Have been playing with the chg_zd_mtx script. Seems to work fine against one tape drive, but I don't understand how to configure it to be 'aware' of both tape drives. Any ideas?
Thx again ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Baker-LePain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Scaglione" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:58 PM Subject: Re: problems whth chg-scsi on Linux with AIT scalar 480 > On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 at 1:58pm, Michael Scaglione wrote > > > Greetings, this is my first posting to this list. Please excuse any > > oversights on my part. > > Getting Outbreak to put in some line breaks would be nice. Not using it > would be even nicer. > > > I am attempting to configure an ADIC SCALAR 480 auto changer. This is > > an OEM auto-changer with a single tape changer, 2 AIT-2 drives and 80 > > tape slots. > > > > While attempting to configure Amanda I run the command : > > sta-36 libexec]# ./chg-scsi -info > > > > which returns this error : > > > > Can't read STE status > > > > I can find no reference to this error in any of the archives. I don't > > understand what it means. However, I can access the tape changer > > directly as /dev/sg0 and make mtx load and unload tapes directly. The > > command "mtx -d /dev/sg0 load 2 0" will stuff the appropriate AIT > > cartridge into the first drive. I have also confirmed that the tape > > devices, /dev/st0 and /dev/st1, as well as their no-rewind counterpart > > devices are functioning properly. > > If you've got mtx working, why not use the chg-zd-mtx changer rather than > chg-scsi? Directions for setting up the configuration file are in the > chg-zd-mtx script in (by default) /usr/local/libexec. > > -- > Joshua Baker-LePain > Department of Biomedical Engineering > Duke University > >
