We have 4 partitions and 1 External RDX tape drive
Someone else set the device up and is no longer available.
Device description . . . . . . . . : TAP01
Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *BASIC
Category of device . . . . . . . . : *OPT
Device type . . . . . . . . . . . : 63B8
Device model . . . . . . . . . . . : 0D2
Resource name . . . . . . . . . . : RMS01
Local internet address . . . . . . : *NONE
I was told we should be able to use the RDX tape drive on all
partitions but it can only be varied on on a single partition at a
time.
How can a single external RDX drive be used over multiple partitions?
Power8 running 7.2
It works fine on our main partition.
But when I vary it off then go to another partition it will not vary
on
Error:
Message ID . . . . . . : CPD27D2 Severity . . . . . . . : 40
Message type . . . . . : Diagnostic
Date sent . . . . . . : 03/22/18 Time sent . . . . . . :
15:27:07
Message . . . . : Device TAP01 vary on failed.
Cause . . . . . : The device resource is currently in use by object
RMS01
type *DEVD. If the object name and type are blanks, either the
resource is
in use by the Dedicated Service Tools (DST), another client, or the
data is
not available.
If a media library drive is being allocated, either the drive may
already
be allocated to another media library device that is varied on or
the drive
may be in use through an alternate path.
Recovery . . . : Do one of the following:
-- Vary off the active device and vary on device TAP01.
-- Use the active device instead of device TAP01.
-- Deallocate the device on Network Server RMS01.
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