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How you obtain tape device information depends on whether the devices are IBM or non-IBM.
After installing device drivers for your IBM tape drives, a set of special file name available for each device. To see the special file names, use the command
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |ls /dev/rmt/*st | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The name typically has the form:
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |/dev/rmt/xst | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
where x is a number.
To use the TSM device drivers, you must do the following:
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |> /usr/sbin/add_drv -m '* 0666 bin bin' /usr/kernel/drv/mt | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The device special files for the tape drives appear in the /dev/rmt directory. Their names have the form /dev/rmt/xmt, where x is a number. To determine the relationship between a physical device and the special file that was created for it, issue the following command:
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |> ls /dev/rmt/*mt | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The name typically has the form:
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |/dev/rmt/xmt | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
where x is a number.