How to mount LTFS tape? (LTO-6 drive)

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Hi,

My new Dell PowerVault LTO-6 has just arrived and I have successfully connected it with the SAS controller.

Searching the web I found this. However in openSUSE I can’t find any command/tool for managing LTFS. I searched for ‘ltfs’ in the package manager of YaST but no results whatsoever.

What should I do to use LTFS?

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Hi
Build it yourself? Oracle Open Source

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Google returns quite some hits for “ltfs linux download”? E.g. Quantum offers both source code and precompiled binaries. Oracle also offers LTFS implementation. To name few.

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Thanks for the info.

I wasn’t aware it is something one has to build or install from external source. I was hoping that as other open file systems it is included in the distro in some way.

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There is only one way - it needs to be packaged it and submitted for inclusion. You have great chance to contribute by doing it.

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So which one is for me?

I have no idea how to do that.