On Thu, 2019-02-07 at 10:56 +0100, Helmut Drodofsky wrote:
Hello,
mtx and therefor amanda use generic device /dev/sg<x> for tape changer.
These devices change on reboot.
How to make them persistent?
/dev/sch0 and /dev/sch1 seem to be persistent.
/dev/tape/by-id/ shows links from WWID to generic device
An UDEV rule could help? I have not found any example.
I had a similar issue when I moved to Mint 18 with the tape device. This works with kernel 4.10 and later. Copy /lib/udev/rules.d/60- persistent-storage-tape.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d and make a change as shown:
diff -n /lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage-tape.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage-tape.rules d9 1 a9 2 SYMLINK+="changer" # SYMLINK+="tape/by-id/scsi-$env{ID_SERIAL}"
This created /dev/changer as a link to the /dev/sg<x> device that will be consistent every time the system is booted.