I'm not sure if this will help, I have two tape libraries on my machine and they both show up as /dev/sg/c0xxxx. But I'm using the Netbackup SG driver... Without it my server only saw the tape drives and not the changer.
Device Name : "/dev/sg/c0t5l0" Passthru Name: "/dev/sg/c0t5l0" Volume Header: "" Port: -1; Bus: -1; Target: -1; LUN: -1 Inquiry : "OVERLANDNEO Series 0513" Vendor ID : "OVERLAND" Product ID : "NEO Series " Product Rev: "0513" Serial Number: "1R54600058" WWN : "" WWN Id Type : 0 Device Identifier: "OVERLANDNEO Series 1R54600058" Device Type : SDT_CHANGER NetBackup Robot Type: 8 Removable : Yes Device Supports: SCSI-2 Number of Drives : 2 Number of Slots : 29 Number of Media Access Ports: 1 Drive 1 Serial Number : "xxxxxxxxxxx" Drive 2 Serial Number : "xxxxxxxxxxx" Flags : 0x0 Reason: 0x0 thanks, liam On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Udo Grabowski (IMK) <udo.grabow...@kit.edu> wrote: > On 08/10/2014 01:42, Kurt Richman wrote: > >> I have a Dell PowerVault TL2000 tape library which I'd like to connect >> directly to our OpenIndiana server. The drives on the TL2000 are connected >> via SAS and show show up under /dev/rmt/, but I'm not sure how to add the >> Tape changer. >> >> # mt -f /dev/rmt/0 status >> IBM ULT3580-HH4 tape drive: >> sense key(0x0)= No Additional Sense residual= 0 retries= 0 >> file no= 0 block no= 0 >> >> # mt -f /dev/rmt/0 config >> "IBM ULT3580-HH4", "IBM ULT3580-HH4 ", "CFGIBMULT3580HH4"; >> CFGIBMULT3580HH4 = 2,0x3B,0,0x1018619,4,0x44, >> 0x44,0x46,0x46,3,60,1920,780,19980,1020,1020,19200; >> >> Do I need to modify /kernel/drv/sgen.conf and add a changer? I tried to >> use add_drv as the sgen.conf file suggests, but sgen was already in use >> (even though everything is commented out in the sgen.conf file). >> >> # add_drv -i "'IBM ULT3580-HH4' 'IBM ULT3580-HH4 ' >> 'CFGIBMULT3580HH4'" sgen >> ("sgen") already in use as a driver or alias. >> >> Is there something I'm missing? Thank you for your help, >> >> > Have a look at the mtx tape changer package, you can install > it from /dev. 'man st' for details of the > devices. You may want to activate the hotplug service. > Don't forget to 'touch /reconfigure' before reboot to > wipe out accidential misconfiguration. > > > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss