MTX -f should point to your changer device, not your tape device.
> mtx -f /dev/scsi/changer/c0t0d1
On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 01:35:52PM +0100, Yann PURSON wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an HP1557A tape autoloader (6 tape) and I'm trying to configure
> amanda using this device...I'm using mtx and the chg-zd-mtx script but
> it seems I have a pb with mtx. Each time I use it it return an error
> message, followed by the correct information, for example :
>
> >mtx -f /dev/rmt/0n status
> mtx: I/O error
> Storage Changer /dev/rmt/0n:1 Drives, 6 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
> Data Transfer Element 0:Empty
> Storage Element 1:Full
> Storage Element 2:Full
> Storage Element 3:Full
> Storage Element 4:Full
> Storage Element 5:Full
> Storage Element 6:Full
>
> This message I/O error occurs a pb with the chg-zd-mtx, each time I
> lauch it it return this :
>
> bash-2.02# /usr/local/libexec/chg-zd-mtx -info
> mtx: I/O error
> /usr/local/libexec/chg-zd-mtx: test: argument expected
>
>
> The last line is generated by this line in the script :
>
> used=`$MTX status |
> sed -n 's/Data Transfer Element:.Empty/-1/p;s/Data Transfer
> Element:.Full (Storage Element \(.\) Loaded)/\1/p'`
>
>
> I'm not sure, but I think that the error is due to the I/O error line
> from MTX...
>
> Can someone help me about this???
>
> Thanks to Tony Traylor and Joe Rhett for their help.
>
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