Leonid,
  I've attached the configs I used on Compaq ML370, TL891, DLT8000.
You need mtx installed too.

As an aside: If anyone thinks there's glaring mistakes in my setup...

Its been working well enough for me stop paying for Arkeia though :)

Owen.


On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Leonid Mamtchenkov wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I'd like to ask if anyone managed to configure amanda to work with TL890
> (specifically TL892) tape library on RedHat Linux 8.0.  I have tried to
> use both chg-scsi and chg-multi, but failed with both.
> 
> chg-scsi did better though.  I could load a tape from any slot to a tape
> drive, label it and perform the backup.  But I could not move the tape
> back to the slot and/or load another tape.  amtape kept telling me that
> the tape was ejected from the DLT drive, but LED display on the library
> indicated that the tape was still in.
> 
> chg-multi gave me even more problems.  It locks the SCSI devices and
> amanda operations (as well any other software operating with SCSI) hangs.
> According to LED display on the library there is no activity
> what-so-ever.
> 
> Round-up of what I am using:
> Hardware:
>       Compaq Proliant DL360 w/ PIII/800MHz x 2
>       SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic (formerly NCR) 53c875
>       Compaq StorageWorx TL892 10-slot tape library w/
>       Compaq StorageWorx DLT7000 tape drive x 2 attached
> Software:
>       RedHat Linux 8.0 with all updates (including kernel: 2.4.18-19.8.0)
>       amanda-2.4.2p2-9
>       mt-st-0.7-6
> 
> Related messages in /var/log/messages:
>       Jan 17 12:09:14 backupsrv kernel: sym53c875-1-<5,*>: FAST-10 WIDE SCSI
>       20.0 MB/s (100.0 ns, offset 15)
>       Jan 17 12:09:17 backupsrv last message repeated 3 times
> 
> If any other information is needed, please let me know.
> 
> Any ideas and suggestions are very much appreciated.
> 
> 

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