape drives. Not to be used as a procedure
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