Simply rewind the tape and use the device path instead of a file path. The st scsi tape device driver in the linux kernel. The scsitape command controls scsi tape drives in a platformindependent manner. My 1u server also has a 2tb seagate constellation es. You can find information about various transport being used in the system such as ata, fibre channel fc, ieee 94. The default device name for a scsi tape drive is devst0.
Actually the iomega zip 100 drive came in a variety of interfaces. Note that scsitape and your oss native tape driver may stomp on each other. I inherited an lto4 scsi attached tape drive recently yes, oldschool, i know, its mostly just for fun, and have been fiddling with it to do some tape based offsite backups to complement my other offsite backups. Download osst, the linux onstream tape driver for free. Hp storageworks 448 tape drive inputoutput error with ubuntu. Supports 12gbs and earlier intel raid controllers using mr software stack. With linux if you enter cat proc scsi scsi it will report a tape makemodel if the drive is at least alive enough to respond to scsi inquiry. You will screw things up for whatever thinks its in control of the state of the device. Consult your operating systems documentation for more information for example, under linux these are generally devsg0 through devsg15, under freebsd these are devpass0 through devpassx. Description this manual page documents the tape control program stinit can used to initialize scsi tape drive modes at system startup, after loading the tape driver as module, or after introduction of new device to the scsi subsystem at runtime. In particular, if you use setblk and your oss native tape driver has a different notion of the block size, you may get evil. This download record provides intel raid web console 3 version 7.
Get the best deals on ultra scsi tapes and data cartridge drives and find everything youll need to improve your home office setup at. One can use sysfs to list all scsi devices and hosts attached to the server powered by linux kernel 2. How to identify a scsi tape devices pci address for kvm pci. The linux tape driver knows the drive is in 1 kb mode, so it requests a single read fixed command of 10 blocks. How to identify which scsi device is the tape media changer on linux on a linux server running rhel or centos, when you have a tape library connected to it. How to identify which scsi device is the tape media changer. Lsi logic pcix ultra320 scsi host adapter and microsoft iscsi initiator. If not, ill need a spare drive on which to install windows while hopefully not. Fur scsistreamer gilt, dass sie unter devstx aufgelistet sind. While the bridge recognizes the scsi drive just fine, it does not detect the host i. If the scsitape driver is not present, the drive is recognized but the tape support described in this page is not available. Ive read that installing the scsi tape highlevel driver, e. I want to set up the tape drive so that i can format lto6 tapes using the ltfs file system, so that i can see the lto6 tape as if its an external disk drive, dragging and dropping files in to it to copy them to. The first argument, given following f, is the scsi generic device corresponding to your tape drive.
Summary changed from unable to register scsi tape device to add scsi device passthrough support scsi device passthrough is a completely different thing. As long as mtx works on the platform, so does scsitape. You use it by giving a single argument, the name of the scsi tape device. Cannot allocate memory when reading from scsi tape. Restoring from a tape drive is basically the same as restoring from a file. With linux if you enter cat procscsiscsi it will report a tape makemodel if the drive is at least alive enough to respond to scsi inquiry. Products sold prior to the november 1, 2015 separation of hewlettpackard company into hewlett packard enterprise company and hp inc. The lsscsi command is a handy tool to get all sort of information. From time to time, we seem to lose the connection to the autol. This download provides intel raid web console 3 version 007. Linux scsi target framework tgt aims to simplify various scsi target driver iscsi, fibre channel, srp, etc creation and maintenance. This howto discusses essential dos and donts for the ftape floppy tape driver under linux. If there are no problems, install the new kernel onto the system boot disk.
I recently purchased a dell powervault lto6 tape drive to use with my dell server running ubuntu 14. Download the sources via svn from sourceforge, build and install the binaries. For information about scsi tape devices, the command uses the following sources for the information displayed. The scsi tape device driver, stp, is not automatically configured into the kernel during installation. In order to use scsi tape drives, the basic scsi driver, a scsiadapter driver and the scsi tape driver must be either configured into the kernel or loaded as modules. If it does not report a tape drive, and tape is attached, terminated, and powered on, then you either have a dead tape, controller, cable, terminator, or improper cabling. As you know there was a parallel port version i used to own an epson branded parallel port version that had a sort of greyishbeige case, and a scsi version both internal and external scsi, i used to own one of the external scsi with a solid blue case, there were some external zip 100s that sold with a translucent blue. How to read an iomega zip 100 drive on ubuntu linux 12. The tapeinfo command reads various information from scsi tape drives that is not generally available via most vendors tape drivers. I have searched all of hp and the only document that shows the text string a scsi commandsa is the owners manual, however, the section in the ownera s manual that is titled a scsi commandsa has nothing to do with scsi commands, but.
Hi experts, server is running with red hat enterprise linux server release 6. Avoiding concurrent access to a generic scsi device under linux some devices specifically tape drives, disk drives and cdrom drives already have a designated dev. Attached scsi tape st0 this command confirms that the kernel identified one tape drive and assigned it to st0. For example to restore the etchosts file to tmpetchosts.
Linux scsi tape fix university of california, san diego. Its not available in ubuntu standard package repositories, so i had. Linux scsi tape driver aware magnetic tape control aka mt. Linux scsi tape driver aware magnetic tape control aka mt ubuntu universe armhf official. The tape drive is installed and is detected by post as scsi 1, id 6, but the command dmesg grep i scsi returns this. Osst is a linux tape driver for the onstream sc30sc50 and via the scsi layer adapters idescsi, usbstorage and sbp2 the ide30, usb30 and fw30 tape devices. Scsi tape drive commands i am puzzled that hp does not make this documentation available on hp equipment.
If this is the first scsi peripheral that you are adding to the scsi bus controlled by a host adapter, you may need to supply additional hardware information about the adapter as described in. Ultra scsi tapes and data cartridge drives for sale ebay. I want to use the tape drive but cannot find a straightforward step by step guide to installation. Our key goals are the clean integration into the scsi mid layer and implementing a great portion of tgt in user space. Nov, 2014 ubuntu iscsi tape target iscsi tape bridge. To use a tape drive with a linux workstation, you need to be running the linux kernel. I checked with the docs, and got all of the required drivers on the box. Now, im trying to mount an external scsi tape drive with no luck. I have compaq dlt 3570 in a proliant dl380g1 running ubuntu 8. The rescan will be triggered through sysfs pseudo filesystem. I have never seen the ability to mount a tape drive as a partition. The best free scsi drivers app downloads for windows.
I recently purchased a dell powervault lto6 tape drive to use with my server running ubuntu 14. Now what i have done so far is to connect and install my scsi card but when i connected two different tape drives, the linux. In order to use scsi tape drives, the basic scsi driver, a scsi adapter driver and the scsi tape driver must be either configured into the kernel or loaded as modules. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. If you only get mt, then download the mtst package. The devrmt0hb indicate that im using unity 0, high density and bsd behavior.
In order to get the drive to appear, the scsi bus need to be rescanned. Likewise open download and install on ubuntu server. Linux scsi tape driver aware magnetic tape control aka mt ubuntu universe i386 official. I need to attach an old scsi drive hp model st373454lw, 73 gb to an ubuntu 14. In particular, if you use setblk and your oss native tape driver has a different notion of the block size, you may get evil results. The st driver provides the interface to a variety of scsi tape devices. Hi, i have compaq dlt 3570 in a proliant dl380g1 running ubuntu 8. Scsi tape drive commands hewlett packard enterprise. One of the ways maybe possible is to install a vm running ubuntu 10.
The lsi card came with the tape drive, and the 1u server has room for that pci card. Integrating a tape drive into a linux system tandberg data. When the tape driver receives a request to retrieve a specific logical block, it calculates how many fixed mode tape blocks to request. Download the latest lts version of ubuntu, for desktop pcs and laptops. Determine what device name was assigned to the tape drive. The tape drives are connected from sun storage tek and when we list the tape drives with lsscsi g grep i tape could see all the tape drives connect with this particular server. Backups archive rotation server documentation ubuntu.
Linux scsi tape driver aware magnetic tape control aka mt dep. The scsitape command controls scsi tape drives in a platform independent manner. Lts stands for longterm support which means five years, until april 2025, of free security and maintenance updates, guaranteed. Host device manager shows details of tape drive as well as 3 scsi devices dell perc 4dc raid controller, lsi logic 10201030 ultra320 scsi adapter 2 entries guest device manager shows 2 scsi devices. Tape device on scsi adaptor not detected expertsexchange. This howto is to be intended as first step help and source of information. One, called query, just reads some status information from your tape drive. If the scsi tape driver is not present, the drive is recognized but the tape support described in this page is not available. Stavir is a scsi tape virtualizing low level driver, which provides a virtual tape over existing nontape media to provide uninterrupted data backup in case of unavailability of tape drive. Currently, the driver takes control of all detected devices of type sequentialaccess. A kernel driver has been created to provide an stcompatible interface to the userspace. I have an older hp netserver lpr with what is apparently a symbios scsi card connecting to a quantum superloader 3 that is dlt based. Scsi devices under linux are often named to suite the device.
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