Derrick Miller writes:

> > 1)  Does anyone have this changer working with Amanda?  I
> > would give just  about anything to get my hands on copies
> > of working config and chg-zd-mtx files.

> I am using a different changer script supplied by Chris Pascoe and once
> upon a time posted to this list (in a slightly earlier version).

I strongly recommend using the chg-zd-mtx from the current CVS now as
recommended by John R. Jackson.  I dropped it in place on Feb 17, and
haven't had any problems since on my amanda-2.4.2p2 installation.

In my amanda.conf, I have:

tpchanger "/opt/local/stow/amanda-2.4.3-20020217/libexec/chg-zd-mtx"
tapedev "/dev/nst0"
changerfile "changer"
changerdev "/dev/changer"

(where /dev/changer is a symlink to the changer's sg device)

In my amanda config directory, I have a changer.conf with the following
values:

firstslot=1
lastslot=7
cleanslot=-1
autoclean=0
autocleancount=99
driveslot=0
offline_before_unload=1
unloadpause=3
poll_drive_ready=5
max_drive_wait=300

> With this tape drive running alone on the SCSI bus from an adaptec 2944,
> amverify gets occasional "Unexpected busfree in Data-in phase".

I'm not seeing these errors (and never have) on my verify runs, with the
configuration you describe.  I suggest checking all your cabling and the HVD
terminator..

Chris

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