On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 07:20:12AM -0500, Bruntel, Mitchell L, SOLCM wrote: > 1) The Exabyte folks said the X80 likes to work in ASPI mode, and > that there are no drivers needed for this mode supplied by them.
You can now safely ignore the "Exabyte folks", since they've proven themselves clueless. :-) ASPI is an old SCSI API, originated by Adaptec 10 years ago or so, I think, and only exists in the DOS and Windows environment. There is no such thing as an "ASPI mode" for your library, its a non-sequitur. It would be like saying a text file is in "emacs mode" or "vim mode" because you used emacs or vim to read/write it. > This leads me to think the best changer I could use is chg-scsi, and > I have the following questions about that file. I would guess that > this is the file that tries to drive the elements in regular aspi mode > too.. Forget ASPI. It has absolutely nothing to do with you, your library, or amanda. You should be able to make either chg-scsi or chg-zd-mtx work, whichever you feel like. Nice to have choices. > Here's a small snippet from my new chg-scsi file. > # the device that is used for the tapedrive 1 > startuse 451 > enduse 451 > AND HERE's the question. This # (451) is what Exabyte calls the > ELEMENT index assignment for my 80 cartridge library, and came out of > the users manual I don't know an X80 from a hole in the ground, but there is no way that 'startuse 451'/'enduse 451' can be correct. You're telling amanda the config has one and only one slot, which (even if 451 is a legal slot, which I doubt) is not what you want. What does 'mtx status' say (I say that only because I don't know what the chg-scsi equivalent is)? > number_configs 3 #(because I have 3 drives. BOY am I smart!!!) > # # configs being set to how many tape drives! As long as you're aware that a single amanda config only knows how to use a single tape drive (except for RAIT). -- Jay Lessert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Accelerant Networks Inc. (voice)1.503.439.3461 Beaverton OR, USA (fax)1.503.466.9472
