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Re: [Veritas-bu] MPT driver and SG

2008-07-22 08:00:18
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] MPT driver and SG
From: Dave Markham <dave.markham AT fjserv DOT net>
To: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:43:55 +0100
Does anyone know where i can find compatibility with a new Sun SL24 unit 
and Netbackup v5.0MP7 on Solaris 8. I'm having no joy on the sunsolve 
site. Will the normal sg driver be able to see it? It will be using LTO3 
drives.

Cheers



Martin Ruslan wrote:
> Hi Jon,
> I've looked to the NBU6.5 HCL, and the SL24 supported either with FC, 
> or SCSI.
> Since you already upgraded to 6.5.2, and Symantec already released the 
> 6.5.2a, why don't you try to go with it.
> you can check here: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/305652.htm
> there's some robot issue fixed on this release version.
>
> mTz
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Jon Bousselot 
> <jon-bousselot AT pacbell DOT net <mailto:jon-bousselot AT pacbell DOT net>> 
> wrote:
>
>     On the Sparc Solaris 10 system:
>     SL500 library, two LTO4 drives - fiber.
>     L100 library, two LTO3 drives - all scsi.
>
>     The L100 is currently connected to a Solaris 9 system, and is
>     working fine, but I need to move it to the Solaris 10 T2000 system.
>
>     On the x86 system:
>     SL24, one LTO4 drive, cannot attach to the robot after 6.5.2
>     patch, and had a lot of problems finding the robot at 6.5.
>
>     -Jon
>
>
>
>
>     ----- Original Message ----
>     From: Martin Ruslan <mit.martin AT gmail DOT com
>     <mailto:mit.martin AT gmail DOT com>>
>     To: jon-bousselot AT pacbell DOT net <mailto:jon-bousselot AT pacbell DOT 
> net>
>     Cc: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>     <mailto:VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
>     Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 8:24:08 PM
>     Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] MPT driver and SG
>
>     Hi Jon..
>     How many tape library do you have?
>     and can you give the tape library brand and type?
>     looks like you need to do the device mappings.
>
>     And btw, if you only had one tape library, the robot only attached
>     to one master/media server.
>     unless you partitioned it
>
>     regards,
>     mTz
>
>
>     On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Jon Bousselot
>     <jon-bousselot AT pacbell DOT net <mailto:jon-bousselot AT pacbell DOT 
> net>> wrote:
>
>         http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=9490
>
>         Has anyone encountered this bug and the documented workaround
>         did not
>         fix the problem?
>
>         I've encountered a variety of problems that I can relate to this.
>
>         1. Sun Sparc system with fiber attached tape/robot, had the
>         bad patches
>         but not the workaround, and sg sees the tapes and robot just
>         fine.  The
>         sg driver worked fine at version 6.5 and 6.5.2. <http://6.5.2.>
>
>         2. Same Sun Sparc system with scsi card added, workaround patches
>         applied, and sg cannot see the robot on the scsi bus, only the
>         drives.
>         The robot and drives on the fiber card are still there and
>         working just
>         fine.
>
>         3. Sun x86 system with fiber attached tape, did not have the
>         workaround,
>         sg sees only the tape.  After the workaround, sg sees the tape
>         and robot
>         and I could setup the devices.  After 6.5.2 patch, sg does not
>         see the
>         robot any more.
>
>         I've done the sg.build, and run sgscan a dozen times.  Reconfigure
>         boots, devfsadm, cfgadm, luxadm probe...   it seems Solaris
>         can see all
>         the devices down either type of controller, but SG refuses to
>         bind to
>         the robot.
>         On the Sparc system, I'm moving the library off of a working 6.5.2
>         Solaris 9 media server that is being decommissioned, so I know the
>         library and drives are good.
>         The x86 system is a new install.
>
>         -Jon
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