Questions tagged [autoloader]
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Reconnecting SAS equipment
I need to reconfigure the cabling between some LTO tape drives and a server. Are they plug and play or do I need to do any configuration?
From what I've read so far, it seems that recycling the power ...
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bareos Using both tape drives (not multiplexing)
I'm using a Neoseries T24 (Flexstor II) autoloader with two drives. I have tapes (11 of them) in a pool labeled 'Full'.
When I run two jobs, both for the 'Full' pool, they will wait in sequence so ...
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Bareos Autochanger not pulling tape
I've taken over a configuration of Bareos on Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie). Its a fresh install, using both file and Autochanger storage.
Everything looks correct and bconsole will talk with the ...
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HP 1/8 G2 LTO-6 Autoloader upgrade to LTO7
We are looking at getting an HP 1/8 G2 LTO-7 Autoloader. We already have the LTO-6 version, which would become redundant with the introduction of the new one, so rather than waste it, is it possible ...
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Physical storage devices, such as tape and changer devices, not visible when booting Debian 8 Jessie, with hpsa driver.
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Not detecting all physical devices behind Smart Array controller after upgrading to Debian 8 Jessie
HP P212 Smart Array Controller and HP 1/8 G2 LTO-5 3000 SAS Autoloader
Debian 7 Whezzy ...
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HP P212 RAID + Tape Library = Kernel Panic
I have a HP DL320e g8 v2 server running CentOS 7.1 (kernel 3.10.0-229.4.2.el7.x86_64). The onboard B120i SmartArray was disabled, and a PCI-Express P212 SAS HBA was installed with two identical 3TB ...
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Dell 2970 - HP 1/8 G2 autoloader keeps falling off LSI 2032 SCSI chain
I've a somewhat irritating problem with a Dell 2970 that has a HP 1/8 G2 autoloader (the Ultrium LTO 2 model) attached to the Dell/LSI 2032 non-RAID SCSI card.
In essence, sometimes the autoloader/...
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RHEL5 do not see sas tape library
We have a tape library which is connected to a server by SAS link. Server is running OS Linux. OS doesn't see the tape library in /proc/scsi/scsi . We tried to rescan scsi bus(*1), but it didn't help.
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Can't find .so in the same directory as the executable?
I have an executable which needs to link with libtest.so dynamically,so I put them in the same directory,then :
cd path_to_dir
./binary
But got this:
error while loading shared libraries: libtest....
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HP Autoloader mount, ESXi 4.1 through SAS - will it work?
I need to figure out if I can get this to work.
I have a HP P2000 Storage system, connected to 2 x HP DL360 G7 through SAS.
Then I got an HP Autoloader with connected through SAS too.
Will I, in ...
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Why are extended warranties for tape auto loaders so high (nearly 50% the cost of the drive)?
I have quotes for an autoloader + extended warranty and I am baffled by the high cost of the warranty uplift.
HP LTO-2 Bundle $3000, 3yr extended service agreement $1280
Quantum LTO-3 $2912, 3yr ...
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Encrypt backups with GPG to multiple tapes
Currently, I use tar to write my backups (ntbackup files) to a tape drive fed by an autoloader.
Ex:
tar -F /root/advancetape -cvf /dev/st0 *.bkf
(/root/advancetape just has the logic to advance to ...
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BackupExec failing after 3-5 Minutes with error code E00084F4
Environment
Server: HP ProLiant DL320s G1 (System ROM: W04)
O/S: Windows 2003 R2 x64 SP2
Autoloader: HP 1x8 G2 AUTOLDR (Firmware: 2.50 / 2.00n)
Drive: Ultrium 3-SCSI (Firmware: D22W)
SCSI HBA: HP ...
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Linux machine can't find its tape drive
I have an older HP NetServer LPr with what is apparently a Symbios SCSI card connecting to a Quantum SuperLoader 3 that is DLT based. From time to time, we seem to lose the connection to the ...
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