"John R. Jackson" wrote:
> >when i run amtape it only reads 4 of the 8 tapes. and sometimes it doesn't
> >even read the labels. I am useing chg-multi.conf ...
>
> Please post your chg-multi.conf file. What version of Amanda are
> you using?
>
> Looking physically at the drive, or by writing your own unique label
> on each tape and checking that way (I assume they are still scratch
> tapes since you're still getting Amanda set up), which tape is loaded
> for each of these commands (in this order):
>
> amtape <config> reset
> amtape <config> slot first
> amtape <config> slot next
> amtape <config> slot next
> amtape <config> eject
>
> (there may or may not be a tape loaded after the eject).
>
> My first guess is that there are too many eject's happening and the
> device is "double advancing", skipping roughly every other tape.
>
> What happens if you load a tape (somehow) and them "mt offline" it?
> Does that automatically advance to the next tape?
>
> John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I tried that on my configuration, which is Amanda 2.4.1p1 and it uses
chg-zd-mtx as the changer script.
spinoza!backup 252# amtape daily reset
amtape: could not reset changer: /dev/tape
spinoza!backup 253# amtape daily slot first
amtape: could not load slot expr:: syntax error
spinoza!backup 254# amtape daily slot next
amtape: could not load slot expr:: syntax error
spinoza!backup 255# amtape daily slot next
amtape: could not load slot expr:: syntax error
spinoza!backup 256# amtape daily eject
amtape: slot /dev/tape: not ejected: No medium found
spinoza!backup 257#
I'm curious why amtape thinks it can't reset the changer /dev/tape when the
changer is actually /dev/tape-changer (which is a symlink to /dev/sg1). I
suspect that the cause of this problem is some corrupted state file
somewhere. Can you advise me where to look?
Many thanks,
Jeff
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University of Washington, School of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Dept.
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