I really love the Spectralogic but I haven't used it with Amanda.  I can
tell you it has its own SCSI target for robot commands so you'll need a
changer script that handles a separate robot channel.


Dana Bourgeois


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org 
> [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Joshua 
> Baker-LePain
> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 6:29 AM
> To: Brian Anderson
> Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: Linux/tape library Question
> 
> 
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 at 5:41pm, Brian Anderson wrote
> 
> > I am using a Spectralogic 10000 tape library attached to a 
> Linux box 
> > running the 2.4.18-3 kernel.
> 
> That looks like a default kernel.  I'm sure there have been 
> updates since 
> it was released...
> 
> > My library device name is /dev/sg0
> > and my tape drives are /dev/nst0 thru /dev/nst3
> > Is there a prefered changer script for this config? chg-multi? chg- 
> > scsi?
> 
> For my changer on Linux, I use chg-zd-mtx.  Others use 
> chg-scsi.  For the 
> prior, you'll need to install mtx.
> 
> > Also, do my slots get a device name or are they referenced 
> some other 
> > way?
> 
> They're referenced another way.  With chg-zd-mtx, it's via mtx.
> 
> -- 
> Joshua Baker-LePain
> Department of Biomedical Engineering
> Duke University
> 
>