Thank you for the speedy reply, Frank! So I'm doing the right thing by specifying the drive as /dev/nst0 and the autochanger as /dev/sg4 in the configs then.
John J. Felczak Build & Integration Manager Siderean Software, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Frank Sweetser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:53 PM To: John Felczak Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] When to use /dev/nst0 versus /dev/st0? On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 03:27:26PM -0700, John Felczak wrote: > Quick very general question: How does one determine when it's appropriate > to refer to one's tape drive in the config files as /dev/nst0 or /dev/st0? http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION000371300000000000000 The manual reccomends that when declaring a tape device, you use the non-rewinding device, which is normally nst0. > Drive is a VXA-2 in a VXA PacketLoader 1x10 1U autochanger, and > Exabyte's diags identify the autochanger as /dev/sg4 and the drive as > /dev/sg3, but read on the list earlier that tape drives should be > addressed as streaming tape devices rather than SCSI generic devices. The sg* devices refer to all SCSI devices, including the tape devices. The difference is exactly what interface is exposed. The nst* devices present a tape drive interface, while the sg* devices are used for sending other SCSI commands, such as tape library change commands or vendor specific diagnostics. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
