problems with tape drive

[David Tonhofer]

Dana Holland wrote:
>
>
> This is what's showing in /proc/scsi/scsi - the device with Id: 06 
> used to say Seagate DAT-72, so I've obviously changed something in my 
> attempts to fix this.
>
>

You mean to say that there is no entry?

Try scanning the SCSI bus with this little script (just run it as 
scan_scsi_bush.sh)



#!/bin/bash
# Skript to rescan SCSI bus, using the
# scsi add-single-device mechanism
# (w) 98/03/19 Kurt Garloff <kurt at garloff.de> (c) GNU GPL

# Return hosts. /proc/scsi/HOSTADAPTER/? must exist
findhosts ()
{
  hosts=
  for name in /proc/scsi/*/?; do
    name=${name#/proc/scsi/}
    if test ! $name = scsi
      then hosts="$hosts ${name#*/}"
      echo "Host adapter ${name#*/} (${name%/*}) found."
    fi
  done
}

# Test if SCSI device $host $channen $id $lun exists
# Outputs description from /proc/scsi/scsi, returns new
testexist ()
{
  grepstr="scsi$host Channel: 0$channel Id: 0*$id Lun: 0$lun"
  new=`cat /proc/scsi/scsi|grep -e"$grepstr"`
  if test ! -z "$new"
    then cat /proc/scsi/scsi|grep -e"$grepstr"
    cat /proc/scsi/scsi|grep -A2 -e"$grepstr"|tail -2|pr -o4 -l1
  fi
}

# Perform search (scan $host)
dosearch ()
{
  for channel in $channelsearch; do
    for id in $idsearch; do
      for lun in $lunsearch; do
        new=
        devnr="$host $channel $id $lun"
        echo "Scanning for device $devnr ..."
        printf "OLD: "
        testexist
        if test ! -z "$remove" -a ! -z "$new"
          then echo "scsi remove-single-device $devnr" >/proc/scsi/scsi
          echo "scsi add-single-device $devnr" >/proc/scsi/scsi
          printf "\r\x1b[A\x1b[A\x1b[AOLD: "
          testexist
          if test -z "$new"; then printf "\rDEL: \r\n\n\n\n"; let 
rmvd+=1; fi
        fi
        if test -z "$new"
          then printf "\rNEW: "
          echo "scsi add-single-device $devnr" >/proc/scsi/scsi
          testexist
          if test -z "$new"; then printf "\r\x1b[A"; else let found+=1; fi
        fi
      done
    done
  done
}


# main
if test @$1 = @--help -o @$1 = @-h
  then
    echo "Usage: scan_scsi_bus.sh [-l] [-w] [-c] [host [host ...]]"
    echo " -l activates scanning for LUNs 0 .. 7 [default: 0]"
    echo " -w enables scanning for device IDs 0 .. 15 [def.: 0 .. 7]"
    echo " -r enables removing of devices        [default: disabled]"
    echo " -c enables scanning of channels 0 1   [default: 0]"
    echo " If hosts are given, only these are scanned [default: all]"
    exit 0
fi

# defaults
lunsearch="0"
idsearch="0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7"
channelsearch="0"
remove=""

# Scan options
opt="$1"
while test ! -z "$opt" -a -z "${opt##-*}"; do
  opt=${opt#-}
  case "$opt" in
    l) lunsearch="0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7" ;;
    w) idsearch="0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15" ;;
    c) channelsearch="0 1" ;;
    r) remove=1 ;;
    *) echo "Unknown option -$opt !" ;;
  esac
  shift
  opt="$1"
done

# Hosts given ?
if test @$1 = @; then findhosts; else hosts=$*; fi

declare -i found=0
declare -i rmvd=0
for host in $hosts; do dosearch; done
echo "$found new device(s) found.               "
echo "$rmvd device(s) removed.                 "