[OpenIndiana-discuss] Process to install tape changer?

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

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.