Hi Doug - I know the /dev/st0 device will not complain and depending on your unix variety you just need to make sure that the 'nst0' device is *not* the non-rewinding device (this bit me a few weeks back as I transitioned from BSDI to FreeBSD). Otherwise, that command works just fine every night for me. And no, you don't need to use the same device as is referenced in the amanda.conf file.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doug Silver Network Manager Urchin Corporation http://www.urchin.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Doug Johnson wrote: > After I do my amdump in the crontab I was thinking about ejecting the tape. > And since I am not using a changer in the config the only way I have found > so far is to use the mt command. It seems that in the archives that there > are two different methods used in the following situation: > > 0 3 * * 1-5 /usr/local/sbin/amdump DailySet1 && mt -f /dev/nst0 rewoffl > > 0 3 * * 1-5 /usr/local/sbin/amdump DailySet1 && mt -f /dev/st0 rewoffl > > The difference being how the device is called (nst0 vs. st0). Since I am now > using the magnetic tape command from the system do I still need to reference > the nst0 device which is used in the amdump. What problems or issues would > it cause in either method? Thanks in advance, > > Doug Johnson > Systems Administrator > Vifan USA, Inc. > 1 Vifan Drive > Morristown, TN 37814 > 423-581-6990 x207 >
