Seagate STT3401A on FC2

[Rick Stevens]

Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 08:03:20PM -0500, Ken & Joy Carr wrote:
> 
>>
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>>[mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rick Stevens
>>Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:54 PM
>>To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
>>Subject: Re: Seagate STT3401A on FC2
>>
>>Bob McClure Jr wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 12:20:51PM -0500, Ken Carr wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>We're running FC2 (recently upgraded from FC1) on a Dell Power Edge
>>>>400SC. We have just started trying to use the tape drive. The hardware
>>>>browser identifies the drive as Seagate STT3401A, /dev/hdd
>>>>
>>>>With a tape installed, we get the following:
>>>>[root at flclxserver root]# mt -f /dev/hdd rewind
>>>>/dev/hdd: Input/output error
>>>>
>>>>What things should we check before suspecting bad hardware?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for any help you can provide.
>>>>
>>>>Ken Carr
>>>
>>>
>>>You may need to use a more tape-like device name.  I have a Seagate
>>>STT8000A on /dev/hdd and I call it /dev/nht0.  Check this:
>>>
>>>  cat /proc/ide/ide1/hdd/name
>>>
>>>It may say something like "ht0".  Normally, the non-rewinding version
>>>is used, /dev/nht0.
>>>
>>>If it doesn't respond to that try
>>>
>>>  modprobe ide-tape
>>>
>>>then try again.
>>
>>Thanks, Bob. -- ht0 it is! We're now safely backed up.
> 
> 
> Glad to hear you are rolling tape.
> 
> 
>>I have learned a lot from this list. It's good to have gurus like you and
>>Rick and others to help us newbies along. Thanks for being there.
> 
> 
> You are quite welcome.  Rick does more than I, though.  I take the
> easy ones and he (and Jeff Kinz and other experts) catches the hard
> ones.

Now you're being modest, Bob.  You're a huge help to a lot of people,
and you don't just take the "easy" ones.  You've been involved in a lot
of toughies, too.

>       Someone who manages a few hundred machines has learned a lot.
> Fortunately, he's willing to share it.

I actually have a server count that's current (well, as of Halloween):

	Company-owned servers:			1,365
	Client-owned servers, managed by us:	  457
	Colocated servers:			  854
						_____
	Total					2,676

That's not counting storage arrays, routers, switches, NAS, SAN or any
of the other ancillary stuff necessary to make it go.  We've added
another 60 or so servers since those counts.  As far as sharing my
experience...why should I suffer alone?  ;-)
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