Hi. I moved my tape drive from one machine to another, and I upgraded from 2.4.1 to 2.4.2p2 and I have problems with mtx.
truk!backup 11# amcheck -s daily Amanda Tape Server Host Check ----------------------------- WARNING: holding disk /bkup: only 46879560 KB free (65536000 KB requested) amcheck-server: slot 6: not an amanda tape amcheck-server: fatal slot 7: Unloading Data Transfer Element into Storage Element 6...mtx: Request S ense: Long Report=yes ERROR: label daily-046 or new tape not found in rack (expecting tape daily-046 or a new tape) NOTE: skipping tape-writable test NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/umtanum/_: does not exist WARNING: info file /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/spinoza/__iona_C/info: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/spinoza/__kauai_C: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/tropomyosin/__dosbox_C: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/tropomyosin/__beagle2_C: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/tropomyosin/__hbfd_D: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/tropomyosin/__hbfd_C: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/tropomyosin/__ach_F: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/tropomyosin/__ach_E: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/tropomyosin/__ach_D: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/tropomyosin/__blake-pc_C: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/tropomyosin/__video-pc_F: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/tropomyosin/__video-pc_E: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/tropomyosin/__video-pc_D: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/tropomyosin/__video-pc_C: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/truk/__bikini_C: does not exist WARNING: info file /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/truk/__tasmania_D/info: does not exist WARNING: info file /usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo/truk/__tasmania_C/info: does not exist Server check took 8.073 seconds (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2p2) truk!backup 7# /usr/local/pkgs/amanda-2.4.2p2/libexec/chg-zd-mtx-2.4.2p2 -info /usr/local/pkgs/amanda-2.4.2p2/libexec/chg-zd-mtx-2.4.2p2: [: : integer expression expected /usr/local/pkgs/amanda-2.4.2p2/libexec/chg-zd-mtx-2.4.2p2: [: -lt: unary operator expected 22 1 truk!backup 8# truk!backup 8# mtx -f /dev/tape-changer status Storage Changer /dev/tape-changer:1 Drives, 23 Slots ( 1 Import/Export ) Data Transfer Element 0:Empty Storage Element 1:Full Storage Element 2:Full Storage Element 3:Full Storage Element 4:Full Storage Element 5:Full Storage Element 6:Full Storage Element 7:Full Storage Element 8:Full Storage Element 9:Full Storage Element 10:Full Storage Element 11:Full Storage Element 12:Full Storage Element 13:Full Storage Element 14:Full Storage Element 15:Full Storage Element 16:Full Storage Element 17:Full Storage Element 18:Full Storage Element 19:Full Storage Element 20:Full Storage Element 21:Full Storage Element 22:Full Storage Element 23 IMPORT/EXPORT:Full truk!backup 9# Any suggestions? My amanda.conf file is: org "RCS Backup System" # your organization name for reports mailto "admin" # space separated list of operators at your site dumpuser "backup" # the user to run dumps under inparallel 4 # maximum dumpers that will run in parallel netusage 8000 Kbps # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, in KB per second # increased from 1800 Kbps 2000-10-29 JHS # increased from 5000 Kbps to 8000 Kbps 2001-06-29 JHS # See http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-10.html for details. dumpcycle 14 days # the number of days in the normal dump cycle runspercycle 14 # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days # (2 weeks * 7 amdump runs per week ) tapecycle 45 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation # Then, I changed it to 50 because that's how many tapes I have. # Keep 22 tapes in the changer, at least 14 of which are recent backups # Not more than 8 of which are old tapes to be backed up # The remaining 28 tapes are off site backup, or 6 weeks of archival storage # WARNING: don't use `inf' for tapecycle, it's broken! bumpsize 20 Mb # minimum savings (threshold) to bump level 1 -> 2 bumpdays 1 # minimum days at each level bumpmult 4 # threshold = bumpsize * bumpmult^(level-1) etimeout 10800 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates. # increased from 2400 seconds 2000-12-22 because spinoza # keeps timing out. # Changed from 3600 (1 hour) to 10800 (3 hours) because # spinoza still keeps timing out. # dtimeout 3600 # Data timeout, added 2001-07-25 because spinoza times out, still runtapes 2 # The maximum number of tapes used in a single run. (was 1, increased 20000902 /JHS) tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" tapedev "/dev/nst0" changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/changer" changerdev "/dev/sg1" diskfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/disklist" tapelist "/usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/tapelist" tapetype DLT labelstr "^daily-[0-9][0-9][0-9]*$" infofile "/usr/local/share/amanda/curinfo" # database DIRECTORY logdir "/usr/local/share/amanda/logs" # log directory indexdir "/usr/local/share/amanda/index" # index directory includefile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/holding-disk.conf" includefile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/tapetypes.conf" includefile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/dumptypes.conf" includefile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/interfaces.conf" -- Jeff Silverman, sysadmin for the Research Computing Systems (RCS) University of Washington, School of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Dept. Box 352500, Seattle, WA, 98125-2500 FAX: (206) 221-5264 Phone (206) 221-5394 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rcs.ee.washington.edu/~jeffs