| Title: | Sequential Media Filesystem for OpenVMS VAX |
| Moderator: | COOKIE::KYLER |
| Created: | Mon Aug 30 1993 |
| Last Modified: | Thu May 01 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 66 |
| Total number of notes: | 198 |
Hallo,
I see from the entries, SMFS is rarely used layered product.
Nevertheless, we have a customer who wants to use it, and
so I want to help him to get it running.
So installed SMFS on my system to get an environment for testing
an installation.
I have a running SLS environment, tapestart.com several media triplets,
a lot of volumes in different pools, but that is the problem.
I could make smfs work, that on a copy command I got an opcom request
to load a volume from a single pool.
After I added some more volumes with a different pool, I got an error
which makes me feel, tyhat smfs can only handle one tape and one pool.?
$!
$ MTYPE_1 := TK87K
$ DENS_1 :=
$ DRIVES_1 := MATARE$MKA300:
$ CAPACITY_1:= 10000
$!
This is the only media triplet, but on the machine there is also a
tlz06 MATARE$MKA400:
When I create a second device MXD1 and
storage add volume smdfil/pool=smd_pool/media=tk87k
and then try to copy a file on that device, I get
%SMFS-I-LOG_ERROR, unexpected error on filesystem _MXD1: at 31-JAN-1997
14:20:36
.74
-SMFS-I-ROUTINE_NAME, in routine load_scratch, checkpoint 2
-SMFS-E-ALLOCERR, error allocating scratch volume of media type
MATARE$MKA400:
-SLS-E-BADMTYPE, bad media type specified
Is it possible, to create more than 1 MX device and
allocate different tape pools to different devices!?
Customer has a TL820 with 264 volumes, he want to use different pools
for certain users,
how can this be done?
any help welcome folks,
regards
Volker
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| 57.1 | COOKIE::KYLER | Fri Jan 31 1997 15:19 | 57 | ||
Did you read the MDMS and/or SMFS manuals?
>After I added some more volumes with a different pool, I got an error
>which makes me feel, tyhat smfs can only handle one tape and one pool.?
Untrue.
>$!
>$ MTYPE_1 := TK87K
>$ DENS_1 :=
>$ DRIVES_1 := MATARE$MKA300:
>$ CAPACITY_1:= 10000
>$!
>
>This is the only media triplet, but on the machine there is also a
>tlz06 MATARE$MKA400:
If this is the only media triplet, then how can you use another drive?
You must set up MDMS to know about the other drive.
>When I create a second device MXD1 and
>
>storage add volume smdfil/pool=smd_pool/media=tk87k
>
>and then try to copy a file on that device, I get
>
>
>%SMFS-I-LOG_ERROR, unexpected error on filesystem _MXD1: at 31-JAN-1997
>14:20:36
>.74
>-SMFS-I-ROUTINE_NAME, in routine load_scratch, checkpoint 2
>-SMFS-E-ALLOCERR, error allocating scratch volume of media type
>MATARE$MKA400:
>-SLS-E-BADMTYPE, bad media type specified
You haven't shown any information about the SMF device (like the SMF
INITIALIZE command you used, or the output of SMF SHOW DEVICE /FULL),
but it certainly appears like the media type specified for the
filesystem is "MATARE$MKA400:". This seems an unlikely name for a
media type. Given your MDMS setup, try "TK87K".
>Is it possible, to create more than 1 MX device and
>allocate different tape pools to different devices!?
Yes.
>Customer has a TL820 with 264 volumes, he want to use different pools
>for certain users,
>
>how can this be done?
After reading all about it in the fine manual, create a directory for
each user, and associate that directory with a particular pool with the
SMF SET FILE /POOL command.
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| 57.2 | be more patient... | MUNICH::REIN | How come holes in SWISS CHEESE?? | Mon Feb 03 1997 02:09 | 24 |
Hallo,
I know, that a lot of stuff is in the manual, but we have one
customer who uses SMFS and he has two questions, and I had no training,
So I have to read and work through all the stuff, to give the
customer a satisfying answer.
But to do that, I should undertstand, what the customer is doing,
and how SMFS is really working.
So I hope, by entering questions in notesfiles to get answers
which fill the holes in my knowledge! Its part of our "on the job"
training.
To give the customer a satisfying answer, I have to make a complete
installation and try do do what he is doing and to understand it.
So, you should be more patient with us poor and untrained field
technicians!
kind regards
Volker
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