Just a simple question: How do I configure a tape drive target? Currently, the way I do it is like this: tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new --tid 1 --lun 1 -b /root/tapes/notape --device-type tape tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 1 --params vendor_id=HP,product_id="LTO3 ULTRIUM",product_rev=0001,scsi_sn=012345678,scsi_id="HP LTO3 ULTRIUM",removable=1 I have to use a dummy tape (a tgtimg tape image with size 0) as I need a backingstore (I get an error otherwise), called in my case notape. Obviously, the mt command output shows that there is a tape in the drive: [root at orange ~]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN Having ejected this dummy tape obviously gives the thing I want, an empty tape drive: [root at orange ~]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0. Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (50000): DR_OPEN IM_REP_EN So, is there a way to define an empty tape drive without using a dummy tape? Thanks, Albert -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stgt" in the body of a message to majordomo at vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html |