RE: COMPAQ TSL-9000 DAT autoloader device

Hey Mark,

Fortunately I did not have to do anything special to get the TSL-9000
working.  My Linux version is RedHat 7.3 with kernel at: Linux version
2.4.18-27.7.x.  I am also still at 2.4.2p2.  I guess your SCSI adapter
is detected okay when booting.  Here is a snip from dmesg on my host
showing the SCSI and tape lib detection:
=====SNIP
scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8
        <Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI adapter>
        aic7892: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs

blk: queue c1a8d418, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
  Vendor: SONY      Model: TSL-9000          Rev: L202
  Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
blk: queue c1a8d618, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
(scsi0:A:0): 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)
  Vendor: SONY      Model: TSL-9000          Rev: L202
  Type:   Medium Changer                     ANSI SCSI revision: 02
blk: queue c1a8da18, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
=====ENDSNIP

And here is the changer.conf file I am using:
=====changer.conf
####
firstslot=1             #### 1st tape slot
lastslot=8             #### Last tape slot
cleanslot=9             #### Slot with cleaner tape
#
#   # Do you want to clean the drive after a certain number of accesses?
#   # NOTE - This is unreliable, since 'accesses' aren't 'uses', and we
#   #        have no reliable way to count this. A single amcheck could
#   #        generate as many accesses as slots you have, plus 1.
#   # ALSO NOTE - many modern tape loaders handle this automatically.
#
AUTOCLEAN=0             #### Set to '1' or greater to enable
#
autocleancount=99       #### Number of access before a clean.
#
havereader=0            #### If you have a barcode reader, set to 1.
#
offlinestatus=1         #### Set to 0 if 'mt status' gives an
#                         #### "offline" when drive is offline.
#                         #### Set to 1 or greater if 'mt status'
#                         #### doesn't give and offline, rather an
#                         #### "ONLINE" when drive is online.
#
OFFLINE_BEFORE_UNLOAD=0 #### Does your tape driver require a
#                         #### 'mt offline' before mtx unload?
####

# You may need to customize these things
MT=/bin/mt
MTF=-f
MTX=mtx

#### Check the 'readyError' section if mt acts differently for you
#### as stated below.
#### See the 'readstatus' section below if using a different drive than
0.

################################################################################

# No user-level customized required beyond this point.
slot 1 /dev/nst0
slot 2 /dev/nst0
slot 3 /dev/nst0
slot 4 /dev/nst0
slot 5 /dev/nst0
slot 6 /dev/nst0
slot 7 /dev/nst0
slot 8 /dev/nst0
=====ENDchanger.conf

I do not recall if I did much with mtx outside of amanda.  

As you can see I am going to reply this to the list so that others may
be able to help, so we can get you going as quick as possible.

Keep us posted on any RH8 details that affect this.  In case a need to
upgrade arises for others.

I'll post more if I think of anything.

Hope this Helps,
Jim



On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 03:45, Mark Holm wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> Just got a TSL-9000 and am trying to run it with RedHat 8.0. Did you have to
> do anything special to get the changer recognized under Linux? Using the
> latest mtx, I can do a status, but load or unload gives a lot of Request
> Sense errors.
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
>       markh
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Summers [mailto:jsummers AT bachman.cs.ou DOT edu] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 6:12 AM
> To: amanda-users
> Subject: Re: COMPAQ TSL-9000 DAT autoloader device
> 
> 
> Marc,
> 
> 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.
> 
> Also, I am pretty sure that I navigated through the Sony web and found pdf
> files for the 9000.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 06:55, marc.bigler AT day DOT com wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > 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 
> > you 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 like the device at all.
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > 
> > Regards
> > Marc
> > 
> 
>