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MSL6000 backup solution for linux

sammysammy — Wed, 16 May 2007 01:02:40 GMT

Hi, the HP MSL6000 tape library is working fine with Tru64 5.1B. But when we connect this tape library to the Linux system, we can't find the same program "robot" to work with the Linux system. The linux server is a Linux ES.

Where can I download a Robot program that works with MSL6000 that work with Linux?

here is the lsmod output from the linux server:
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
sg 38369 0
cpqci 34096 7
parport_pc 28033 0
lp 15661 0
parport 38025 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 23109 0
i2c_dev 14529 0
i2c_core 26049 1 i2c_dev
ocfs2 351172 3
debugfs 14216 2 ocfs2
ocfs2_dlmfs 27144 1
ocfs2_dlm 199176 2 ocfs2,ocfs2_dlmfs
ocfs2_nodemanager 159360 9 ocfs2,ocfs2_dlmfs,ocfs2_dlm
configfs 28044 2 ocfs2_nodemanager
sunrpc 144037 1
dm_mod 60741 0
button 10705 0
battery 12997 0
ac 8901 0
md5 8129 1
ipv6 242657 24
uhci_hcd 32857 0
ehci_hcd 32325 0
e752x_edac 14785 0
edac_mc 20585 1 e752x_edac
hw_random 9685 0
tg3 101189 0
bcm5700 143084 0
bonding 65128 0
ext3 119113 6
jbd 59609 2 ocfs2,ext3
qla2400 207104 0
qla2300 129792 0
qla2xxx 307448 13 qla2400,qla2300
qla2xxx_conf 305924 1
cciss 63913 11
sd_mod 20545 5
scsi_mod 117709 4 sg,qla2xxx,cciss,sd_mod

I don't see a st module running in the system. do I need a st module?

What is an easy way to get MSL6000 working with linux? where can I find a script for doing backup/restore using MSL6000 in linux?

Thanks
S

Re: MSL6000 backup solution for linux

Rob Leadbeater — Wed, 16 May 2007 03:11:45 GMT

Hi Sam,

Just answered this in the Tru64 forum...
You need to be looking at mtx to control a library.

Cheers,

Rob

Re: MSL6000 backup solution for linux

Ivan Ferreira — Wed, 16 May 2007 10:56:46 GMT

Take a look to bacula:

www.bacula.org

It has media changer support, I nerver tried with msl series.

Re: MSL6000 backup solution for linux

sammysammy — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:33:17 GMT

Hi,

Is there a way I can tell whether the MSL6000 tape library has tapes inserted in the slots?

Here is the content in the /proc/scsi/scsi file:

#cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: HSV200 Rev: 6000
Type: RAID ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 01
Vendor: HP Model: HSV200 Rev: 6000
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 02
Vendor: HP Model: HSV200 Rev: 6000
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: HSV200 Rev: 6000
Type: RAID ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: HSV200 Rev: 6000
Type: RAID ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: HSV200 Rev: 6000
Type: RAID ANSI SCSI revision: 05

Thanks
Sam

Re: MSL6000 backup solution for linux

sammysammy — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:43:47 GMT

Hi,

I am not sure how to make sure the tape library is properly attached and whether there is any tape in the slot and which slot does each tape occupied. How do I know this info in linux?

this is the output from dmesg:

s 2 dev 2 func 0
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 24 (level, low) -> IRQ 58
cciss: using DAC cycles
blocks= 142239510 block_size= 512
heads= 255, sectors= 63, cylinders= 8854

Using cfq io scheduler
blocks= 142239510 block_size= 512
heads= 255, sectors= 63, cylinders= 8854

cciss/c0d0: p1 p2 p3 p4 < p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p10 p11 >
QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:04:03.0[A] -> GSI 48 (level, low) -> IRQ 201
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: Found an ISP2312, irq 201, iobase 0xf881a000
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: Configuring PCI space...
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: Configure NVRAM parameters...
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: Verifying loaded RISC code...
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: Extended memory detected (512 KB)...
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: Resizing request queue depth (2048 -> 4096)...
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: Allocated (1308 KB) for firmware dump...
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: LIP reset occured (f700).
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: Waiting for LIP to complete...
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: LOOP UP detected (2 Gbps).
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: Topology - (F_Port), Host Loop address 0xffff
scsi(0) :Loop id 0x0081 is an EVA_XL (AA) device
scsi(0) :Loop id 0x0081 is an EVA_XL (AA) device
scsi(0) :Loop id 0x0081 is an EVA_XL (AA) device
scsi(0) :Loop id 0x0082 is an EVA_XL (AA) device
scsi(0) :Loop id 0x0082 is an EVA_XL (AA) device
scsi(0) :Loop id 0x0082 is an EVA_XL (AA) device
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
scsi0 : qla2xxx
qla2300 0000:04:03.0:
QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver: 8.01.06-fo
QLogic QLA2312 -
ISP2312: PCI-X (100 MHz) @ 0000:04:03.0 hdma+, host#=0, fw=3.03.19 IPX
scsi: unknown device type 12
Vendor: HP Model: HSV200 Rev: 6000
Type: RAID ANSI SCSI revision: 05
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: scsi(0:0:0:0): Enabled tagged queuing, queue depth 16.
Vendor: HP Model: HSV200 Rev: 6000
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: scsi(0:0:0:1): Enabled tagged queuing, queue depth 16.
SCSI device sda: 2097152 512-byte hdwr sectors (1074 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 2097152 512-byte hdwr sectors (1074 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 1
Vendor: HP Model: HSV200 Rev: 6000
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: scsi(0:0:0:2): Enabled tagged queuing, queue depth 16.
SCSI device sdb: 2147483648 512-byte hdwr sectors (1099512 MB)
SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdb: 2147483648 512-byte hdwr sectors (1099512 MB)
SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 2
scsi: unknown device type 12
Vendor: HP Model: HSV200 Rev: 6000
Type: RAID ANSI SCSI revision: 05
qla2300 0000:04:03.0: scsi(0:0:1:0): Enabled tagged queuing, queue depth 16.
scsi: Unexpected response from host 0 channel 0 id 1 lun 1 while scanning, scan aborted
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:04:03.1[B] -> GSI 49 (level, low) -> IRQ 209
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: Found an ISP2312, irq 209, iobase 0xf8824000
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: Configuring PCI space...
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: Configure NVRAM parameters...
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: Verifying loaded RISC code...
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: Extended memory detected (512 KB)...
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: Resizing request queue depth (2048 -> 4096)...
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: Allocated (1308 KB) for firmware dump...
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: LIP reset occured (f700).
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: Waiting for LIP to complete...
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: LOOP UP detected (2 Gbps).
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: Topology - (F_Port), Host Loop address 0xffff
scsi(1) :Loop id 0x0081 is an EVA_XL (AA) device
scsi(1) :Loop id 0x0081 is an EVA_XL (AA) device
scsi(1) :Loop id 0x0081 is an EVA_XL (AA) device
scsi(1) :Loop id 0x0082 is an EVA_XL (AA) device
scsi(1) :Loop id 0x0082 is an EVA_XL (AA) device
scsi(1) :Loop id 0x0082 is an EVA_XL (AA) device
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
qla2x00_set_preferred_path no active_path
scsi1 : qla2xxx
qla2300 0000:04:03.1:
QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver: 8.01.06-fo
QLogic QLA2312 -
ISP2312: PCI-X (100 MHz) @ 0000:04:03.1 hdma+, host#=1, fw=3.03.19 IPX
scsi: unknown device type 12
Vendor: HP Model: HSV200 Rev: 6000
Type: RAID ANSI SCSI revision: 05
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: scsi(1:0:0:0): Enabled tagged queuing, queue depth 16.
scsi: Unexpected response from host 1 channel 0 id 0 lun 1 while scanning, scan aborted
scsi: unknown device type 12
Vendor: HP Model: HSV200 Rev: 6000
Type: RAID ANSI SCSI revision: 05
qla2300 0000:04:03.1: scsi(1:0:2:0): Enabled tagged queuing, queue depth 16.
scsi: Unexpected response from host 1 channel 0 id 2 lun 1 while scanning, scan aborted
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
SELinux: Disabled at runtime.
SELinux: Unregistering netfilter hooks
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid: Found a controller path 0x0 - lun 0
qla2x00_combine_by_lunid lun = 0 does not support ALUA
inserting floppy driver for 2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v2.6.3 (June 8, 2005)
bonding: MII link monitoring set to 100 ms
divert: allocating divert_blk for bond0
divert: allocating divert_blk for bond1
Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Driver bcm5700 with Broadcom NIC Extension (NICE) ver. 8.3.17c (03/10/06)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:05:02.0[A] -> GSI 72 (level, low) -> IRQ 217
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
eth0: HP NC7781 Gigabit Server Adapter found at mem fdff0000, IRQ 217, node addr 00156009d901
eth0: Broadcom BCM5703 Integrated Copper transceiver found
eth0: Scatter-gather ON, 64-bit DMA ON, Tx Checksum ON, Rx Checksum ON, 802.1Q VLAN ON, TSO ON
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:05:03.0[A] -> GSI 73 (level, low) -> IRQ 225
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth1
eth1: HP NC7781 Gigabit Server Adapter found at mem fdfe0000, IRQ 225, node addr 001560093b26
eth1: Broadcom BCM5703 Integrated Copper transceiver found
eth1: Scatter-gather ON, 64-bit DMA ON, Tx Checksum ON, Rx Checksum ON, 802.1Q VLAN ON, TSO ON
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:05:04.0[A] -> GSI 74 (level, low) -> IRQ 233
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth2
eth2: HP NC7781 Gigabit Server Adapter found at mem fdfd0000, IRQ 233, node addr 001560093b22
eth2: Broadcom BCM5703 Integrated Copper transceiver found
eth2: Scatter-gather ON, 64-bit DMA ON, Tx Checksum ON, Rx Checksum ON, 802.1Q VLAN ON, TSO ON
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:01.0[A] -> GSI 25 (level, low) -> IRQ 50
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth3
eth3: Broadcom BCM5703 1000Base-T found at mem fddf0000, IRQ 50, node addr 0015600adc08
eth3: Broadcom BCM5703 Integrated Copper transceiver found
eth3: Scatter-gather ON, 64-bit DMA ON, Tx Checksum ON, Rx Checksum ON, 802.1Q VLAN ON, TSO ON
hw_random hardware driver 1.0.0 loaded
MC: drivers/edac/edac_mc.c version MC $Revision: 1.3 $
tolm = e0000, remapbase = 100000, remaplimit = 11c000
MC0: Giving out device to e752x_edac E7520: PCI 0000:00:00.0 (0000:00:00.0)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[D] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 185
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 185, pci mem f8828000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
PCI: cache line size of 128 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2004-May-10
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 169, io base 00002000
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 177, io base 00002020
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c0344160(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device sit0
mtrr: type mismatch for fc000000,800000 old: uncachable new: write-combining
mtrr: type mismatch for fc000000,800000 old: uncachable new: write-combining
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
EXT3 FS on cciss/c0d0p1, internal journal
device-mapper: 4.5.0-ioctl (2005-10-04) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on cciss/c0d0p3, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on cciss/c0d0p2, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on cciss/c0d0p11, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on cciss/c0d0p5, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on cciss/c0d0p6, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Adding 2096440k swap on /dev/cciss/c0d0p7. Priority:-1 extents:1
Adding 2096440k swap on /dev/cciss/c0d0p8. Priority:-2 extents:1
Adding 2096440k swap on /dev/cciss/c0d0p9. Priority:-3 extents:1
Adding 2096440k swap on /dev/cciss/c0d0p10. Priority:-4 extents:1
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
eth2: Using PCI INTX interrupt
bonding: Warning: failed to get speed/duplex from eth2, speed forced to 100Mbps, duplex forced to Full.
bonding: bond0: making interface eth2 the new active one.
bonding: bond0: enslaving eth2 as an active interface with an up link.
eth3: Using PCI INTX interrupt
bonding: Warning: failed to get speed/duplex from eth3, speed forced to 100Mbps, duplex forced to Full.
bonding: bond0: enslaving eth3 as a backup interface with an up link.
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
bcm5700: eth2 NIC Link is UP, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON
eth0: Using PCI INTX interrupt
bonding: Warning: failed to get speed/duplex from eth0, speed forced to 100Mbps, duplex forced to Full.
bonding: bond1: making interface eth0 the new active one.
bonding: bond1: enslaving eth0 as an active interface with an up link.
eth1: Using PCI INTX interrupt
bonding: Warning: failed to get speed/duplex from eth1, speed forced to 100Mbps, duplex forced to Full.
bonding: bond1: enslaving eth1 as a backup interface with an up link.
bcm5700: eth3 NIC Link is UP, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON
OCFS2 Node Manager 1.2.5 Tue Mar 27 12:51:38 PST 2007 (build 9e5f332181e8ebfad464946bcc4888af)
OCFS2 DLM 1.2.5 Tue Mar 27 12:51:39 PST 2007 (build e2556a71429f31033b275dff4b5594aa)
OCFS2 DLMFS 1.2.5 Tue Mar 27 12:51:39 PST 2007 (build e2556a71429f31033b275dff4b5594aa)
OCFS2 User DLM kernel interface loaded
bcm5700: eth0 NIC Link is UP, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON
bcm5700: eth1 NIC Link is UP, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON
bond0: no IPv6 routers present
eth2: no IPv6 routers present
o2net: accepted connection from node dcpbl02 (num 2) at 192.168.240.112:5555
eth3: no IPv6 routers present
bond1: no IPv6 routers present
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
OCFS2 1.2.5 Tue Mar 27 12:51:24 PST 2007 (build 0f745576f5282c9408787369d99ba880)
ocfs2_dlm: Nodes in domain ("412E3BF6673F414ABCC50F20E183AF4C"): 1 2
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
ocfs2: Mounting device (8,1) on (node 1, slot 1)
ocfs2_dlm: Nodes in domain ("583C0739AECF4CE990EA71578C96414A"): 1 2
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
ocfs2: Mounting device (8,2) on (node 1, slot 1)
ocfs2_dlm: Nodes in domain ("BB019CD626B9457591D0A9A33BE19DF6"): 1 2
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
ocfs2: Mounting device (8,17) on (node 1, slot 1)
i2c /dev entries driver
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
cpqci: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 12
Attached scsi generic sg1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 1, type 0
Attached scsi generic sg2 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 2, type 0
Attached scsi generic sg3 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0, type 12
Attached scsi generic sg4 at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 12
Attached scsi generic sg5 at scsi1, channel 0, id 2, lun 0, type 12
mtrr: type mismatch for fc000000,800000 old: uncachable new: write-combining
mtrr: type mismatch for fc000000,800000 old: uncachable new: write-combining

Re: MSL6000 backup solution for linux

sammysammy — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:18:58 GMT

Hi,

Here is some further information that I have explored so far:

# ./loaderinfo -f /dev/sg0
Product Type: RAID Array
Vendor ID: 'HP '
Product ID: 'HSV200 '
Revision: '6000'
Attached Changer: No
Bar Code Reader: Yes
EAAP: No
Transport Geometry Descriptor Page: No
Device Configuration Page: No
# mt -f /dev/sg0 rewind
/dev/sg0: Operation not permitted

With the output from running mt, is "operation not permitted" means there is no tape in the library?

Thanks
Sam

Re: MSL6000 backup solution for linux

sammysammy — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:34:28 GMT

Hi,

The tapeinfo shown that there may be no tape attached to the library. Here is the the output from tapeinfo:

# ./tapeinfo -f /dev/sg3
Product Type: RAID Array
Vendor ID: 'HP '
Product ID: 'HSV200 '
Revision: '6000'
Attached Changer: No
SerialNumber: 'P8BC8F3AASB07K'
SCSI ID: 1
SCSI LUN: 0
Ready: yes

Re: MSL6000 backup solution for linux

Rob Leadbeater — Thu, 17 May 2007 00:45:26 GMT

Hi,

Looking through the dmesg output, I don't see any mention of a tape device or changer...

The /dev/sg devices you've been probing appear to be your EVA not the MSL.

How exactly is the library connected ?

From your post on the Tru64 list, you mentioned that the MSL is shared with a Tru64 machine which implies it's connected to the SAN, probably via an NSR.

Maybe you haven't set the zoning up on your switches to enable the Linux box see the library...

Cheers,

Rob

Re: MSL6000 backup solution for linux

sammysammy — Thu, 17 May 2007 02:36:33 GMT

Yup, you are correct.
The zone is not setup for the linux farm yet.

Re: MSL6000 backup solution for linux

sammysammy — Thu, 17 May 2007 02:40:57 GMT

by the way, what make yuou think that is a EVA shared storage?

Thanks
Sam

Re: MSL6000 backup solution for linux

Rob Leadbeater — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:33:29 GMT

The dmesg output mentions HSV200 and EVA, which means you're connecting to an EVA4000 or EVA6000.

Cheers,

Rob

Re: MSL6000 backup solution for linux

Miguel Espejo — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:32:50 GMT

I had a trouble like this, a think that the problem is the driver of your fibre channel HBA.
We upgraded the linux kernel of one server ( Red Hat 3 up 8 to Red Hat 3 Up 9(I know is a little old but..), and we have to upgrade the HBA drivers ( by the way it is a Qlogic), everything went fine until we test the MSL6000 and it was not shown whith the command cat /proc/scsi/scsi and it was not posible to backup servers.
So we back to the old kernel with the old HBA drivers. :-(
I have requested HP support.