Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-12-04 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello Radek, Yes, I would like to see lin_tape support, and though I vaguely remember something about a lin_tape patch, there are a number of things necessary to get a patch accepted: 1. I must be able to get a signed CAA (copyright assignment agreement).  A

Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-10-29 Thread Radosław Korzeniewski
Hello, wt., 22 paź 2019 o 10:46 Kern Sibbald napisał(a): > (...) so this would leave > either a community submission, or Bacula Systems to implement it. > I think the Community can prepare and test the required code as Enterprise clients do not want to participate in such development. I have a

Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-10-22 Thread shouldbe q931
On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 6:47 PM William Muriithi wrote: > > > None supported: > [root@eng-backup01 ~]# sdiff -sb pci_device_no_storage__card2-2.txt > pci_device_atto_card2-2.txt > Memory behind bridge: None| > Memory behind bridge:

Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-10-22 Thread Kern Sibbald
On 10/21/19 6:00 PM, Alan Brown wrote: > On 21/10/2019 16:13, Dimitri Maziuk via Bacula-users wrote: >> On 10/21/2019 9:14 AM, Clark, Patti via Bacula-users wrote: >> ... >>> My question (rhetorical), why do you want to use an OS that is >>> recently released and still bleeding for a backup

Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-10-21 Thread William Muriithi
Hi Clark, > Try the hardware compatibility list for the card on Redhat's website. Second > choice, the manufacturer's website. The issue is the driver. Ya, its definitely driver issue. I had checked RedHat hardware compatibility list but it only list servers, not PCI cards. Essentially, it

Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-10-21 Thread William Muriithi
Hi Arne, > There appars to be some conflation of lsscsi and lspci here > > lsscsi will show attached SCSI targets Agree > From the lsscsi -g output, it is showing two arrays, a tape drive, and > a library changer, when the library is removed, it is expected that > both the tape drive and the

Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-10-21 Thread Dimitri Maziuk via Bacula-users
On 10/21/19 11:00 AM, Alan Brown wrote: > I spend an awful lot of time making things work in a RHEL environment > when it "just works" in Debianish ones, but the choice of environment > isn't my call. It was a rhetorical question. Although I do think the "scientific community" is beginning to

Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-10-21 Thread William Muriithi
Hi Brown, > 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

Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-10-21 Thread Alan Brown
On 21/10/2019 16:13, Dimitri Maziuk via Bacula-users wrote: > On 10/21/2019 9:14 AM, Clark, Patti via Bacula-users wrote: > ... >> 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

Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-10-21 Thread shouldbe q931
On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 4:11 PM Alan Brown wrote: > > 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),

Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-10-21 Thread Dimitri Maziuk via Bacula-users
On 10/21/2019 9:14 AM, Clark, Patti via Bacula-users wrote: ... 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. Why use any RHEL > 6 for any

Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-10-21 Thread Alan Brown
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

Re: [Bacula-users] [EXTERNAL] SAS HBA support on Linux

2019-10-21 Thread Clark, Patti via Bacula-users
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,