On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 10:27:01AM -0500, Joseph Del Corso wrote:
>
> I should preface what I'm about to say with: I searched through a decent
> amount of the archive before giving up. I ran amcheck with the following
> results:
>
Use the messages, Luke.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> /opt/tmp: 34743152 KB disk space available, that's plenty.
> ERROR: /dev/sg4: Permission denied
> (expecting a new tape)
The message says device /dev/sg4 isn't read/writable by the user
you've configured as backup user. Use chown / chmod as needed.
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test.
> Index dir "/opt/amanda/DailySet1/index" doesn't exist or is not writable.
> Server check took 0.002 seconds.
The message says Amanda needs a directory that doesn't exist or is not
writable. Create it (and its parent directories if necessary) or
chown/chmod it.
You probably won't be 100% after you do those things. But you'll
be closer.
>
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> Client check: 1 host checked in 0.061 seconds, 0 problems found.
>
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.1p1)
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The amanda.conf file that *I BELIEVE* is being used has the following
> attributes set:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> runtapes 1 # number of tapes to be used in a single run of
> amdump
> #tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" # the tape-changer glue script
> tapedev "/dev/sg4" # the no-rewind tape device to be used
> #rawtapedev "/dev/sg5 # the raw device to be used (ftape only)
> #changerfile "/var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/changer"
> #changerfile "/var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/changer-status"
> #changerfile "/etc/amanda/changer.conf"
> changerdev "/dev/sg3"
>
> tapetype DLT # what kind of tape it is (see tapetypes below)
> labelstr "^DailySet1[0-9][0-9]*$" # label constraint regex: all
> tapes must match
>
> holdingdisk hd1 {
> comment "main holding disk"
> directory "/opt/tmp" # where the holding disk is
> use 12000 Mb # how much space can we use on it
> # a negative value mean:
> # use all space except that value
> chunksize -1 # size of chunk if you want big dump to be
> # dumped on multiple files on holding disks
> # N Kb/Mb/Gb split disks in chunks of size N
> # 0 split disks in INT_MAX/1024 Kb
> chunks
> # -1 same as -INT_MAX/1024 (see below)
> # -N Kb/Mb/Gb dont split, dump larger
> # filesystems directly to tape
> # (example: -2 Gb)
> # chunksize 2 Gb
> }
>
>
> infofile "/opt/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo" # database filename
> logdir "/opt/amanda/DailySet1" # log directory
> indexdir "/opt/amanda/DailySet1/index" # index directory
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> I guess I'm having trouble understanding the following:
> I'm using an ATL 7100 series tape backup system with a robotic
> arm and two tape drives on scsi id 1, where the robotic arm I can
> control via mtx (mtx -f /dev/sg3 etc etc etc)
>
> and the tape drives are /dev/sg4 and sg5...
>
> I initially tried to use the tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" but would get the
> following results from amcheck DailySet1
> (obviously the line tpchanger, see above, would be uncommented when I
> tried this)
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [operator@lycan:/etc/amanda/DailySet1]# amcheck DailySet1
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> /opt/tmp: 34743152 KB disk space available, that's plenty.
> amcheck-server: could not get changer
> info: /usr/adm/amanda/changer-status-clean: No such file or directory
>
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> Client check: 1 host checked in 0.036 seconds, 0 problems found.
>
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.1p1)
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> No where in my amanda.conf file do I have a reference to /usr/adm/amanda,
> nor do I have any directory in /usr named adm (which means no sub-dir
> amanda). I also can't locate any files named changer.conf ANYWHERE on
> the system. Amanda was pre-installed by VALinux, and I've already
> (again, *I THINK*) changed all the necessary .conf files that I can
> find... or am aware of. I'm also not sure if I've changed the correct
> amanda.conf file, as I've located three amanda.conf files, one in
> /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf, one in /etc/amanda/amanda.conf, and one
> in /usr/doc/amanda-2.4.1p1/examples/amanda.conf
> I'm assuming the third is ONLY an example, and I've made both the first
> two amanda.conf files appear exactly the same. Still no luck...
>
>
> Where I'm stuck is that even if I comment out the chg-zd-mtx script, and
> manually load each tape, I still get the results (first amcheck listed,
> see above) that indicate that there is no new tape -- even though I can
> physically see the tape in the tape drive.
>
> There is also no file in /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1 called changer or
> changer-status. I've read the doc files, and they reference the
> changer.conf file, but I don't see one, and can't find one anywhere.
> The changer.conf file, is that supposed to be created by mtx?
>
>
> I'm not sure I've covered everything, but I did try and put down as MUCH
> detail as possible concerning this problem.
>
> Please help!
>
>
> Joe
>
>
>
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