unknown section type 'linux' in tape.cfg

[roadrunner_rad]

After upgrading our test pbs to 1.1-2 no tape or changer activities can be performed without error.

On shell level I get the following error message:

root@pbs:~# proxmox-tape changer list Error: parsing '/etc/proxmox-backup/tape.cfg' failed: line 4 - unknown section type 'linux' root@pbs:~# cat /etc/proxmox-backup/tape.cfg changer: HPMSL path /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-MXA303Z0UD_LL1 linux: HPLTO changer HPMSL path /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-HU1249TLGF-nst root@pbs:~#

May be this is related to the new tape and changer modules (I did the autoremove for mt and mtx) but I have no idea what to specify instead of 'linux' for tape. Did not find a reference so any help is welcome...

Regards
Joachim

 

[dcsapak]

we changed how we address the tape devices
the section name is now 'lto' and the path to the tape devices changed, you have to use the '-sg' symlink, e.g. here i use:

changer: changer1
        path /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-387408F60F0000

lto: ch_drive1
        changer changer1
        path /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-0054894304-sg

lto: ch_drive2
        changer changer1
        changer-drivenum 1
        path /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-1240632156-sg

please note that as long as the tape feature is a 'technology preview' it can happen that things break from time to time

 

[roadrunner_rad]

Thank you for the hint, now it works again...