Amanda-Users

Re: COMPAQ TSL-9000 DAT autoloader device

2002-11-25 09:43:49
Subject: Re: COMPAQ TSL-9000 DAT autoloader device
From: Jim Summers <jsummers AT bachman.cs.ou DOT edu>
To: amanda-users <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: 25 Nov 2002 08:18:23 -0600
On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 04:43, marc.bigler AT day DOT com wrote:
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> Thanks for the tapetype !! May I ask you the URL from where you found the
> Sony docs, I went thourhg sony.com search engine but it didn't find

Here is one for jumper settings and such for unix:

http://www.sony.com.sg/asianit/storage/unix210.pdf

Here is the link that has a bunch of links for the different Sony
manuals.

http://sony.storagesupport.com/autoloader/tsl_s9000dwn.htm


Hope this helps


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> Regards
> Marc
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>      To:  amanda-users <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
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>      Subject:  Re: COMPAQ TSL-9000 DAT autoloader device
> Jim Summers <jsummers AT bachman.cs.ou DOT edu>
> Sent by: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> 11/22/2002 04:23 PM CST
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> Here is the tapetype for Sony TSL9000
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> define tapetype SonyTSL9000 {
>     comment "just produced by tapetype program"
>     length 11685 mbytes
>     filemark 444 kbytes
>     speed 855 kps
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> I wonder how to get it added the Amanda website stuff?
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> The manual I have, really on has stuff on what buttons to press and what
> all the LCD output means.
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> On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 03:18, marc.bigler AT day DOT com wrote:
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> > Hi Jim,
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> > I will go and have a look on the Sony website for some PDFs, with the
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> > of some members of the AMANDA mailling list I've managed to get it
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> > fine on Solaris 9. I would be very pleased if you could send me the
> > tapetype as it isn't in the Faq-O-Matic.
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> > Regards
> > Marc
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> >                     Jim Summers               To:     amanda-users
> <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
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> >                     s.ou.edu>                 Subject:     Re: COMPAQ
> TSL-9000 DAT autoloader device
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> >                     amanda.org
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> >                     11/21/02 03:11 PM
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> > Marc,
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> > I am using just a Sony TSL-9000 with amanda.  I use the chg-zd-mtx
> > script.  My os is linux though.  I do have the sony docs and I will
> > peruse through them to see if there is anything helpful.
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> > Also, I am pretty sure that I navigated through the Sony web and found
> > pdf files for the 9000.
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> > If you need a tapetype respond back to the list and I will send one.
> > Seems like the last one I ran was w/o HWCOMP so it is pretty accurate.
> > Might save you about 5-7 hours of time.
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> > Jim
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> > On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 06:55, marc.bigler AT day DOT com wrote:
> > > Hello,
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> > > Does anyone have experience in configuration a COMPAQ/SONY TSL-9000 DAT
> > > DDS-3 device with AMANDA ? I have only the device and no single
> > > documentation about it. What I can tell is that it's an 8 DDS-3 tape
> > > changer device which gets recognized on my Solaris 8 system under
> > > /dev/rmt/0. Somehow it doesn't have two devices in it (as usual where
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> > > have one device for the changer and one device for the tape) so that's
> > > already something weird. I've tried to use mtx but mtx doesn't seem to
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> > > the device at all.
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> > > Any help would be appreciated.
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> > > Regards
> > > Marc
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