Have you gone to the adaptec site and updated the firmware for the
39160? We had to do that here before it worked, but haven't had a
problem since. Likewise our initial symptoms were failure to operate a
Scorpion DDS drive.
Regards,
Jack Parker
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Iulian Topliceanu [mailto:iulian.topliceanu AT net-m DOT de]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:46 AM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: finding device problem
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Dell PowerVault 120T DLT1 Autoloader connected to a Dell
> PowerEdge 2650 running RedHat 9 via an Adaptec SCSI Card 39160. When
> entering the SCSI Cards bios and using some diskutility tools my SCSI
Card
> has, I get this message: This device is not a Disk Drive. (Till now, I
> don't think this should be a problem because the SCSI Card recognises
my
> PoverVault corectly)
>
> But, when trying to label a tape I get the following error:
>
> [root@amanda root]# amlabel DailySet1 DailySet1-01
> rewinding
> amlabel: tape_rewind: rewinding tape: /dev/sg2: Operation not
permitted
>
> I read some posts related to my problem but the solution did not work
for
> me.
>
> -
http://www.linuxchix.org/pipermail/techtalk/2002-September/012922.html
> -
http://www.linuxchix.org/pipermail/techtalk/2002-September/012965.html
>
> I've tried to use /dev/nst0-9 /dev/st0-9 but when trying to label a
tape I
> still get:
>
> [root@amanda root]# amlabel DailySet1 DailySet1-01
> rewinding
> amlabel: tape_rewind: tape open: /dev/st0: No such file or directory
>
> I will give you some details about my configuration, maybe I've missed
> something:
>
> My dmesg looks like:
>
> scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8
> <Adaptec 3960D Ultra160 SCSI adapter>
> aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs
>
> scsi2 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8
> <Adaptec 3960D Ultra160 SCSI adapter>
> aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs
>
> blk: queue f7fc2618, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
> Vendor: ADIC Model: FastStor DLT Rev: D118
> Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> blk: queue f7fc2418, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
> Journalled Block Device driver loaded
>
> (shouldn't I get some further information? Like a device or
something?)
>
> [root@amanda DailySet1]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: DELL Model: PERCRAID Stripe Rev: V1.0
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
> Vendor: DELL Model: PERCRAID Stripe Rev: V1.0
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
> Vendor: ADIC Model: FastStor DLT Rev: D118
> Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
> (That's why I've used /dev/sg2 )
>
>
> [root@amanda DailySet1]# mtx status
> Storage Changer /dev/changer:1 Drives, 7 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
> Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 2 Loaded)
> Storage Element 1:Full
> Storage Element 2:Empty
> Storage Element 3:Empty
> Storage Element 4:Empty
> Storage Element 5:Empty
> Storage Element 6:Empty
> Storage Element 7:Empty
>
> 1 slot is ocupied and 1 tape is loaded.
>
> [root@amanda DailySet1]# mtx inquiry
> Product Type: Medium Changer
> Vendor ID: 'ADIC '
> Product ID: 'FastStor DLT '
> Revision: 'D118'
> Attached Changer: No
>
>
> Where do you thing my problem is? Should I provide you further
> information? Is the RedHat 9 support for my tape device wrong? Are the
> tapes I'm using (DLT tapes) not working properly?
>
> Regards,
> Iulian Topliceanu
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