I'm currently trying to get Amanda working with a TL891 Compaq Tape Library.
The library has 26 tape slots and 2 DLT drives. There is a special device
file (/etc/mc10c) that other programs (such as the Compaq provided "robot"
program) use to access the tape library. Each DLT drive has a device
(/dev/nrmt1h & /dev/nrmt2h).
Based on the man pages and TAPE.CHANGER file I have put together a
configuration that I'm hoping will work, but I wanted to get someone else
opinion before I activate the configuration. Can anyone tell me if what I
did below makes sense?
I started by editing the provided amanda.conf file. The following are items
that I changed from the default values:
dumpcycle 7 days
runspercycle 6
tapecycle 26 tapes
runtapes 2
tpchanger "chg-scsi"
changerdev "/dev/mc10c"
changerfile "/usr/lcl/etc/amanda/DailySet1/chg-scsi.conf"
tapetype DEC-DLT7000
define tapetype DEC-DLT7000 {
comment "DEC DLT Tape 40-80 GB"
length 34052 mbytes
filemark 36 kbytes
speed 1736 kps
}
I also changed the chg-scsi.conf file:
number_configs 2
eject 1
sleep 5
cleanmax 20
changerdev /dev/mc10c
config 0
drivenum 0
dev /dev/nrmt1h
startuse 0
enduse 9
config 1
drivenum 1
dev /dev/nrmt2h
startuse 10
enduse 19
