Just spent the better part of 4-hours trying to patch my 6-RHEL 6 servers with issues caused by the latest kernel (we are required to patch to the latest, every month) and the latest lin_tape driver.
RHEL 6 KERNEL=2.6.32-696.el6.x86_64 - lin_tape 3.0.16 would not rpmbuild successfully. Fails with: *make: *** [bldtmp/lin_tape-2.6.32-696.el6.x86_64.ko] Error 2* *error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.PGuVC0 (%build)* *RPM build errors:* * Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.PGuVC0 (%build)* So, went out looking and found lin_tape 3.0.18. No mention of kernel compatibility updates (as previous levels have said) and the 2-changes in the readme didn't sound like anything I needed/wanted and was engineering-speak, anyway. While lin_tape 3.0.18 rpmbuild's clean/no errors it introduces a new problem/error. ANR1819E Permission denial to device /dev/IBMchanger6. After finding docs on the permissions error that said to chmod r+aw to the /dev entry (which got rid of the "permissions" problem - never had to do that before), still got all kinds of errors and TSM server "internal failures" and it telling me the library needed auditing, etc. So we have backed off both the kernel level and lin_tape driver level! Anyone else have these kinds of adventures with lin_tape? -- *Zoltan Forray* Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator Xymon Monitor Administrator VMware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services www.ucc.vcu.edu zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
