Dell TL4000 tape library: running btape and configuring Bacula’s mtx-changer

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In this post, I am using FreeBSD 10.2 and Bacula 7.4.0. I am now the proud second-hand owner of a Dell TL4000. The first thing I did was add an air filter. Why? Because I can. I got one made, with custom dimensions, by DEMCiflex. You can see that filter here in this photo. My next task is configuring the tape library to work with Bacula. The first part of that is mtx-changer […]

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tape01

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This post has been superseded by a newer post. The new SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 SAS cables have arrived and have been connected to the LSI 9200-8E SAS card and to the Dell TL4000 tape library. The updated the dmesg output etc and appear on this page, for future reference. The significant portion is: I will have to investigate those no free space available messages later, but given all the devices are present, I

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This post is deprecated by this one. I have a new SAS card for the tape server. This time, we are using an LSI 9200-8E SAS card. I’ve updated the dmesg output etc and put on this page, for future reference. The significant portion is: World, please meet tape01, the newest addition to my home lab, and reincarnated from an old server. The tape library itself is not connected because the cables For

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Uncorrectable parity/CRC error

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These just turned up: Jan 9 14:31:13 slocum kernel: (ada6:ahcich6:0:0:0): READ_FPDMA_QUEUED. ACB: 60 28 48 5d 1d 40 e1 00 00 00 00 00 Jan 9 14:31:13 slocum kernel: (ada6:ahcich6:0:0:0): CAM status: Uncorrectable parity/CRC error Jan 9 14:31:13 slocum kernel: (ada6:ahcich6:0:0:0): Retrying command Jan 9 14:31:13 slocum kernel: (ada6:ahcich6:0:0:0): READ_FPDMA_QUEUED. ACB: 60 08 68 d0 57 40 0f 00 00 00 00 00 Jan 9 14:31:13 slocum kernel: (ada6:ahcich6:0:0:0): CAM status: Uncorrectable parity/CRC

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Bacula btape test of Dell TL4000 LTO-4 tape drives

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I hooked up the Dell TL4000 tape library tonight. I have bacula-sd.conf configured, but I do not have the autochanger configured or tested. I just wanted to run a btape test. A btape test is an essential part of setting up your tape drive with Bacula as it is the initial testing of tape drive compatibility I will do the other tape drive another day.

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This post is deprecated by this one. After a failed first attempt to get the SAS card working with a tape library, John Baldwin suggested I try mfip (there is no man page for it), but I discovered it was a kernel module. I issued the kdload mfip command, checked /var/log/messages, and found the tape library and drives had been added: Jan 1 00:30:42 tape01 kernel: mfip0: on mfi0 Jan 1 00:30:42 tape01

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mfituil exploration

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When I couldn’t see any tape library associated with my SAS card, I decided to play with mifutil in case that provides any useful information. # mfiutil -u 0 show adapter mfi0 Adapter: Product Name: PERC 6/E Adapter Serial Number: 1122334455667788 Firmware: 6.2.0-0013 RAID Levels: JBOD, RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6, RAID10, RAID50 Battery Backup: not present NVRAM: 32K Onboard Memory: 256M Minimum Stripe: 8K Maximum Stripe: 1M # mfiutil -u 0 show firmware

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Oh! There’s my missing tape drive!

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Yesterday and today, none of my Bacula copy-to-tape jobs completed because my tape drive was missing. Today, I reseated all the cables, and power cycled the tape library. In my ssh session, I did this: $ sudo camcontrol devlist <ATA TOSHIBA DT01ACA3 ABB0> at scbus0 target 2 lun 0 (da0,pass0) <ATA TOSHIBA DT01ACA3 ABB0> at scbus0 target 10 lun 0 (da1,pass1) <ATA TOSHIBA DT01ACA3 ABB0> at scbus0 target 11 lun 0 (da2,pass2) <ATA

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tape01 – old server; new purpose

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This is tape01, the server to which the DELL TL4000 will be attached. At one time, it was my gateway/firewall/router. Of interest is the SAS card. You can see photos here. $ grep mfi /var/log/messages Dec 30 14:48:02 tape01 kernel: mfi0: <Dell PERC 6> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xfbec0000-0xfbefffff,0xfbe80000-0xfbebffff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci3 Dec 30 14:48:02 tape01 kernel: mfi0: Using MSI Dec 30 14:48:02 tape01 kernel: mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver

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