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Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 09:28:01
Subject: Re: changer setup problems
From: "Tom Brown" <tom.brown AT goodtechnology DOT com>
To: <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>, <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:23:58 +0100
> >$ amcheck gt-host
> >Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> >-----------------------------
> >WARNING: holding disk /var/spool/amanda: only 1388720 KB free
> > (3072000 KB requested)
> >amcheck-server: could not get changer info: badly formed result from
> >changer: "cannot open SCSI device '/dev/sg4' - Permission denied"
>
> Two things come to mind, one being that to find many of the changer
> robots, the kernel must be recompiled, enabled the 'scan all luns'
> option.  The other being that devices are assigned in the order
> detected by the kernel, so whats at /dev/sg0, /dev/sg1, /dev/sg2, and
> /dev/sg3?  This should all be reported in your /var/log/dmesg file.

I recompiled with the scan all luns option - I actually reinstalled with 7.3
as this was an old system.

> >This is the SCSI info from dmesg
> >
> >Vendor: HP        Model: C5713A            Rev: H910
> >  Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> >Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
> >  Vendor: HP        Model: C5713A            Rev: H910
> >  Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> >Detected scsi tape st1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 1

This is the new dmesg

scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.4
        <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter>
        aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCBs

  Vendor: IBM       Model: DNES-318350W      Rev: SA30
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 03
(scsi0:A:0): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit)
  Vendor: IBM       Model: DNES-318350W      Rev: SA30
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 03
(scsi0:A:1): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit)
  Vendor: HP        Model: C5713A            Rev: H910
  Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
(scsi0:A:4): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit)
  Vendor: HP        Model: C5713A            Rev: H910
  Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
scsi0:A:0:0: Tagged Queuing enabled.  Depth 253
scsi0:A:1:0: Tagged Queuing enabled.  Depth 253
st: Version 20020205, bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max init. bufs 4, s/g segs
16
Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
Attached scsi tape st1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 1
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
SCSI device sda: 35843670 512-byte hdwr sectors (18352 MB)
 sda: sda1
SCSI device sdb: 35843670 512-byte hdwr sectors (18352 MB)
 sdb: sdb1

> Logical Unit Number 1, the robot, is found and assigned to /dev/st1?
> Or does this library have two drives in it AND they are at different
> LUN's of the same address?

This is a single drive unit so one ID is for the robot and the other is for
the tape device.

> So am I without seeing another 30 lines worth of your dmesg after the
> above quoted snip.

Pasted above is the whole output to do with SCSI from DMESG

If i do an amcheck now..

$ amcheck gt-host
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
Holding disk /var/spool/amanda: 16710368 KB disk space available, that's
plenty
amcheck-server: could not get changer info: badly formed result from
changer: "cannot open SCSI device '/dev/sg4' - No such device or address"

same issue?

Tom


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