On 26/02/2021 13:47, Martin Simmons wrote:
> If you do:
>
> lsscsi -d
>
> then it will print the major:minor device numbers after /dev/st0.
>
> Then:
>
> ls -l /sys/dev/*/${major}:${minor}/device/driver/
>
> might show the name of the driver (module).It's simpler than that: showing /dev/st* or nst* means he's using the (deprecated) "st" driver, not lin_tape lin_tape devices are shown as /dev/IBMtape* or /dev/IBMchanger* This in turn means it's a more serious issue than "just change the driver" (although as I mentioned, "st" has its own sets of problems as it doesn't properly support LTO drives(*) and doesn't handle fabric correctly _at all_ _SOMETHING_ has put the LTO drive into an odd mode and presumably is doing so at each restart, which means the code in question needs to be tracked down/removed from the system (*) Among other things lin_tape has much better and far more detailed proactive error reporting when LTO drives start having internal problems such as partially damaged heads. This is why both IBM and HP regard it as their "supported" driver and deprecated use of "st" over a decade ago. _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
