[CentOS] Multiple LUN support

Fri Jan 7 13:11:34 UTC 2011
Gene Brandt <brandtg at bellsouth.net>

I and a colleague  tried for years to get one of these to work
automatically and never got it working. Years earlier I had a Quantum
Loader that never skipped a beat. We wound up using the web interface.
Best of luck with your project.
 
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On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 02:51 -0800, John Doe wrote:

> From: Abilio Carvalho <abilio.carvalho at bbp.ch>
> 
> > I have Centos 5.2 and am trying to set up my first tape loader, a 
> > Quantum  SuperLoader 3. My "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" outputs the following:
> > Attached  devices:
> > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> >    Vendor: transtec  Model: PV610F16R1C      Rev: 373I
> >    Type:    Direct-Access                     ANSI SCSI revision: 05
> > Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun:  00
> >    Vendor: HP       Model: Ultrium 3-SCSI   Rev:  D22D
> >    Type:   Sequential-Access                 ANSI SCSI revision: 03
> > Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 05  Lun: 00
> >    Vendor: HP       Model: Ultrium 4-SCSI    Rev: B54Z
> >    Type:   Sequential-Access                 ANSI SCSI revision: 05
> > It is my  understanding that there should be TWO devices for the loader, 
> > one for the  tape drive and one for itself. From reading around, it seems 
> > that it's  lacking Multiple LUM support. My question is, are more recent 
> > versions of  CentOS enabling that by default? Either compiling kernel 
> > modules or doing a  full upgrade of the system are "big" jobs in my case, 
> > but I'd prefer the  upgrade if 5.5 works out of the box. Or do I really 
> > need to recompile  kernel, enable max_lums in modprobe.conf, etc?
> 
> Hum... Last time I used an autoloader, around 1999, it was working out of the 
> box...
> I see 3 devices: the loader, and 2 drives...
> Do you mean there is really only 1 drive?
> 
> JD
> 
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