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Quantum VS160 Tape Drive configuration file

briauc
From West Sussex
Who joined Oct. 13, 2005, 3:18 a.m.
Wrote the following at Oct. 14, 2005, 1:29 a.m...
I have a Quantum VS160 tape drive which operates but only very slowly. I believe this is because the /var/sysgen/master.d/scsi file is not configured for this drive type.
I am operating this as an external drive on an Origin 200 + Irix 6.5.20
Does anyone have configuration file details that will enable support of this drive type and what else, if anything, is needed to get this working at it's optimum speed
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videobrat
From Hollywood, CA
Who joined March 28, 2004, 12:04 p.m.
Wrote the following at Nov. 9, 2005, 5:09 p.m...
Not VS160, but here's a couple of others:

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/* DEC THZxx SuperDLT1 drive */
{ DECDLT, TPDLT, 7, 9, "QUANTUM", "SDLT220", 0, 0,
{0}, MTCAN_BSF | MTCAN_BSR | MTCAN_APPEND | MTCAN_SPEOD |
MTCAN_CHKRDY | MTCAN_VAR | MTCAN_SETSZ | MTCAN_SILI | MTCAN_SEEK|
MTCAN_SYNC | MTCAN_CHTYPEANY | MTCAN_COMPRESS | MTCAN_SETDEN,
20, 8*60, 20*60, 5*60, 3*3600, 4096, 64*1024,
tpsc_default_dens_count, tpsc_default_hwg_dens_names,
tpsc_default_alias_dens_names,
{0}, 0, 0, 0,
0, (u_char *)0 },

/* DEC THZxx SuperDLT1 drive */
{ DECDLT, TPDLT, 7, 7, "QUANTUM", "SDLT320", 0, 0,
{0}, MTCAN_BSF | MTCAN_BSR | MTCAN_APPEND | MTCAN_SPEOD |
MTCAN_CHKRDY | MTCAN_VAR | MTCAN_SETSZ | MTCAN_SILI | MTCAN_SEEK|
MTCAN_SYNC | MTCAN_CHTYPEANY | MTCAN_COMPRESS | MTCAN_SETDEN,
20, 8*60, 20*60, 5*60, 3*3600, 4096, 64*1024,
tpsc_default_dens_count, tpsc_default_hwg_dens_names,
tpsc_default_alias_dens_names,
{0}, 0, 0, 0,
0, (u_char *)0 },

/* Quantum SDLT600 drive */
{ DECDLT, TPDLT, 0, 7, "", "SDLT600", 0, 0,
{0, 0, 0, 0 },
MTCAN_BSF|MTCAN_BSR|MTCAN_APPEND|MTCAN_SPEOD |
MTCAN_CHKRDY|MTCAN_VAR| MTCAN_SETSZ|MTCAN_SILI|MTCAN_SEEK|
MTCAN_SYNC|MTCAN_CHTYPEANY | MTCAN_COMPRESS | MTCAN_SETDEN,
20, 8*60, 20*60, 5*60, 3*3600, 16384, 64*1024,
tpsc_default_dens_count, tpsc_default_hwg_dens_names, tpsc_default_alias_dens_names,
{0}, 0, 0, 0,
0, (u_char *)0 },

/* SONY GY-8240 DTF2 drive */
{ SONYGY, TPGY2120, 4, 7, "SONY", "GY-8240", 0, 0, {0, 0, 0, 0},
MTCAN_BSF | MTCAN_BSR | MTCANT_RET | MTCAN_CHKRDY | MTCAN_PREV |
MTCAN_SEEK | MTCAN_APPEND | MTCAN_SILI | MTCAN_VAR | MTCAN_SETSZ |
MTCAN_CHTYPEANY | MTCAN_COMPRESS,
20, 100*60, 10*60, 9*60, 9*60, 16384, 256*1024,
tpsc_default_dens_count, tpsc_default_hwg_dens_names, tpsc_default_alias_dens_names,
{0}, 0, 0, 0,
0, (u_char *)0 },

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LoWeN
From Belgium
Who joined Aug. 28, 2003, 11:45 a.m.
Wrote the following at Nov. 9, 2005, 11:03 p.m...
Hello,

Any tape drive past the DLT iV is requiring to use a "tape daemon"
requiring a license depending on the tapedrive used... to use at full speed.

on ps -ef you have line like :
/usr/etc/ts/tslto SEAGATE ULTRIUM06242-XXX /hw/tape/tps6d1reqt
for a seagate LTO1 drive for example.
Started by /etc/init.d/ts

It is provided by a cd called APD (here APD 2.7 for 6.5.24)
The commercial name is personality daemon.

@+

LoWeN
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