'Somebody else here...
In both chg-mtx and chg-zd-mtx, there is a "changerfile=`getconf$SUF
changerfile`" line, setting a variable as the prefix for the counter
files: access, clean, status, slot. That seems to be working. In my
setting up my config, I thought that there was a conf file to set up the
changer parameters. If that is not the changer.conf, where is it?
That would probably be the solution to my problem of not properly using
the 12 slot magazine in my 1557.
Thanks,
Tony Traylor
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 11/6/00, 9:43:04 PM, Joe Rhett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: HP
1557A configuration:
> First, you need a generic SCSI driver which can find and allocate a
device
> for your changer. Solaris 8 has "sgen" built in, but with Solaris 2.6
> you'll need SST or something like that.
> Second, acquire and compile mtx-1.2.9. By the time you get this all done,
> I'll have posted my update to chg-mtx, so that you can use the system.
> FYI: chg-mtx doesn't use changer.conf, regardless of the comments of
> someone else on the list. He's confused.
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 02:49:04PM +0100, Yann PURSON wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to install Amanda on a Solaris 2.6 system, with an HP 1557A
> > tape changer...Here is my pb :
> > I'm not sure which type of configuration I need to specifie in the
> > amanda.conf for the HP 1557A systeme...I've found on the web this
> > configuration :
> > [....]
> >
> > tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" # the tape-changer glue script
> > tapedev "/dev/nst0" # the no-rewind tape device to
> > be used
> > rawtapedev "/dev/nst0" # the raw device to be used
> > (ftape only)
> > changerfile "/etc/amanda/mtx-changer"
> > changerdev "/dev/nst0"
> > tapetype HP1557A
> >
> > [....]
> >
> > define tapetype HP1557A {
> > comment "HP SureStore DAT24x6 tape drive"
> > # data provided by Ivo Clarysse
> > length 12000 mbytes
> > filemark 111 kbytes
> > speed 3000 kbytes
> > }
> >
> > Ok...but I'm not able to find the mtx-changer file...
> > Should I really use this one or can I use the default one given in the
> > amanda package (in this case, wich one should I use???!!)
> >
> > Thanks for any hints!!!
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