ATL tape library and RH 6.2

ATL tape library and RH 6.2

Post by Andrew G. Bacch » Fri, 23 Feb 2001 06:20:59



I have installed an ATL L500 tape library with an DLT 7000 drive.  I can
use the DLT drive with no problem, but I can't seem to get the library
robot to work under RedHat 6.2.  I am not sure which device to use or
which driver to use for the loader/library.  The host detects the SCSI
tape at /dev/st0, but there is nothing for the loader.  Can anyone
suggest where to begin on this.  Below is the output from dmesg for the
SCSI adapter.  Thanks for any help.

scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.28/3.2.4
       <Adaptec AIC-7896/7 Ultra2 SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 2 hosts.
(scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
  Vendor: ATL       Model: L500     6320000  Rev: 0021
  Type:   Medium Changer                     ANSI SCSI revision: 02
(scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
  Vendor: QUANTUM   Model: DLT7000           Rev: 2560
  Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI tape total.

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Andrew G. Bacchi
Sr. System Administrator
AIRS
Hanover, NH

 
 
 

ATL tape library and RH 6.2

Post by rob » Sat, 24 Feb 2001 02:14:57


I have a similar problem, I have an HP optical jukebox, but I can't  get
any software for the changer to work, it would just get errors, since the
   commands it sends are different.  I finally  decided to write my own.
ATL might have a SCSI command reference on their website like HP does.  Also,
MTX might work if you don't have any software.  You will probably have to
 make a device for the changer itself, or use one of the SG* devices,  
 probably it would be /dev/sga.  There is a driver for scsi  librarys with
 the robot on a different id,  try looking for "Linux SCSI changer
 driver".



> I have installed an ATL L500 tape library with an DLT 7000 drive.  I can
>  use the DLT drive with no problem, but I can't seem to get the library
> robot to work under RedHat 6.2.  I am not sure which device to use or  
>  which driver to use for the loader/library.  The host detects the SCSI
> tape at /dev/st0, but there is nothing for the loader.  Can anyone      
>  suggest where to begin on this.  Below is the output from dmesg for the
> SCSI adapter.  Thanks for any help.                                

> scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.28/3.2.4
>        <Adaptec AIC-7896/7 Ultra2 SCSI host adapter>
> scsi : 2 hosts.                                            
> (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
>   Vendor: ATL       Model: L500     6320000  Rev: 0021  Type:   Medium  
>    Changer                     ANSI SCSI revision: 02                  
> (scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
>   Vendor: QUANTUM   Model: DLT7000           Rev: 2560  Type:          
>    Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02            
> Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0  scsi : detected
> 1 SCSI tape total.