Leonid,
I've attached the configs I used on Compaq ML370, TL891, DLT8000.
You need mtx installed too.
As an aside: If anyone thinks there's glaring mistakes in my setup...
Its been working well enough for me stop paying for Arkeia though :)
Owen.
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Leonid Mamtchenkov wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I'd like to ask if anyone managed to configure amanda to work with TL890
> (specifically TL892) tape library on RedHat Linux 8.0. I have tried to
> use both chg-scsi and chg-multi, but failed with both.
>
> chg-scsi did better though. I could load a tape from any slot to a tape
> drive, label it and perform the backup. But I could not move the tape
> back to the slot and/or load another tape. amtape kept telling me that
> the tape was ejected from the DLT drive, but LED display on the library
> indicated that the tape was still in.
>
> chg-multi gave me even more problems. It locks the SCSI devices and
> amanda operations (as well any other software operating with SCSI) hangs.
> According to LED display on the library there is no activity
> what-so-ever.
>
> Round-up of what I am using:
> Hardware:
> Compaq Proliant DL360 w/ PIII/800MHz x 2
> SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic (formerly NCR) 53c875
> Compaq StorageWorx TL892 10-slot tape library w/
> Compaq StorageWorx DLT7000 tape drive x 2 attached
> Software:
> RedHat Linux 8.0 with all updates (including kernel: 2.4.18-19.8.0)
> amanda-2.4.2p2-9
> mt-st-0.7-6
>
> Related messages in /var/log/messages:
> Jan 17 12:09:14 backupsrv kernel: sym53c875-1-<5,*>: FAST-10 WIDE SCSI
> 20.0 MB/s (100.0 ns, offset 15)
> Jan 17 12:09:17 backupsrv last message repeated 3 times
>
> If any other information is needed, please let me know.
>
> Any ideas and suggestions are very much appreciated.
>
>
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