Linux SCSI Tricks for Tape drive

tested on Dell TL-2000



[root@tbmh2ubackup01 bacula]# lsscsi
[6:0:0:0]    tape    IBM      ULT3580-HH4      BBNF  /dev/st2
[7:0:0:0]    tape    IBM      ULT3580-HH4      BBNF  /dev/st3
[8:0:0:0]    tape    IBM      ULT3580-HH4      BBNF  /dev/st1
[9:0:0:0]    tape    IBM      ULT3580-HH4      BBNF  /dev/st0




lsscsi command if not then run


[root@um1ubackup bacula]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: 3573-TL Rev: 9.50
Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi6 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: ULT3580-HH4 Rev: A233
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi5 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: 3573-TL Rev: 9.50
Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi7 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: ULT3580-HH4 Rev: A233
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03