Identify iSeries tape devices for applications

Applications do not refer to tape devices by device description or hardware resource name as i5/OS™ does. Instead they show tape devices in one of three ways:

• Manufacture-feature-model number
• Device map
• Port-bus-target id-lun

If you need these values, do this:

1. On the integrated Windows server console, click Start —> Programs —> Administrative Tools —> Computer Management.
2. Click on System Tools.
3. Click on Device Manager.
4. Double-Click on Tape Devices.
5. Right-Click on a tape device.
6. Select Properties.
7. The properties box has two tabs, one marked General and one marked Driver. The General tab shows the name of the device and the Bus Number, Target ID and LUN.

If all the tape devices on your iSeries™ are of different types, this information is enough to distinguish between them in Windows applications. If you have multiple tape devices of the same manufacture-feature-model number, you must experiment to determine which tape drive is which.