How to delete tape drives at OS level in Linux
Hi All,
I would like to delete some faulty tape drives at OS level on Linux media server as we are not using those for backups.
Thanks
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You need to scan the FC & SCSI subsystem in order to get rid of "ghost" devices
See : https://www.2daygeek.com/scan-detect-luns-scsi-disks-on-redhat-centos-oracle-linux/
Alternative: reboot the systems.
- My thought is... you must first unzone those drives from SAN and then rescan HBA on Linux server with command “rescan-scsi-bus.sh” once this is done you can delete it from NBU console
hi
look at such commands mt, dd
with mt you can position tape with dd you can erase it...
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I am sorry I misread you query... you want to remove tape drive - not erase a tape :catwink: sorry disregard my reply
I would personally search a Linux site for the specific Linux 'flavour' and version.
I have in the past seen a command being used like '
rescan-scsi-bus.sh'
No idea if it works on all Linux's.
