From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Feb 6 14:12:31 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 E54ED52AAE1 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2021 14:12:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-doc@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 4DXvPW21Fcz4fXQ for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2021 14:12:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-doc@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 116ECPMC048257 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2021 14:12:29 GMT (envelope-from freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk) Subject: Re: LTO tape and StorageWorks PowerVault auto-changers To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1465208268.50.1612440848455.JavaMail.zimbra@scottmail.org> <801363304.59.1612441177249.JavaMail.zimbra@scottmail.org> From: freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk Message-ID: <80600593-3d22-9ffe-a8ca-b935f9f7bc98@fjl.co.uk> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 14:13:20 +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: <801363304.59.1612441177249.JavaMail.zimbra@scottmail.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-GB X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DXvPW21Fcz4fXQ X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk designates 84.45.41.196 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.40 / 15.00]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:84.45.41.196]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; 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]; FROM_NO_DN(0.00)[]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; 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-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: Sat, 06 Feb 2021 14:12:32 -0000 On 04/02/2021 12:19, Casey Scott wrote: > 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-changing LTO tape drive. Thanks for the pointer. Unfortunately this question got duplicated on the list, and this is the rogue thread. Several people have pointed out Amanda elsewhere, so I'll take a look at it. Amanda appearently uses autochangers via the Linux mtx utility, which is available as a port. It seems like another Linux "we can do it better" of the old chio utility, which has been in base for a VERY long time. I'm going through the driver it uses (ch), which hasn't been updated since 1998 but does seem to work, at least to an extent, with several current jukeboxes. Unfortunately I can't get away with buying a sample of every one on the market. As well as looking to refresh the documentation, I may be refreshing the driver the way things are going! PLEASE REPLY TO THE OTHER THREAD AS I WON'T BE FOLLOWING THIS ROGUE ONE. Regards, Frank.