In a message dated: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:54:20 EST
Mitch Collinsworth said:
>Well don't let that stop you. Get on amanda-users and ask. Someone
>will know how. I haven't done it on Linux myself yet, but plenty of
>people have.
>
>-Mitch
>
>
>On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, George Kelbley wrote:
>
>> Yeah, several people have suggested that. Problem is we can't figure
>> out how to create the /dev/chg or whatever device. Our makedev won't do
>> it . . .
You need to have the generic scsi driver compiled into your kernel. In my
amanda.conf file, I have:
tpchanger "chg-scsi" # the tape-changer glue script
changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/chg-scsi.conf"
tapedev "0" # the no-rewind tape device to be used
Then changerfile has:
number_configs 1
eject 1 # optional: Tapedrives need an eject command
sleep 180 # Seconds to wait until the tape gets ready
cleanmax 20 # optional: How many times could a cleaning tape
# get used
changerdev /dev/sgb # this is the device used to move tapes around
config 0 # this is what matches the `tapedev "0"'
# line from amanda.conf
drivenum 0
dev /dev/nst0 # this is the actual tape drive itself
startuse 0 # The slots associated with the drive 0
enduse 6
statfile /usr/local/etc/amanda/tape-slot
# The file where the actual slot is stored
cleancart 7 # the slot where the cleaning cartridge
# for drive 0 is located
cleanfile /usr/local/etc/amanda/tape-clean
# The file where the cleanings are recorded
usagecount /usr/local/etc/amanda/totaltime
I hope this helps somewhat.
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Seeya,
Paul
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