In article <[log in to unmask]>, Steve Dirickson b894
westwins <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 
>Does anyone know the algorithm the ODE MAPPER utility uses to determine
>which physical devices will be ignored during any given run? The last
>time, it showed me the even-numbered SCSI IDs on the primary SCSI channel
>(52), i.e. IDs 6, 4, and 2, but ignored the odd-numbered IDs (5, 3, 1).
>Likewise, it showed me the even-numbered DDS tape at 20.0, but ignored
>the one at 20.1. On the other hand, it showed the disk at 20.5, but not
>the one at 20.6. I'm confused.
 
You ran into the bug I posted a few months back after a CE and I spent
half a day on this.  Basically the problem is that ODE MAPPER *does not*
work correctly when there are more than 3 devices per SCSI channel (SR on
file).
 
>On another note: does anyone know why HP took away the reliable IOMAP
>utility, and replaced it with the, shall we say, creative, MAPPER?
 
Good question!!!  I never saw anything discussing the reasons...
 
/isaac