Quantum 2.4.1 Tool Storage User Manual


 
September 2004, ADIC 13
Upgrading SNMS on IRIX
For instructions on upgrading an IRIX machine to SNMS 2.4.1, contact ATAC. After upgrading to SNMS
2.4.1, you must perform the following post-upgrade task to turn off mediaid.
If you upgraded StorNext on a machine running IRIX (all supported versions), use this procedure to turn off
mediad for any StorNext-managed storage device.
1 Log on as root. Type:
su root
2 Edit the mediad.config file. Type:
vi /etc/config/mediad.config
3 Add the following statement for each SNMS-managed storage device.
ignore device <device_name>
...
ignore device <device_name>
where <device_name> is the description path to the storage device.
For example:
/dev/rmt/tps0d6nrv
4 Save the changes and quit the edit session.
5 Stop the mediad process. Type:
mediad -k
6 Re-start the mediad process. Type:
mediad