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Date:      Thu, 4 Feb 2021 10:26:09 +0000
From:      Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: LTO tape and StorageWorks PowerVault auto-changers
Message-ID:  <25700700-e8cf-4011-3a32-1678f79b973d@fjl.co.uk>
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On 03/02/2021 21:47, Frank Leonhardt wrote:
> Before I re-invent something that exists but I simply don't know about 
> it, is anyone else using LTO tape on FreeBSD, especially with HP 
> StorageWorks or Dell PowerVault juke boxes?

I asked the same on FreeBSD Forums, and a kind person called "Jose" 
pointed this out:

"It looks like the way to manage medium changers in Freebsd is 
thechio(1) 
<https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=chio&sektion=1&manpath=freebsd-release-ports>command. 
I also know that there's at least one person that successfully uses 
Bacula with a medium changer in Freebsd

Adding a tape library to Bacula – Dan Langille's Other Diary" 
<https://dan.langille.org/2013/11/26/adding-a-tape-library-to-bacula/>;

chio is the think I was looking for, but it's not mentioned in the 
documentation and you can't find it unless you know what you're looking 
for - it's not even in the "See Also" section for mt.

I'm now pushing on with some new documentation for the modern world of 
tapes.




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