There is a commerical version of a changer software that I use for Solaris
platform from HIARC. They have a product called jukebox driver. That will
work on almost any changer. It worked well for me because chg-scsi doesn't
work for me. I'm using Dell Powervault 120 changer (from ADIC vendor)
running on a Solaris Intel box. But the downside to using the commerical
driver is that it costs us $479. You can download it and test it with one
week demo license key. That is what I did. If you plan on using it, let
me know and I'll send you a changer script for use with amanda to interact
with HIARC jb driver.
HIARC have a website at http://www.hiarc.com. According to their website,
the following known jukebox devices that the driver works on:
* ADIC
* ATL
* Breece Hill Technologies
* Exabyte
* IBM
* M4 Data
* Overland Data
* Plasmon
* QualStar
* Spectra Logics
* Storage Tek
* StraightLine
* Sun
* Tandberg Data
And the following optical jukeboxes:
* DISC
* Fujitsu
* HP
* IBM
* Maxoptix
* Plasmon
* Sony
Like what Gary said, if you already got the jukebox, test it out with
chg-scsi and if it does not work then try stctl, which is another free
product that the U of MN use for their amanda backup on a Sun Jukebox (I
can't remember the model number but its from Sun) on a Sun Enterprise
E450. stctl can be found at http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~eric/stctl/. So if
neither works, then try mtx or chio. If not, then you can use hiarc's jb
driver as a last resort like I did for my Dell Powervault 120. Since it's
a commerical product, it is more likely that it will be supported.
Good luck,
Josh
Gary Algier wrote:
>
> "John R. Jackson" wrote:
> >
> > >Does anyone know if Amanda will work on a L20? ...
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > New with 2.4.2 is a much improved direct SCSI changer that issues the
> > commands itself. According to the web page, the L20 is SCSI based,
> > as most changers are these days, so I would bet it would either work
> > right away or with minimal changes, of which there are people on the
> > list who can help you get those done.
> >
> I would say that you shouldn't buy the L20 if you have not tried this.
> If you already have the L20, give it a try. I found that not all changers
> seem to work the same. I am trying right now to modify the chg-scsi code
> to handle an Exabyte 230D. Some changers need special functions
> written to decode results of some SCSI commands and the 230D seems
> to be one of these.
>
> On a side note: If anyone has experience with a 230D or is knowledgable
> about how chg-scsi works, I would apreciate hearing from you. I will
> (obviously) contribute back any changes.
>
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