Date – 08/2009
Affected Product & Version – NetVault Backup 8.x and greater
Affected Module & Version – n/a
OS Version – Supported HP-UX releases
Application Information – n/a
Description:
When installing NetVault on an HP-UX system, a post script runs to create NetVault specific device files for each SCSI or Fibre device. The script creates device files using mknod, and gets the minor number using a combination of ioscan and lsdev output.
When troubleshooting device issues, it may be required to test the rmt device file for a drive using OS tools such as mt.
The nvscsi device file name contains the minor number to the device.
For example, the minor number for the device /dev/nvscsi/SCTL3302 is 0x330200.
To match an rmt device file to this nvscsi device file, the simplest way is to perform a directory listing of /dev/rmt
host:/dev/rmt# ll
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x021000 June 4 14:09 0m
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x330100 June 8 15:51 2m
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x330200 June 8 15:51 3m
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x330300 June 8 15:51 4m
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x330400 June 8 15:51 5m
crw-rw-rw- 2 bin bin 205 0x330500 June 8 15:51 6m
The rmt device file /dev/rmt/3m matches the nvscsi device file /dev/nvscsi/SCTL3302.
See article SOL79544 “How to identify the BUS instance, SCSI ID and LUN of a device on a HP-UX server” for more information on physical device pathing on HP-UX.
https://support.quest.com/Search/SolutionDetail.aspx?id=SOL79544
BakBone SFDC Solution Number: 00005222
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