Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 04:14:08 -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 Message-ID: <1465208268.50.1612440848455.JavaMail.zimbra@scottmail.org> In-Reply-To: <25700700-e8cf-4011-3a32-1678f79b973d@fjl.co.uk> References: <mailman.98.1612440001.70725.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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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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