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Date:      Thu, 4 Feb 2021 04:19:37 -0800 (PST)
From:      Casey Scott <casey@scottmail.org>
To:        Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: LTO tape and StorageWorks PowerVault auto-changers
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Amanda may be worth a look. It should support jukeboxes, though my "library=
" is virtual (file based) tapes but I also use it with LTOs with a non-chan=
ging LTO tape drive.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Leonhardt" <frank2@fjl.co.uk>
To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2021 2:26:09 AM
Subject: Re: LTO tape and StorageWorks PowerVault auto-changers

On 03/02/2021 21:47, Frank Leonhardt wrote:
> Before I re-invent something that exists but I simply don't know about=20
> it, is anyone else using LTO tape on FreeBSD, especially with HP=20
> StorageWorks or Dell PowerVault juke boxes?

I asked the same on FreeBSD Forums, and a kind person called "Jose"=20
pointed this out:

"It looks like the way to manage medium changers in Freebsd is=20
thechio(1)=20
<https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dchio&sektion=3D1&manpath=3Dfre=
ebsd-release-ports>command.=20
I also know that there's at least one person that successfully uses=20
Bacula with a medium changer in Freebsd

Adding a tape library to Bacula =E2=80=93 Dan Langille's Other Diary"=20
<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=20
documentation and you can't find it unless you know what you're looking=20
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=20
tapes.



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