The default device name for a scsi tape drive is devst0. One can use sysfs to list all scsi devices and hosts attached to the server powered by linux kernel 2. 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. Linux scsi tape driver aware magnetic tape control aka mt dep.
Tape device on scsi adaptor not detected expertsexchange. Note that scsitape and your oss native tape driver may stomp on each other. For information about scsi tape devices, the command uses the following sources for the information displayed. Backups archive rotation server documentation ubuntu. When the tape driver receives a request to retrieve a specific logical block, it calculates how many fixed mode tape blocks to request. Nov, 2014 ubuntu iscsi tape target iscsi tape bridge. Its not available in ubuntu standard package repositories, so i had. Attached scsi tape st0 this command confirms that the kernel identified one tape drive and assigned it to st0. Scsi tape drive commands i am puzzled that hp does not make this documentation available on hp equipment. If not, ill need a spare drive on which to install windows while hopefully not. The st scsi tape device driver in the linux kernel. The devrmt0hb indicate that im using unity 0, high density and bsd behavior. Download osst, the linux onstream tape driver for free.
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. 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. Linux scsi tape driver aware magnetic tape control aka mt. Hi, i have compaq dlt 3570 in a proliant dl380g1 running ubuntu 8. 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. If there are no problems, install the new kernel onto the system boot disk.
The lsi card came with the tape drive, and the 1u server has room for that pci card. I need to attach an old scsi drive hp model st373454lw, 73 gb to an ubuntu 14. You use it by giving a single argument, the name of the scsi tape device. Rescan a scsi bus without rebooting less than 1 minute read when you hotplug a hard drive in a virtual machine, the drive do not show in fdisk l output until you reboot your vm. This howto discusses essential dos and donts for the ftape floppy tape driver under linux.
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. 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. In order to get the drive to appear, the scsi bus need to be rescanned. I checked with the docs, and got all of the required drivers on the box. Ive read that installing the scsi tape highlevel driver, e. 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. Ultra scsi tapes and data cartridge drives for sale ebay.
You can find information about various transport being used in the system such as ata, fibre channel fc, ieee 94. Determine what device name was assigned to the tape drive. How to identify a scsi tape devices pci address for kvm pci. 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.
The rescan will be triggered through sysfs pseudo filesystem. Our key goals are the clean integration into the scsi mid layer and implementing a great portion of tgt in user space. 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. Products sold prior to the november 1, 2015 separation of hewlettpackard company into hewlett packard enterprise company and hp inc. If the scsi tape driver is not present, the drive is recognized but the tape support described in this page is not available.
Hp storageworks 448 tape drive inputoutput error with ubuntu. Linux scsi tape driver aware magnetic tape control aka mt ubuntu universe armhf official. The scsitape command controls scsi tape drives in a platformindependent manner. Lsi logic pcix ultra320 scsi host adapter and microsoft iscsi initiator. Lts stands for longterm support which means five years, until april 2025, of free security and maintenance updates, guaranteed.
Supports 12gbs and earlier intel raid controllers using mr software stack. As long as mtx works on the platform, so does scsitape. 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. 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. One of the ways maybe possible is to install a vm running ubuntu 10. 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.
Linux scsi tape fix university of california, san diego. For example to restore the etchosts file to tmpetchosts. 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. 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. Now, im trying to mount an external scsi tape drive with no luck. The tape drive is installed and is detected by post as scsi 1, id 6, but the command dmesg grep i scsi returns this. 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. The best free scsi drivers app downloads for windows. Integrating a tape drive into a linux system tandberg data. 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.
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. The st driver provides the interface to a variety of scsi tape devices. I recently purchased a dell powervault lto6 tape drive to use with my server running ubuntu 14. One, called query, just reads some status information from your tape drive. How to read an iomega zip 100 drive on ubuntu linux 12. A kernel driver has been created to provide an stcompatible interface to the userspace. Download the latest lts version of ubuntu, for desktop pcs and laptops. This download record provides intel raid web console 3 version 7. I have never seen the ability to mount a tape drive as a partition.
Hi experts, server is running with red hat enterprise linux server release 6. 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. I want to use the tape drive but cannot find a straightforward step by step guide to installation. Currently, the driver takes control of all detected devices of type sequentialaccess. Scsi tape drive commands hewlett packard enterprise. How to identify which scsi device is the tape media changer. Download the sources via svn from sourceforge, build and install the binaries. The lsscsi command is a handy tool to get all sort of information.
This download provides intel raid web console 3 version 007. Cannot allocate memory when reading from scsi tape. Actually the iomega zip 100 drive came in a variety of interfaces. Likewise open download and install on ubuntu server. From time to time, we seem to lose the connection to the autol. 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. Scsi devices under linux are often named to suite the device. You will screw things up for whatever thinks its in control of the state of the device.
Summary changed from unable to register scsi tape device to add scsi device passthrough support scsi device passthrough is a completely different thing. To use a tape drive with a linux workstation, you need to be running the linux kernel. Simply rewind the tape and use the device path instead of a file path. Linux scsi target framework tgt aims to simplify various scsi target driver iscsi, fibre channel, srp, etc creation and maintenance. Fur scsistreamer gilt, dass sie unter devstx aufgelistet sind. My 1u server also has a 2tb seagate constellation es. 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. The tapeinfo command reads various information from scsi tape drives that is not generally available via most vendors tape drivers. This howto is to be intended as first step help and source of information. The scsitape command controls scsi tape drives in a platform independent manner. 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. If you only get mt, then download the mtst package. Restoring from a tape drive is basically the same as restoring from a file.
I recently purchased a dell powervault lto6 tape drive to use with my dell server running ubuntu 14. The scsi tape device driver, stp, is not automatically configured into the kernel during installation. Linux scsi tape driver aware magnetic tape control aka mt ubuntu universe i386 official. If the scsitape driver is not present, the drive is recognized but the tape support described in this page is not available. I have compaq dlt 3570 in a proliant dl380g1 running ubuntu 8. While the bridge recognizes the scsi drive just fine, it does not detect the host i.
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