Topic: scsi adapter & tape drive install

[markf]

I'm trying to install a 29160N scsi adapter and an sdt11000 tape drive on an existing 6.01 server but without much luck.  The gear is physically installed and recognised at startup but I'm at a loss as to where to go from there.  I've seen the "How to add a scsi tape drive and controller after install" but references to lines in modules.conf don't seem to translate to 6.01.  Can anyone point me to another reference, please?

[ldkeen]

In order for the tape drive to work you need to load the driver. Do an "lsmod |grep aic" and check to make sure the driver is loaded (the module is called aic7xxx) If it's not loaded then you need to load it by doing "modprobe aic7xxx" Check the output of dmesg after this and you should see some info about the tape drive. If all this goes OK then you can initiate an immediate backup by doing "/sbin/e-smith/do_backup" After completing these initial stages you will need to go into the backup/restore panel in the server manager and schedule automatic backups. Finally the tricky part is making the module load automatically in case the server needs a reboot. I've never been able to work this part out so I just put the following line "modprobe aic7xxx" in /etc/rc.d/rc.local It's not the recommended method and in fact I'll probably be shot down for suggesting it, but it works.

[Boris]

so I just put the following line "modprobe aic7xxx" in /etc/rc.d/rc.local It's not the recommended method

better use /etc/modules.conf file for it.
create custom template /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/modules.conf/11ScsiHostAdapter with one line in it:
alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx

expand template for file /etc/modules.conf and your driver will load automaticaly every boot.

[markf]

Thanks folks!

[slicknic]

I went through similar problems setting up my DDS3 drive as well. Is there a way of continuing a backup onto a second tape if you fill the first one?

[Boris]

>>Is there a way of continuing a backup onto a second tape if you fill the first one?

By using one of the more sophisticated programs. Like Tapeware

[dhardy]

Hi guys,

I've got a Dell Poweredge 2450 with Raid5 (bargain off eBay) running SME6.01 with Damian Curtain's clamav and Knuddi's spam assassin contribs.

I have been trying to get my VS80 tape drive working with a Tekram scsi card and Tapeware 7.05c. Tapeware is set to autorun on boot using the contrib mentioned in this thread http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=24398.0

The scsi card uses sym53c8xx_2.o which I can load manually, restart the tapeware service and it all works.

I have created the custom template fragment and expanded it. But after a reboot the module isn't loaded.

The server is using aacraid.o for the onboard raid, and this is in the modules.conf file as "alias scsi_hostadapter aacraid". The entry for "alias scsi_hostadapter sym53c8xx_2" was appearing higher up the file.

Thinking I was smart I went back to the template fragment and changed the entry to "alias scsi_hostadapter1 sym53c8xx_2" but this hasn't worked.

I am reluctant to do much more fiddling as I think I could really muck things up if I somehow prevent the aacraid.o module getting loaded.

Is the 'scsi_hostadapter' string anything more than a label? should 'scsi_hostadapter1' work?

Any suggestions of what else to try will be gratefully received!

Thanks,

David.