Wilkinson, Alex wrote: > 0n Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 04:11:17PM +1000, James McPherson wrote: > > >Apart from that, it can be very useful to query some of the other > >scsi log pages for tape drives. I've got a utility which does this (not > >to hand, unfortunately, but I will have it on Monday) and which I > >could make available if needed. > > Yes, that would handy if you make this tool available.
Hi Alex, you can get a copy of this tool (called "st_diag") in versions of Sun Data Explorer v5.3 and later. One of the tasks on my current todo list is to re-write my internal-only presentation on this tool so that it's usable by people in the wider community as well. I'll post here when there's a preso available. In the meantime, suffice to say that all the info you gather with st_diag is documented in SPC-4 (SCSI Primary Commands v4), and in specific tape drive scsi manuals. It's a read-only utility, doesn't query the TapeAlert page (doesn't interfere with nbu/networker et al), and does some pretty-printing for DLT, LTO and 9xx0 tape drives. Grab a copy from http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&PartDetailId=SUNEXPLORER-5.9-G-F&TransactionId=try cheers, James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
