upgrading to 6.5.5 does the magic. all working now. Thank you all for your comments.
thanks for your response Nicolai..
Yes it does list the passthru drive see below. but what it doesnt list is device name..
Device Name : "-"
Passthru Name: "/dev/sg4"
Volume Header: ""
Port: -1; Bus: -1; Target: -1; LUN: -1
Inquiry : "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3 93GE"
Vendor ID : "IBM "
Product ID : "ULTRIUM-TD3 "
Product Rev: "93GE"
Serial Number: "F0A1D28004"
WWN : ""
WWN Id Type : 0
Device Identifier: "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3 F0A1D28004"
Device Type : SDT_TAPE
NetBackup Drive Type: 16
Removable : Yes
Device Supports: SCSI-3
Flags : 0x0
Reason: 0x10000
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Device Name : "-"
Passthru Name: "/dev/sg3"
Volume Header: ""
Port: -1; Bus: -1; Target: -1; LUN: -1
Inquiry : "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3 93GE"
Vendor ID : "IBM "
Product ID : "ULTRIUM-TD3 "
Product Rev: "93GE"
Serial Number: "F0A1D28000"
WWN : ""
WWN Id Type : 0
Device Identifier: "IBM ULTRIUM-TD3 F0A1D28000"
Device Type : SDT_TAPE
NetBackup Drive Type: 16
Removable : Yes
Device Supports: SCSI-3
Flags : 0x0
Reason: 0x10000
any idea?
