Dear FreeBSD co-users,
I succeeded in setting up a bacula backup server under the following configuration:
IBM x225, IBM ServeRaid 5i wich uses the on-board scsi LSI controller to access the array
4x36Gb U320 SCSI Raid 5
FreeBSD 8.0 has been installled as a Virtual Machine with bacula configured.
Now I have also an IBM DDS Gen5 Tape drive wich I would like to use in bacula for backup
VMware states that if using a tape drive, you need a dedicated Host adapter Non-Raid (preferred Adaptec)to attach the tape drive as a stand alone device.
So I installed a Adaptec 29320 SCSI Host adaptor and the tape seemed to be configured on Bus 0 Device 6
The next step is apparently to configure the tape drive in the the VM, so I added the device in the VMware VI client, as a new device and indeed VMware detects the IBM tape drive as "IBM Tape drive" and I configured it on bus 0 target 6 as this is de SCSI ID configured on the SCSI Host controller.
Now, when I boot FreeBSD and keep an eye on the boot messages, I see that the IBM Gen5 DDS storage device is detected but I get this:
Also when doing camcontrol devlist only this appears:
wich is off course my RAID array, but at the end it all comes to the error above
Any help would be appreciated as this problem is already driving my nuts for a couple of days
One of you might think why I didn't install FreeBSD / bacula on a dedicated server and not on a Virtual one.
Apparently neither FreeBSD 8.0 or earlier versions seems to boot properly on the IBM X225, already tried to change the drive, when initial booting FreeBSD always hangs, so a Virtual Server was necessary.
Please help me
Thank You
I succeeded in setting up a bacula backup server under the following configuration:
IBM x225, IBM ServeRaid 5i wich uses the on-board scsi LSI controller to access the array
4x36Gb U320 SCSI Raid 5
FreeBSD 8.0 has been installled as a Virtual Machine with bacula configured.
Now I have also an IBM DDS Gen5 Tape drive wich I would like to use in bacula for backup
VMware states that if using a tape drive, you need a dedicated Host adapter Non-Raid (preferred Adaptec)to attach the tape drive as a stand alone device.
So I installed a Adaptec 29320 SCSI Host adaptor and the tape seemed to be configured on Bus 0 Device 6
The next step is apparently to configure the tape drive in the the VM, so I added the device in the VMware VI client, as a new device and indeed VMware detects the IBM tape drive as "IBM Tape drive" and I configured it on bus 0 target 6 as this is de SCSI ID configured on the SCSI Host controller.
Now, when I boot FreeBSD and keep an eye on the boot messages, I see that the IBM Gen5 DDS storage device is detected but I get this:
Code:
sa0 at mpt0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
sa0: <IBM DDS Gen5 A04A> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-3 device
sa0: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
(sa0:mpt0:0:6:0): lost device
(sa0:mpt0:0:6:0): removing device entryAlso when doing camcontrol devlist only this appears:
Code:
<VMware Virtual disk 1.0> at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (da0,pass0)wich is off course my RAID array, but at the end it all comes to the error above
Code:
lost device
removing device entryAny help would be appreciated as this problem is already driving my nuts for a couple of days
One of you might think why I didn't install FreeBSD / bacula on a dedicated server and not on a Virtual one.
Apparently neither FreeBSD 8.0 or earlier versions seems to boot properly on the IBM X225, already tried to change the drive, when initial booting FreeBSD always hangs, so a Virtual Server was necessary.
Please help me
Thank You