Hi,
I am not sure if this is a udev or distribution issue.
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.
The problem I have, NetBackup will not recognize the tapes in 11.1, it complains about the Device File and the device path, but it works perfect in 11.0. Are there any considerable changes in configuration files between these two versions of udev for the tapes?
Thanks and Regards,
Horst Simon