--On Tuesday, April 30, 2002 16:49:26 +0200 Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 26/04 2002 16:47 Frank Smith wrote: >> --On Friday, April 26, 2002 12:42:31 +0200 Toralf Lund >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Has anyone used Amanda with the Qualstar 4222 tape library? We have a >>> customer that want to use one for backup, and we probably have to help >>> with the setup... >> >> We use a Qualstar 4480 (a bigger model in the same family) and it works >> fine >> with Amanda. > What does your tape changer config look like? > I'm using the chg-qs-mtx script which Mark Holm modified from the chg-mtx script and posted to the list (search for Qualstar TLS 4212 in the archives and you'll find it, also get the fix in the followup). Relevant configurations are included below, modify to suit Before you get too involved in the changer script, make sure you can move tapes around using mtx from the command line, otherwise you will get very frustrated. > Also, I don't really know *anything* about tape libraries, but I need > to provide some useful information to a customer who has one, but > don't know what to do with it, so any kind of input is welcome. > > System is a small server running Red Hat Linux 7.2. Libraries just let you further automate your backups, they don't do anything that you couldn't do sitting in front of a tape drive with a pile of tapes. Since there generally isn't someone next to the drive at all times, having a library lets you automate multi-tape backups and run backups nights, weekends, and holidays. They also keep your tapes from getting banged around so much. Good luck, Frank ============in amanda.conf========================================= tpchanger "chg-qs-mtx" # tape-changer glue script tapedev "/dev/nst0" # the no-rewind tape device to be used changerdev "/dev/sg0" # the tape-changer device changerfile "/usr/local/libexec/chg-qs-mtx.conf" ============/usr/local/libexec/chg-qs-mtx.conf===================== # Number of the tape drive in changer as seen by MTX chgtapedev 0 # Barcode reader ? havereader 1 # First slot in Library to be used firstslot 1 # Last slot in Library to be used endslot 55 # Slot where the cleaning tape resides cleanslot 80 # How often do I clean (accesses of tape drive) cleancycle 1000 # Do we need to eject the tape: 1 - Yes, 0 - No needeject 1 ===================================================================== -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
