How to Create Tape Device Links

1. Become an administrator.
2. Create the entries in /etc/devlink.tab as described in Creating Tape Links.

   If devfsadm has previously discovered the devices, you must determine the device address by running the ls -l command on the existing link.

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   Note - Be sure to assign /dev/rmt/ N numbers to avoid conflicts with any automatically configured devices, as described above.

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3. Remove existing links from /dev/rmt by running the rm /dev/rmt/* command.
4. Run devfsadm.

   This command creates new links as per the entries in /etc/devlink.tab in addition to automatically creating links for any unspecified devices.