From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Feb 4 10:25:11 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2C9153F280 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 10:25:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank2@fjl.co.uk) Received: from bs1.fjl.org.uk (bs1.fjl.org.uk [84.45.41.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DWZS7195Wz3QTg for ; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 10:25:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank2@fjl.co.uk) Received: from [192.168.1.181] (host86-167-39-8.range86-167.btcentralplus.com [86.167.39.8]) (authenticated bits=0) by bs1.fjl.org.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id 114AP9gj080657 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 10:25:09 GMT (envelope-from frank2@fjl.co.uk) Subject: Re: LTO tape and StorageWorks PowerVault auto-changers To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Frank Leonhardt Message-ID: <25700700-e8cf-4011-3a32-1678f79b973d@fjl.co.uk> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 10:26:09 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DWZS7195Wz3QTg X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of frank2@fjl.co.uk designates 84.45.41.196 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=frank2@fjl.co.uk X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.40 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:84.45.41.196:c]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[fjl.co.uk]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[84.45.41.196:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:25577, ipnet:84.45.0.0/17, country:GB]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[86.167.39.8:received] X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:50:45 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.34 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:25:12 -0000 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) 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" 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.