PE 2850 and SCSI external tape

[poweredgemark@gmail]

I think your solution would work with that card in theory assuming all the
connections match up. I believe you will need to change Channel B to SCSI
instead of RAID in the BIOS and connect it accordingly.

The best way to backup really depends on your backup requirements with
regards to retention, security, manageability. You can use tar to dump a
bunch of files to tape, yes. You will need the module for the SCSI
controller and st loaded. You can manage the tape with the mt command mt -f
/dev/st0 <command> typically.


On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:40 AM, Andrea Visinoni <a.visinoni at autron.it>wrote:

> Andrea Visinoni wrote:
> > hi there,
> > i've just bought an HP storageworks DAT72 external SCSI tape drive and i
> > wish to connect it to my DELL Poweredge 2850, i've 2 questions about
> that:
> >
> > 1) My server got a PERC 4e/DC for SCSI RAID disks (docs says that i
> > cannot connect here my tape), and an onboard LSI controller not used.
> > Can i connect my tape to one of the internal SCSI connector on the
> > backplane riser?
> > Can something like this product allow me to do the trick?
> > http://store.thescsistore.com/scsiulinhdb61.html
> > My dell consulent said me i have to get ANOTHER controller just for the
> > tape, i don't want to pay hundred dollars for a 90 dollars refurbished
> > tape drive.
> >
> > 2) I got debian stable on this server, which is the best straightforward
> > way to backup a bunch of directories? tar? or there is a best tool for
> > this job?
> > Do i only need "st" module in the kernel?
> >
> > Best regards
> > Andrea
>
> Help please!
>
> Andrea
>
> _______________________________________________
> Linux-PowerEdge mailing list
> Linux-PowerEdge at dell.com
> http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
> Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/attachments/20090416/ef68dce6/attachment.htm