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Re: Tape Robots
2003-05-16 00:10:57
Gene Heskett wrote:
On Thu May 15 2003 22:12, Richard Russell wrote:
Hi amanda-users...
I haven't received any response to this email, and was wondering
if it's because I'm in the wrong forum, or perhaps haven't given
enough information... or just that no-one happens to know
anything about the ALT 4/52 (which, I have discovered, appears to
be a Quantum product, similar to the ALT 7100) . . . Could
someone give me a tip as to how to find out the information that
i need?
Cheers
rr
Is this drive found at boot time? If it is, then the ultimate
identity might be obtainable from a perusal of /var/log/dmesg or
its equivalent.
We'd need your os, and if the kernel is stock or custom too before
anybody can offer any real advice. Lots of variables.
I don't know if you will be able to control the tape robot, but many
people have success using mtx and the chg_zd_mtx changer script. No
guarantee if that works, but that's the first I'd try. Look at top of
the chg_zd_mtx script for quick step-by-step instructions.
You will need a Differential SCSI controller (such as the Adaptec 2944
or similar). The Adaptec is recognized by the standard aix7xxx SCSI
driver in any halfway modern Linux kernel.
Once you have the tape library connected to the system, and recognized
on boot, you should be able to get more information about the actual
devices (again mtx might come in handy here) and maybe someone else can
help you out with getting the tape robot working.
Good luck!
Bernhard
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