Determining the device description and hardware resource names for AS/400 devices

When you refer to AS/400 devices on AS/400, you need to use their device description name. When you refer to those devices from Windows server, you need to use their hardware resource name. If the names are different and you use the wrong name, you get the wrong device.

To determine the hardware resource name and see whether it is the same as the device description name, follow these steps:

1. On the AS/400 command line, type DSPDEVD(device description name) and press F11.
2. The Resource name field has the hardware resource name for this device. Check to see if it has the same name as the Device description field. If the names are different, you must remember to use the appropriate name when you are working from Windows server and when you are working from AS/400.

   Some tape devices report in under more than one device description. Tape libraries (3590, 3570, and so forth) report in as devices (TAPxx) as well as tape libraries (tapemlbxx), where xx is a number. AS/400 Integration for Windows Server does not support tape libraries. Therefore, if your device has a tape library description, you must vary off both the device and the tape library device before locking the device on the Windows server.