LTO tape and StorageWorks PowerVault auto-changers

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On 04/02/2021 12:19, Casey Scott wrote:
> Amanda may be worth a look. It should support jukeboxes, though my "library" is virtual (file based) tapes but I also use it with LTOs with a non-changing LTO tape drive.

Thanks for the pointer. Unfortunately this question got duplicated on 
the list, and this is the rogue thread. Several people have pointed out 
Amanda elsewhere, so I'll take a look at it. Amanda appearently uses 
autochangers via the Linux mtx utility, which is available as a port. It 
seems like another Linux "we can do it better" of the old chio utility, 
which has been in base for a VERY long time. I'm going through the 
driver it uses (ch), which hasn't been updated since 1998 but does seem 
to work, at least to an extent, with several current jukeboxes. 
Unfortunately I can't get away with buying a sample of every one on the 
market.

As well as looking to refresh the documentation, I may be refreshing the 
driver the way things are going!

PLEASE REPLY TO THE OTHER THREAD AS I WON'T BE FOLLOWING THIS ROGUE ONE.

Regards, Frank.