Linux supports scsi, ide and old floppy based tape devices. Hi all, netbackup is not able to detect tape drive, below is output of scan command. See the tape device file name examples in section 3. Media changer is not detected by the linux server centos7. Jan 10, 2016 h ow do i see attached scsi devices for my ibm server powered by red hat enterprise linux 5 or 6. The os does not see the new hardware at start up and any attempt to work with the drive always fails as the system is convinced that there is no devst0. For instructions about installing and configuring ibm tape device drivers, see the ibm tape device drivers installation and users guide. In this stepbystep, howto article, edward haletky, knowledge center contributor and virtualization expert, explains how to attach a local tape device to a vmware esx host. You can read more about tape drives naming convention used under linux. Dds5 scsi tape drive firmware update va1ba for linux ibm. Tape device on scsi adaptor not detected expertsexchange. Have installed an hp dat 24 internal tape drive in a dell poweredge 1400 sc with an adaptec 2940au adapter it is dedicated.
Please help me solve my proble with discovering scsi drivers. Other experts made similar suggestions ealier, im only trying to conclude here. One can use sysfs to list all scsi devices and hosts attached to the server powered by linux kernel 2. If you are a new customer, register now for access to product evaluations and purchasing capabilities. But while tring to add the drives in dp,when i am clicking drives in the selected client, it is showing only two drives. Linux scsi tape fix university of california, san diego. How to check if tape drives are detected in the system. Ultra scsi tapes and data cartridge drives for sale ebay. Configuring nas libraries and tape drives on linux and unix. Solved hp ultrium 448 external lto tape drive not detecting in. Posted by andre kuehnemund, last modified by andre kuehnemund on 29 june 2015 15. Sometimes, the serial number can appear blank if there is a tape loaded in the drive.
After attaching a scsi device it is not detected by the cards bios. I had set the multipathing for the tape drives in hp dp. Scsi tape drive commands hewlett packard enterprise. Backup exec for windows servers fails to detect the tape drive. Scsi tape drive doesnt work problems with aha 2940 uw. Reliability improvements scsi 1 autoloader 4 the changes detailed in this firmware difference list represent an estimated total 27597 dppm improvement in product quality for the dds4 drive. If, after performing these steps the tape drive still isnt recognized, then check the bios of the scsi. Fixed a rare problem seen in interchange testing where the drive did not correctly detect tracking issues during preplay so the required recalibration of the timing tracking system did not. A change has been made so the drive will now detect. It gives nothing when i try mt devst0 mt devnst0 cat etcproc scsi scsi no tape drive.
How to troubleshoot issues with a robotic library autoloader. Lto5 tape drives are not detected due to isci driver red. The problem is solaris os has not detected tape drives. Help w scsi tape drive i am having difficulties with a new tape drive.
If your company has an existing red hat account, your organization administrator can grant you access. But when we pull the tape drive info with the help of data protector command optomnilbindevbra dev could see. Resolved issue in which the tape drive could not be detected in a system configured with two u320 scsi hbas and a tape drive in obdr mode. The tape drives are connected from sun storage tek and when we list the tape drives with lsscsi g grep i tape could see all the tape drives connect with this particular server.
With linux if you enter cat proc scsi scsi it will report a tape makemodel if the drive is at least alive enough to respond to scsi inquiry. So the fix that worked for me was to write a little program that set the tape drive into variable block size mode. That is the problem, linux itself does not recognize the tape device. Applying a modular, layered approach to troubleshooting. Any number of tape drives up to the overall limit of 32 can be added after the st driver is loaded. The ease of configuring linux to support a tape drive depends on the linux distribution and version, the type of drive, the interface it uses, and whether the drive is present when linux is installed or is added later. If the scsi tape driver is not present, the drive is recognized but the tape support described in this page is not available. Seagate backup tape drive scsi to usb travan linux. Scsi tape drive not recognized data recovery general.
Admin istrators can perform the following troubleshooting procedures to determine why a tape drive is not being detected. Use the steps relevant for your system, it shouldnt be that difficult. You boot to it by pressing a key sequence at power on. A virtual machine can use the generic scsi driver to run any scsi device that is.
Three scsi devices on the server two drives connected to the onboard adaptec 7889 and the hp c57a on the 2940au. If it does not report a tape drive, and tape is attached, terminated, and powered on, then you either have a dead tape. Improved bot detection to prevent intermittent 0730 write protect check condition seen in evt tests on some drive tape combinations. The drive you want to be first drive will have no jumpers on the 4 pairs of id pins equals scsi id 0 and it will go in the connector next to the terminator, the drive you want to be next will have a jumper on only the first pair of pins usually marked id0 and that will equal scsi id 1. Next time you reboot the server, go into the scsi bios and verify that the scsi card actually sees the tape device. How to see fibre attached tape in red hat linux hello, i need help about red hat enterprise linux. Ordinarily, the system should boot normally, but the scsi tape drive may or may not be recognized, depending on the drive itself, your operating system, and other factors. External tape drive installation on red hat linux i have an external hp storageworks ultrium 448 tape drive that i want to install on proliant ml 370 g5 server running red hat linux. Mar 30, 2010 hi i have 2 old backup tape drives, a seagate drive and a travan drive, both of which have scsi connections and i have some old travan backup tapes. The contents of proc scsi scsi seem to indicate that linux at least partially agrees the tape drives are there. Each device has unique name just like hard disk drives. This has happened to two computers already, both are the same model and setup. When your drive is detected correctly, run the command.
For some nonwide 68pin devices the default value of a wide or lvd scsi. I need to attach an old scsi drive hp model st373454lw, 73 gb to an ubuntu 14. I have searched all of hp and the only document that shows the text string a scsi commandsa is the owners manual, however, the section in the ownera s manual that is titled a scsi commandsa has nothing to do with scsi commands, but with cleaning the tape drive. The os sees the scsi controller card but not the tape drive.
According to dmesg the hp drive and 2940au are seen and st0 has been detected. Find answers to my tape drive is not detected in linux procscsi scsi doest show the tape drive from the expert community at experts exchange. Preparing scsi tape and medium changer devices ibm. In order to use scsi tape drives, the basic scsi driver, a scsi adapter driver and the scsi tape driver must be either configured into the kernel or loaded as modules. The os does not see the new hardware at start up and any attempt to work with the drive always fails as the system is. This section describes special considerations for using linux with your particular tape drive. This could be potentially dangerous even if the tape library support multiple connections using tape drives via pci pass through with extra scsi controller. Install appropriate ibm tape device driver level atape, for example. This tutorial will show you how to make vmware autodetect a new virtual disk in a running linux vm without rebooting it. Consult your operating systems documentation for more information for example, under linux these are generally devsg0 through devsg15, under freebsd these are devpass0 through devpassx. Jan 09, 2012 same goes for booting off of my thumb drive into linux lucid puppy 5. Dds4 tape drive firmware update v912l for linux ibm system x. Another reason for the issue can be that the device is not working properly.
My tape drive is not detected in linux procscsiscsi. The hard drive in question is connected to onboard scsi, and is a seagate cheetah, im not quite sure what size. I am afraid my tape drive hp ultrium 448 external lto tape drive is not being detected in rhel 5. Unsupported hardware detected error for ssd hard drive. Dds 4mm dat ive not found any scsi programmers guides for these drives. Dds4 tape drive firmware update v912l for linux ibm. Internal dells may be lsi but they could have any number of adapter add on cards. Hp storageworks dat internal tape drive getting started. Choose download using git if your interested in fixing bugs, following. Not sure how this specific device works, but if this is an autoloaderjukebox, wouldnt the jukebox have a scsi address and the tape drive. While originally testing centos for deployment on this machine, id started off with centos 7, and noted that after the update to 7. Additionally, there were other tape drive issues corrrected with this release. The main goal is just to see it connected to the server we also have storage system connected to the same hba. Digital data storage dds, digital audio tape dat and digital linear tape dlt all are supported by linux and widely used in industry for backup purpose.
Adaptec aha2940 29xx ultra, aic7870 78xx, or 29320lpe ultra 320 february 11, 2018 december 11, 2019 steve when i first started playing with 68k macintosh systems around 19992000 a macintosh plus i connected an external scsi drive to my windows 98 system and was able to use an early version of basilisk ii with. If you use a modern, mainstream atapi or scsi drive with a recent linux distribution, installation will likely be straightforward. Stavir is a scsi tape virtualizing low level driver. If the name is not found in the list of physical names, the utility program will compare the. One can use sysfs to list all scsi devices and hosts attached to the server powered by linux. On linux host systems, you must have read and write permissions on a given. Adding a scsi tape drive using the cciss driver in sles.
If you use a modern, mainstream atapi or scsi drive with a recent linux. Corrected a bug that did not calculate tape position correctly with rsmk off. Look for words like scsi bios or the brand name of the scsi adapter or chip at boot. A large number of 035200 tape jam errors have been seen in drive return eeprom data. Secondly, double check cable and termination and verify that you do not have a scsi. Install the latest vendor driver for the tape drives, and also the latest driver for the loader. I have an old tape drive i would like to control via linux ubuntu 16. Unable to detect all the tape driveslto4 in linuxrhel5.
Consult your operating systems documentation for more information for example, under linux these. Therefore, you do not need to manually set the tape. Jun 03, 2009 linux and other unixish system use mt command to control magnetic tape drive operation. While the bridge recognizes the scsi drive just fine, it does not detect the host i. Linux tape backup with mt and tar command howto nixcraft. I am having an issue getting linux to detect a dell powervault 100t dds4 tape drive.
If one is, then you must unload the tape manually using the librarys front panel. But i cannot see new attached tape drives with cat proc scsi scsi. Is it just a case of using chmod on the device file. Integrating a tape drive into a linux system tandberg. This ova format must work both in virtual box and esx. All 8mm tape drives automatically switch to the density of the inserted tape providing the tape is written in a format supported by the drive. Now what i have done so far is to connect and install my scsi card but when i connected two different tape drives, the linux system is not able to detect the tape drive. Linux machine cant find its tape drive server fault. I would like however to allow other users use of the tape. Testing reported no filemark detected in early warning area, when the fm bit should have been set. The tape drive has a scsi interface and didnt come with any installation cd. If the scsi bus is reset while bacula has the tape drive open, it will most likely be fatal to your tape. Download the latest dds4 tape drive firmware update for linux.
To eliminate the possibility of a faulty drive removable media, attempt to connect another tape deviceremovable media to the scsi controller and verify if rsm and backup exec are able to detect. Apr 08, 2006 resolved issue in which the tape drive could not be detected in a system configured with two u320 scsi hbas and a tape drive in obdr mode. Installing and configuring ibm device drivers for ibm tape devices. Fibre channel protocol for linux and zvm on ibm system z, sg247266. Be very, very careful not to try to use your tape drive for two iscsi initiators simultaneously or concurrently. Adblock detected my website is made possible by continue reading tape drives naming convention under linux. Just bumping the thread and mentioning that upgrading the smart array firmware to 3. Mar 26, 2015 because i need use a scsi controller, not a sata controller. Hi experts, server is running with red hat enterprise linux server release 6. You need to use mt command while working with tape drive.
The drivecard is correctly recognized during the boot process. If not, ill need a spare drive on which to install windows while hopefully not. Dds5 scsi tape drive firmware update va1ba for linux ibm system x. After attaching a scsi device it is not detected by the. The default tape drive under linux is devst0 first scsi tape device name. Start by adding the scsi virtual disk in my case i am using vmware workstation and following this link to add the disk. If a tape drive is not detected on the bios level of a controller, the problem usuall y resides in the controller or the ta pe drive. In some cases these are provided by the operating systems, if this is not. If it does not report a tape drive, and tape is attached, terminated, and powered on, then you either have a dead tape, controller, cable, terminator, or improper cabling. Sep sesam displays automatically detected backup devices in gui. Anyway, the purpose of installing linux is to see how tape drive works with this os. External tape drive installation on red hat linux hewlett. Tape drive st and mt utilities red hat customer portal.
Like in hpun ioscan func tape we can see if tape are shown connected by fibre channel card in san. I am puzzled that hp does not make this documentation available on hp equipment. But i am able to see the tape drive and medium changer in device manager, please help to fix the issue. Vmware add scsi virtual disk on a running linux vm without. Scsi may be on a raid controller or a scsi controller that would allow you to do a low level format. This guide describes how to install and operate the following hp storageworks dat internal tape drive models.
Scsi tape drive scsi to usb adapter mac os catalina usb 3. But still my problem with tape drive is, i can see three tape drives detected in linux server. We have a tape library which is connected to a server by sas link. As siem korteweg said, the mtst package name means it contains a mt utility for linux st scsi tape driver. Hi, currently we have a backup server operating in centos 7 which i need to integrate with dell tl2000 tape library. Scsi disk not shown up during rhel7 os installation. Scsi tape drives software free download scsi tape drives. How to connect a scsi tape drive to server without scsi. Tape drives naming convention under linux nixcraft. Get the best deals on ultra scsi tapes and data cartridge drives when you shop the largest online selection. Hp ultrium 448 external lto tape drive not detecting in rhel5. For anyone that wants to know, at the linux host console, type. Program should work on any other ssp capable tape drives. Hi i have solaris version 10 installed on sunfire v240 server.
How do i configure linux to allow me to use the tape drive. The issue is reproduced even if an lto5 tape drive is replaced to another. Do not attach the drive to the same scsi bus as a your disk drive or to a raid controller. I have installed aha2940uw dual scsi adapter and external hp surestore dat 24 tape drive on my linux box running redhat 9. Details as to why this is the case can be found in the cciss. Install and configure an ibm tape device driver to use an ibm tape device. Hp dat tape drives are available with either scsi or usb interfaces, the scsi or usb interface controllers or host bus adapters inside the computer will also require their own drivers. Tape device on scsi adaptor not detected solutions.
A simple bash script to do nightly backups to tarballs to a seperate hard drive not to tape. The first thing to note is that by default, the cciss driver will not identify a scsi tape device when booting the linux kernel. Dds5 scsi tape drive firmware update va1ba for linux. The st driver is capable of recognizing 32 tape drives. The first argument, given following f, is the scsi generic device corresponding to your tape drive. You may also need to change this depending on what scsi id your existing scsi drive is using if you plan on also keeping that drive. Resolved an issue in which the scsi hard drive could not be detected. Upon connecting the tape library to the backup server through sas cable, the sas drive is detected but the medium changer is missing.
How do i list all sata hard disk names under debian or ubuntu linux. If the scsi tape driver is not present, the drive is recognized but the tape support described in this page is not. Download the latest scsi dds5 linux firmware update for system x. I have taken the drive to my office and have plugged into both an adaptec 2940uw ultrawide, singleended controller and it works perfectly not lvd of course, and just now into an adaptec. Scsi tape encryption manager manages encryption on lto 4 and lto 5 tape drives with hardwarebased encryption. In debian sarge is there not some command one can type to get the card to notice that it has the. Have you tried removing and readding the st scsi tape module. I have taken the drive to my office and have plugged into both an adaptec 2940uw ultrawide, singleended controller and it works perfectly not. I want to transfer the data from the dat type tapes to my vista home premium computer.