Guys,
just to let you know that Nexenta was working for quite some time on its
COMSTAR VTape driver. It is now beta ready and feature complete as far
as code is concerned:
http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/vtape
It requires b131+ to compile and run. Tested with NexentaStor and with
many
Erast,
That's pretty awesome...I have it up and running already!
It looks like drive type personalities are missing, though? That's pretty
important for folks running traditional backup software (NetBackup, TSM,
etc).
Also, does it work over FCP too?
Thx!
-marc
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:17
It just simulates a generic Tape interface. It seem to work with Solaris and
Linux initiators. I think Nexenta did some limited testing with Netbackup and
it was able to identify the tape drive.
I have not tested it with FC. FCP CONF and FCP-2 error recovery are not there
in stt. But I don't
I think you really need to get SCSI autochanger support into it...otherwise
its use-case is somewhat limited with traditional backup software, no?
Is that on the roadmap?
I did manage to connect the initiator to an XP machine via iSCSI, but the
device isn't recognized as a Removable Device.
I think unlike Linux and Solaris, windows require every Tape Vendor to provide
their own driver or some sort of a shim which then can use the default windows
tape driver functionality.
For the autochanger or VTL roadmap, Nexenta guys can provide more insight into
their plans. I looked into
