tape library

Iulian Musat iulian at 3dgeo.com
Wed Apr 28 14:53:17 UTC 2004


Probably it is connected with a SCSI interface.
If so, get the SCSI id of the tape lib and use mtx (http://mtx.badtux.net/).
If for example it is on the first SCSI adapter, first ID you can run:
mtx -f /dev/sg0 status

For example, to see what are your SCSI adapters:
cat /proc/scsi/scsi
For each adapter check what are the devices attached:
ls /proc/scsi/<adapter>

etc...

Bottom line, the starting point is to find what SCSI adapter do you have 
and then find the device id for the tape and tape driver to identify the 
scsi device : /dev/sg<number> . The the tape driver (probably different 
from the tape library - not sure for this model) will be accessible from 
/dev/[n]st<tape_drive_number>


Dana Holland wrote:
> We have a small tape library device (Dell PowerVault 120T) attached to 
> our systems, but it's never been used.  We've been trying to figure how 
> to access it - what the tape device would be labeled.  Can anyone point 
> me in the right direction?
> 
> 
> 
> 





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