System information

420 Logical Partitions on System i5
We receive the output as shown in Figure 13-36.
Figure 13-36 Tape status
5. Type the following command, where tape_device is the name of the tape device you want
to back up to:
backupios -tape tape_device
This command creates a bootable tape that can be used to restore the Virtual I/O Server.
rchas10d:~ # mt -f /dev/st1 status
drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape
drive status = 805306880
sense key error = 0
residue count = 0
file number = 0
block number = 0
Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x30 (unknown).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (41010000):
BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
Tip: When you receive error messages such as “mt: /dev/st1: Input/output error” try the
following possibilities:
򐂰 Check at first to see if the tape cartridge isn’t ejected.
򐂰 Use the command sg_start /dev/sgx 1
In the above expression, you can find the value of x by completing information from the
sg_map command and the dmesg | grep sg and dmesg | grep st commands.