Remove SAN Tape Device From RHEL System

[Alzhy]

If Removing Disk Devices meant:

echo 1 > /sys/block/sdY/device/delete

Is there a similar trick for Tape Drives?


We are in a situation wherein 2 FC Tape HBAs for SAN Tape Devices are being reused for SAN Disk Devices.

The SAN Tape devices have alerady been depresented and SAN disks present. Scan and lip were issued but the Tape Devices remain and no sign of the SAN Disk devices.

TIA!

[Alzhy]

Hmm.. maybe:


lsscsi and find the H:B:T:L for each Tape Device.

Then, for each H:B:T:L do:

echo 1 > /sys/bus/scsi/devices/H:B:T:L/delete

[Reto Kisseleff]

Hi

Tapes can be found under /sys/class/scsi_tape.
To delete a tape device use:
echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_tape/nst0/device/delete

cheers
Reto

[Alzhy]

Reto,

Thanks nonetheless but on our system:

echo 1 > /sys/bus/scsi/devices/H:B:T:L/delete

did the trick.

There was no dir structure for scsi_tape on our system under /sys/class.

Cheers!

[Matti_Kurkela]

The /sys directory tree has been under constant development in the Linux 2.6.* kernel series. RHEL 4, 5 and 6 have significant differences in their /sys filesystems: the newer versions tend to have more stuff in /sys.

This was another fine example about why it's important to state your OS version when asking a technical question.

MK

[Alzhy]

My bad Matti sir.

But in the absence of a version -- I always deem it as a general question.

Version is RHEL 5.3/4/5/6.

No /sys/class/scsi_tape.

I did due diligence and simply sought out the device path for the tape drives. And bingo - there was a "delete" file in the structure. And it worked.

Beauty of Linux (and danger too?) -- everything seems to be dynamic and controllable via file switches.