http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=hardware_results

 

It looks like that drive is listed, or at least one that’s very similar (Freecom USB DAT-72e).

 

 

From: Huub Van Niekerk [mailto:huubvanniekerk AT yahoo DOT com]
Sent: 12 August 2014 10:43
To: Andreas Nastke; Bacula-users
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] DAT72 USB tape-drive support on Linux 2.6 kernel?

 

Hi,

 

It actually is the HP EB625A, internal USB DAT72 drive but packed as an external Freecom USB DAT drive. As far as I know, USB isn't SCSI...

 

On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 10:10 AM, Andreas Nastke <nastke AT gdp-group DOT com> wrote:

 

start by plugging the hardware in and power it on.

search the logs for messages from whatever driver on your system feels
responsible for this hardware.

Huub Van Niekerk schrieb:
> Thank you for the response.
> You correctly mention that it has to talk SCSI....it's an external USB drive and I don't know the internals of the drive.
> Apart from that, I'm still waiting for an answer on a earlier question about database tables. Bacula hasn't run yet because there are no Bacula MySQL tables, and yes, MySQL runs fine with another database (24/7 actually).
>
>
>
> On Monday, August 11, 2014 8:28 PM, Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org> wrote:
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> On Aug 8, 2014, at 9:08 AM, Huub Van Niekerk <huubvanniekerk AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
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>
> Hi,
>>
>> After reading the manuals of v.5 and 7, I doubt my USB DAT72/DDS tapedrive is supported. I used to work with Barracuda, but that license expired. So can anyone give me advise about this ?
>
> Bacula doesn’t care about the make/model of your tape drive.  Bacula only cares that it talks SCSI.  If the OS supports it, Bacula supports it.. in general.
>
> Have you tried it yet?  What’s stopping you?
>
> —
> Dan Langille

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