On 21/10/2019 15:14, Clark, Patti via Bacula-users wrote: > Try the hardware compatibility list for the card on Redhat's website. Second > choice, the manufacturer's website. The issue is the driver. > > My question (rhetorical), why do you want to use an OS that is recently > released and still bleeding for a backup server? I understand upgrade > headaches, but backup servers need to be rock solid.
Rhel8 isn't the issue. Dell PERC controllers ARE. https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/dell-perc-h710p-spec-sheet.pdf This is a MPTSAS raid card, not a HBA. It will _probably_ work OK for you if it's detecting the tape drive and tape library but experience shows they work better in full HBA mode. > > Patti Clark > Sr. Linux System Administrator > Oak Ridge National Laboratory > > On 10/18/19, 8:28 PM, "William Muriithi" <will...@perasotech.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > Have any of you deployed RHEL 8/Centos 8 and would be willing to share > what HBA card they are using? > > Anyway, attempting to purchase HBA card and looking for a way to figure > out what will work without having access to the tape library. Lets say that > you don't have access to the tape device, but you have a server that have > RHEL 8 installed. You plug in a SAS HBA card in the slot and bring it up and > them on the console, you want to check if the card is supported by the > operating system. > > What would one check? This is what I have done and not viable test > without the storage system: > > [root@eng-backup02 ~]# lsscsi -g > [0:2:0:0] disk DELL PERC H710P 3.13 /dev/sda /dev/sg0 > [0:2:1:0] disk DELL PERC H710P 3.13 /dev/sdb /dev/sg1 > [1:0:2:0] tape IBM ULTRIUM-HH6 E4J1 /dev/st0 /dev/sg2 > [1:0:2:1] mediumx QUANTUM UHDL 0091 /dev/sch0 /dev/sg3 > > The /dev/sg2 and /dev/sg3 only show up with the tape library attached. > If I de-attach the tape, but leave the HBA card on the system, the device > disappears. > > I have also attempted this: > > lspci -nn > > The problem with this is even a HBA card that I know will not work when > I attach the tape library is detected by the operating system and will be > listed on lspci result. So I can't ask someone remote to use that to > separate supported to unsupported. > > So what else can one do the achieve this objective? > > Regards, > William > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Fbacula-users&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cea098909f2c04619d1c208d756339571%7C1faf88fea9984c5b93c9210a11d9a5c2%7C0%7C0%7C637072651860638065&sdata=sSUln1UdPfbjmefeEskRqP0EwcxuLf3wLUhFJDsHKlY%3D&reserved=0 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Fbacula-users&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cea098909f2c04619d1c208d756339571%7C1faf88fea9984c5b93c9210a11d9a5c2%7C0%7C0%7C637072651860638065&sdata=sSUln1UdPfbjmefeEskRqP0EwcxuLf3wLUhFJDsHKlY%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
