Hi, I am not sure if this is a udev or distribution issue. It works in openSUSE 11.0 and before, but no more in openSUSE 11.1. I am too have seen this problem with other distributions The problem I have, NetBackup will not recognize the tapes in 11.1, it complains about the missing Device File and then it cannot configure device path, it works perfect in 11.0. Are there any considerable changes in configuration files locations, etc between these two versions of udev for the tapes? further in openSUSE 11.1 in the /etc/udev/rules.d directory there are no rules for the tapes, but the /dev entries for st*, nst* and sg* are created. In openSUSE 11.0 with kernel 2.6.25 and udevd version 120 I have following symlinks in /dev/tape/by-id: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 scsi--nst -> ../../nst4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 21 15:06 scsi-35123456000002710 - > ../../sg2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 scsi-35123456000002711-nst - > ../../nst0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 21 15:06 scsi-35123456000002712 - > ../../st1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 21 15:06 scsi-35123456000002713 - > ../../st2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 21 15:06 scsi-35123456000002714 - > ../../st3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 21 15:06 scsi-35123456000002715 - > ../../st4 and in /dev/tape/by-path lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-1-st -> ../../st0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-1-sta -> ../../st0a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-1-stl -> ../../st0l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-1-stm -> ../../st0m lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-2-st -> ../../st1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-2-sta -> ../../st1a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-2-stl -> ../../st1l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-2-stm -> ../../st1m lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-3-st -> ../../st2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-3-sta -> ../../st2a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-3-stl -> ../../st2l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-3-stm -> ../../st2m lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-4-st -> ../../st3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-4-sta -> ../../st3a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-4-stl -> ../../st3l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-4-stm -> ../../st3m lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-5-st -> ../../st4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-5-sta -> ../../st4a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-5-stl -> ../../st4l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 21 15:06 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-5-stm -> ../../st4m and in openSUSE 11.1 with kernel 2.6.27 and udevd version 128 they are: /dev/tape/by-id: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 22 14:44 scsi-35123456000002710 - > ../../sg2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 22 14:44 scsi-35123456000002711 - > ../../st0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 22 14:44 scsi-35123456000002711-nst - > ../../nst0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 22 14:44 scsi-35123456000002712 - > ../../st1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 22 14:44 scsi-35123456000002712-nst - > ../../nst1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 22 14:44 scsi-35123456000002713 - > ../../st2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 22 14:44 scsi-35123456000002713-nst - > ../../nst2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 22 14:44 scsi-35123456000002714 - > ../../st3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 22 14:44 scsi-35123456000002714-nst - > ../../nst3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 22 14:44 scsi-35123456000002715 - > ../../st4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 22 14:44 scsi-35123456000002715-nst - > ../../nst4 in /dev/tape/by-path: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 22 14:44 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-1-3:0:0:1st -> ../../st0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 22 14:44 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-1-3:0:0:1st-nst -> ../../ nst0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 22 14:44 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-2-3:0:0:2st -> ../../st1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 22 14:44 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-2-3:0:0:2st-nst -> ../../ nst1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 22 14:44 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-3-3:0:0:3st -> ../../st2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 22 14:44 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-3-3:0:0:3st-nst -> ../../ nst2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 22 14:44 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-4-3:0:0:4st -> ../../st3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 22 14:44 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-4-3:0:0:4st-nst -> ../../ nst3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 22 14:44 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-5-3:0:0:5st -> ../../st4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 22 14:44 ip-192.168.125.100:3260-iscsi- iqn.2008-01.com.veritas.min:vmware.vtl-lun-5-3:0:0:5st-nst -> ../../ nst4 further in openSUSE 11.1 in the /etc/udev/rules.d directory there are no rules for the tapes, but the /dev entries for st*, nst* and sg* are created. Thanks and Regards, Horst Simon -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
