TSM on Linux with a 3584 LTO Library

[twillia]

Hello,



I have a RedHat v7.3 (kernel 2.4.18-27.7.xsmp) server running TSM v5.1.6.4 with a 3584 LTO Library. According to IBM, the only Linux kernel level that is supported with the IBMtape device driver that is needed to get the LTO drives recognized by the system is kernel 2.4.18-10.



My Linux administrator claims that kernel 2.4.18-10 is buggy and can possibly corrupt filesystems. Has anyone had any sucess with installing the IBMtape device driver on a Linux RedHat v7.3 system with a kernel level higher than 2.4.18-10?



Thanks.



Tony

 

[vanoostw]

Hi,



I have tried to get the device drivers configured on Linux Redhat 8. I was unable to install the drivers. The driver kept complaining about the version of kernel.



There might be a way aroudn but I gave up since my knowledge of Linux and porgramming is insufficient to get around this problem. This was also just a test environment, so I decided to drop it after all.



Regards.