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The Question is: Hello, We are trying to add a tlz10 (dds-3) tapedrive to a VAXstation 4000/90. Once we boot the "show dev" reveals: KHARMA$RMT0: Offline A full listing (show dev/full) reveals: Magtape KHARMA$RMT0:, device type (type not yet identified),..., device is a template only. We've tried several autofigure, sysgen and sysman options. The main problem is that I'm from a Unix environment and do not know much about creating new VMS devices. Can you help? thanks for any help, Keith Feggans HST/STIS Project at GSFC/NASA The Answer is : RMT devices are typically UNIX tape devices, the Wizard would expect a typical direct-connected TLZ10 device would appear with a name such as MKA0: -- some form of non-standard additional software would likely be involved with the existance of an RMT device. Unlike various other operating system platforms, OpenVMS will autoconfigures devices -- once the hardware is correctly configured and attached to the platform, the OpenVMS software will automatically configure the necessary device drivers and make the necessary device names visible. First, power-cycle the system, bringing power up on the system box after powering up any external SCSI enclosures present. Then make sure the TLZ10 device is visible at the console prompt. Make sure the SCSI unit number is unique (across the host SCSI controller ID and all SCSI devices present), and also make sure that the console correctly identifies the SCSI device as a TLZ10 tape. Please contact the customer support center. (The Wizard does not have access to any immediate indication that the TLZ10 device is or is not supported on the VAXstation 4000 model 90 series, as well.)
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