External SCSI tape drive DAT 72 problem Solaris 10

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I have solaris 10 sparc running and working very well
but i have problem with external SCSI tape drive DAT 72 problem
it seems to me the tape drive is manufactured by SUN microsystems
when i ran mt -f /dev/rmt/0 status
it reveals the following output

bash-3.00#  mt -f /dev/rmt/0 status
/dev/rmt/0: No such file or directory

when i ran ls -l
it reveals the following output

ls -l /dev/rmt/0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          43 Sep 20  2006 /dev/rmt/0 -> ../../devices/pci@8,600000/scsi@1,1/st@3,0: 

it seems to me everything is okay
SCSI cable is connected properly to Tape device and to server as well
the tape has SCSI termination dongle as well and connected properly to Tape device as well
any ideas would be a great assist
Thanks in advance

Best Answer

When you look at the symlink destination "/devices/pci@8,600000/scsi@1,1/st@3,0:" does that exist.

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