[Info-vax] Replacement of SCSI tape drives and loaders

[Christoph Gartmann]

In article <SJ26n.104025$H15.40195 at en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com>, "Syltrem" <syltremzulu at videotron.ca> writes:
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>I I used the same SCSI ID, I would just see the device going from online to 
>offline, then to online again. Riight ?

Correct.

>And it's safe to keep the same SCSI address (if I can do that then I won't 
>be left with a non-existing device showing up on VMS)

Correct.

Nevertheless you should perform the "MC SYSMAN IO AUTOCONFIGURE" before using
the replaced device for the first time.

>The GKxu device will not get created automatically with the SYSMAN IO AUTO ?

Most likely not.

>Right now the robot is GKA0 and the drives are MKA400 and MKA500:
>Isn't the robot always 0 ? I thought this was how it worked. Or maybe it's 
>just because it was assigned SCSI id 0 at install time. I have 2 and both 
>are on ID 0, but on different buses (GKA0 and GKB0)

The ID of the robot depends on the device. Some devices use a fixed ID, others
allow you to configure it and some use LUNs instead of a separate ID.

Regards,
   Christoph Gartmann

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