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HP LTO Ultrium 4 drives technical reference manual, volume 5: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide 17
3. Select
tape
from the Class drop down box on the HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool page. Select the
tape device (radio button) requiring device files from the resulting list. If device files are not
already present this will be indicated under the Properties header (see Figure 5 ) 1 .
Figure 5 Selecting a tape device to create its device files (Agile View)
4. From the right-hand panel on the HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool page, click on Reinstall Device
Files. At the next page, click the Reinstall button. When the browser returns to the HP-UX
Peripheral Device Tool page, click the Refresh button one or more times until the list of device
files appears under the Properties header.
What next?
Once device files have been created, you should confirm that your new tape drive is working
properly. Chapter 8 on page 37 provides instructions on backing up and restoring a sample file to
test your installation.
1. Depending on how SMH was last used the HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool page will display either the Agile View or the
Legacy View as described at the beginning of this chapter (page 9). To switch between these views use the Toggle
Global Device View link on the right hand side of the HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool page. In this chapter, the Agile View
is assumed. The process is similar for the Legacy View.