I really love the Spectralogic but I haven't used it with Amanda. I can tell you it has its own SCSI target for robot commands so you'll need a changer script that handles a separate robot channel.
Dana Bourgeois > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua > Baker-LePain > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 6:29 AM > To: Brian Anderson > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Linux/tape library Question > > > On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 at 5:41pm, Brian Anderson wrote > > > I am using a Spectralogic 10000 tape library attached to a > Linux box > > running the 2.4.18-3 kernel. > > That looks like a default kernel. I'm sure there have been > updates since > it was released... > > > My library device name is /dev/sg0 > > and my tape drives are /dev/nst0 thru /dev/nst3 > > Is there a prefered changer script for this config? chg-multi? chg- > > scsi? > > For my changer on Linux, I use chg-zd-mtx. Others use > chg-scsi. For the > prior, you'll need to install mtx. > > > Also, do my slots get a device name or are they referenced > some other > > way? > > They're referenced another way. With chg-zd-mtx, it's via mtx. > > -- > Joshua Baker-LePain > Department of Biomedical Engineering > Duke University > >
