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Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-13 12:20:28
Subject: Re: changer setup problems
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
To: "Tom Brown" <tom.brown AT goodtechnology DOT com>, "Joshua Baker-LePain" <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:18:13 -0400
On Friday 13 June 2003 06:59, Tom Brown wrote:
>> > Joshua, I've got this faint echo running around in the back of
>> > my mind from something over a year ago, maybe even 2, where
>> > someone was having trouble with an HP that was responding to
>> > multiple LUNS.  At the time I can't recall if the consensus was
>> > an HP bug, or a kernel bug.  In this gents case I think I'd name
>> > /dev/nst0 as the drive, and /dev/sg3 as the changer so he is
>> > using the LUN=0 device for the drive, and the LUN=1 for the
>> > robotics.  Only if there are weird results would I change it to
>> > /dev/sg2 for the robotics since that theoreticly would be the
>> > same as /dev/st0 at bus address 0,4,0.  And that would make me
>> > nervous/apprehensive/worryalot etc.
>>
>> i have set the tape device to be /dev/nst0 and the robot to be
>> /dev/sg2
>>
>> Not sure why it behaves like this but i did a quick reinstall and
>> this occurred on a 2.2.18 kernel and now still does it on a 2.4.18
>> kernel on REdHat 7.3. Therefore i'd so for a HP bug
>
>Hi list,
>
>Sorry to post again so soon with a similar problem but i'm trying to
> setup another autoloader as a test rig for another situation. This
> time its a DDS3 from HP.
>
>I'm getting the same error as before regarding the /dev/sg* and
> permission denied when i set my changerdevice in amanda.conf.
>
>Below is an out out from the SCSI section of my messages on this
> box. This time i also have a CDROM and i don't seem to be able to
> set the channgerdevice. I have tried /dev/sg0 through /dev/sg7 but
> i just get permision dened for them all. What should it be?
>
>thanks
>
>Tom
>
>SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
>scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.4
>        <Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter>
>        aic7896/97: Ultra2 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs
>
>scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.4
>        <Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter>
>        aic7896/97: Ultra2 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs
>
>scsi2 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.4
>        <Adaptec 2940 Ultra2 SCSI adapter>
>        aic7890/91: Ultra2 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs
>
>  Vendor: PLEXTOR   Model: CD-ROM PX-40TS    Rev: 1.01
>  Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>(scsi1:A:4): 20.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 15)
>  Vendor: HP        Model: C1557A            Rev: U709
>  Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>(scsi2:A:6): 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 32)
>  Vendor: HP        Model: C1557A            Rev: U709
>  Type:   Medium Changer                     ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>st: Version 20020205, bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max init. bufs 4,
> s/g segs 16
>Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi2, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
>Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
>sr0: scsi-1 drive
>Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
>Attached scsi generic sg2 at scsi2, channel 0, id 6, lun 1,  type 8
This should be the     ^^^  correct device for the changer

Perms might have to be fiddled with. Heres mine from the device I'm 
using:
crw-rw----    1 root     disk      21,   1 Aug 30  2002 /dev/sg1

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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