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http://download.obs.j0ke.net//server:/backup/CentOS_5/ Am 04.01.11 13:10, schrieb Arunav Mandal: > > Thx for your reply. I did used Centos 5.5 for our old SDLT tape loaders but > then there is no bacula repo for Redhat/Centos and I have to compile which I > want to avoid. Since you use Redhat is there any bacula RPM's for Redhat? Do > you use stinit.def for your tape drive? > > Arunav. > > > >> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 10:48:17 +0000 >> From: a...@mssl.ucl.ac.uk >> To: di...@hotmail.com >> CC: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula configration for FC LTO-5 tape drive >> >> Arunav Mandal wrote: >>> I have a Tandberg T40+ Tapeloader with HP LTO-5 tape drive connected to >>> "QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA" on a Dell >>> 2950 running Ubuntu Server 10.10. The kernel version is 2.6.35-24-server. >>> The autoloader device number changes sometimes with reboot. When I installed >>> the server it was /dev/sg4 and now it is /dev/sg2. The tape drive is at >>> /dev/st0 and /dev/nst0. >> >> the SG number depends entirely on the order things are picked up in. So >> does ST/NST for that matter. The trick there is to use a script to link >> each detecetd ST to a WWID entry and use that in bacula-sd.conf >> >> Bacula does use ST - more specifically it locks to whatever you have >> defined in bacula-sd - which means if you put an incorrect entry it will >> use it (GIGO) >> >>> My question is how can I fix the problem of device number changing with >>> reboots? >> >> Like this (from my configuration on RHEL5.5): >> >> bacula-sd.conf >> >> [snip] >> Device { >> Name = MSSLY8-0 >> Drive Index = 0 >> Device Type = Tape >> Media Type = LTO5 >> AutoChanger = yes; >> Changer Device = /etc/bacula/DEVICES/MSSLY8-changer >> Archive Device = /etc/bacula/DEVICES/MSSLY8-0 >> AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it >> AlwaysOpen = yes; >> LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media >> RemovableMedia = yes; >> RandomAccess = no; >> Volume Poll Interval = 7200 >> Alert Command = "sh -c '/usr/local/bin/gettapeinfo.sh >> /etc/bacula/DEVICES/MSSLY8-0'" >> Spool Directory = /var/bacula/spool/MSSLY8-0 >> Maximum File Size = 10GB >> Maximum Network Buffer Size = 65536 >> Maximum Spool Size = 250G >> Maximum Job Spool Size = 50G >> } >> [snip] >> >> The /etc/bacula/DEVICES entries are there simply for readability and are >> symlinks to the WWIDs of the tapes: >> >> # ls -l /etc/bacula/DEVICES >> total 0 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Nov 18 14:45 MSSLY8-0 -> >> /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500110a001313fee-nst >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Nov 18 14:45 MSSLY8-1 -> >> /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500110a0013141aa-nst >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Nov 18 14:45 MSSLY8-2 -> >> /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500110a001314b4a-nst >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Nov 18 14:42 MSSLY8-3 -> >> /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500110a001314b12-nst >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Nov 18 14:50 MSSLY8-4 -> >> /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500110a0013144e2-nst >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Nov 18 15:00 MSSLY8-5 -> >> /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500110a0013132b6-nst >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Nov 18 15:04 MSSLY8-6 -> >> /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500110a00131426e-nst >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Oct 29 20:47 MSSLY8-changer -> >> /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-200900d0710200002 >> >> # ls -l /dev/tape/by-id/ >> total 0 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 23 19:15 scsi-200900d0710200002 -> ../../sg46 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 23 19:15 scsi-3500110a0013132b6-nst -> >> ../../nst9 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 23 19:14 scsi-3500110a001313fee-nst -> >> ../../nst4 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Dec 23 19:15 scsi-3500110a0013141aa-nst -> >> ../../nst11 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 23 19:14 scsi-3500110a00131426e-nst -> >> ../../nst6 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 23 19:14 scsi-3500110a0013144e2-nst -> >> ../../nst3 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Dec 23 19:15 scsi-3500110a001314b12-nst -> >> ../../nst10 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Dec 23 19:16 scsi-3500110a001314b4a-nst -> >> ../../nst13 >> >> Note that only the SG of trhe changer is listed above. That's where >> /usr/local/bin/gettapeinfo.sh comes in to find the sg of individual tape >> drives for reporting purposes: >> >> === >> #!/bin/bash >> export INDIRECT=`ls -l $1 | cut -f2 -d\>` >> export DEVICE=`ls -l $INDIRECT | cut -f2 -d\> | cut -f3 -d/` >> export GENERIC=`ls /sys/class/scsi_tape/$DEVICE/device | grep >> scsi_generic | cut -f2 -d:` >> >> echo $1 $INDIRECT $DEVICE $GENERIC >> >> tapeinfo -f /dev/$GENERIC >> smartctl -H -d scsi -l error /dev/$GENERIC >> === >> >> Ideally RHEL's udev rules would put the sg entry in /dev/tape/by-id and >> I wouldn't have to kludge the script... >> >> NOTE: Linux multipathing does NOT support generic or tape devices, so be >> careful what you disconnect in a fibre network! >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > without downtime or disruption > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
