>
> >We can't seem to get amrecover to work. We have to manually load the
> >correct tape and then run amrecover, because if the correct tape
> is not in,
> >it's not able to access the tape device.
>
> Amrecover (et al) do not use the Amanda tape changer software (yet).
> So, yes, you have to do the mounts by hand.
>
I see. Thanks.
>
> What did you pass amrecover for the -d option? You should do something
> like "-d /dev/tape0". If you didn't pass a -d option, amrecover is
> getting the default tape device from what you set with ./configure,
> which should have been --with-tape-device=/dev/tape0.
I'll try that. By the way, since we're using an Exabyte 220 with 2 drives,
if we specify /dev/tape1, should we be able to do restores whilst backups
are running?
Thanks,
Carey
