Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 16:42:14 +0100 From: Ekkehard Gehm <freebsd@sudoers.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LTO tape and StorageWorks PowerVault auto-changers Message-ID: <948244bd-b722-49ad-52e7-983f91ee5408@sudoers.net> In-Reply-To: <c506c3e0-b317-81a5-d07f-2213b2f89a83@fjl.co.uk> References: <c506c3e0-b317-81a5-d07f-2213b2f89a83@fjl.co.uk>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --G5qS1GwLtQCLfeUCt8FrDYnWqLNoacSWS Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="RuwK30gw24TelktUtTOpIth64vDV8VUNd"; protected-headers="v1" From: Ekkehard Gehm <freebsd@sudoers.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <948244bd-b722-49ad-52e7-983f91ee5408@sudoers.net> Subject: Re: LTO tape and StorageWorks PowerVault auto-changers References: <c506c3e0-b317-81a5-d07f-2213b2f89a83@fjl.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <c506c3e0-b317-81a5-d07f-2213b2f89a83@fjl.co.uk> --RuwK30gw24TelktUtTOpIth64vDV8VUNd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: de-DE Hey Frank, Am 03.02.2021 um 22:47 schrieb Frank Leonhardt: > Before I re-invent something that exists but I simply don't know about > it, is anyone else using LTO tape on FreeBSD, especially with HP > StorageWorks or Dell PowerVault juke boxes? > > > With a single drive you can get away with mt and tar/dump as you > prefer. It's also easy enough to dump a ZFS dataset to a tape device - > although not documented (that's one of my first jobs). But when it > comes to jukeboxes there's nothing I'm aware of - you can't even get > at the tape label - either via the RMI or cam. Unless you know differen= t? > > > I haven't even been able to find programming documentation from HP or > Dell, but some must exist as commercial backup products can do this on > Windoze. > > > Is there some huge cache of documentation I'm missing (pointer > please!), or is anyone else working on this and able to join forces? > > > BTW, I am aware of LTFS but it's not really useful in the BSD world, > where archiving databases and datasets is more likely to be of interest= =2E > > > Thanks, Frank. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I used to play around with some Sony Changers.... But I used Amanda as this is my backup soluion... Ekki --RuwK30gw24TelktUtTOpIth64vDV8VUNd-- --G5qS1GwLtQCLfeUCt8FrDYnWqLNoacSWS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="OpenPGP_signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="OpenPGP_signature" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- wmMEABEIACMWIQSyS/1dgH7dA1TlJQLcAzNBjqfO5gUCYBwV1wUDAAAAAAAKCRDcAzNBjqfO5gjo AJ4vKTXYCZSE8I/8GcR3vUGVlN62KgCgoYCAQqGZM75eyEzdZjJgLbbKJow= =Ruty -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --G5qS1GwLtQCLfeUCt8FrDYnWqLNoacSWS--
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