I searched the list archives and read all the documentation and I cannot
find this error anywhere.
$ amlabel gcs DailySet1
insert tape into slot 0 and press return
labeling tape in slot 0 (/dev/nst0):
rewinding, reading label, not an amanda tape
rewinding, writing label DailySet1
amlabel: writing label: Invalid argument
Notice the "Invalid argument".
I have a Seagate Python 04687 SCSI tape backup drive.
I am using Amanda 2.4.2p2 which I compiled myself on the same machine,
which is Linux 2.4.13 and glibc 2.2.2.
The backup user is "backup". I am using "nst0" as my tape device and
"backup" has permission to read/write:
# ls -l /dev/nst0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 128 Apr 14 2001 /dev/nst0
# cat /etc/passwd | grep backup
backup:x:417:6:Amanda Backup:/root/amanda-data:/bin/false
# cat /etc/group | grep backup
disk:x:6:root,backup
Here is some of my amanda.conf:
tpchanger "chg-manual"
tapedev "/dev/nst0"
changerfile "/root/amanda-data/changer-status"
changerdev "/dev/null"
tapetype DAT
labelstr "^DailySet[0-9][0-9]*$"
infofile "/root/amanda-data"
logdir "/var/log/amanda"
indexdir "/root/amanda-data"
tapelist "/root/amanda-data/tapelist"
define tapetype DAT {
comment "Archive Python 04687-XXX"
length 4000 mbytes
filemark 100 kbytes
speed 800 kbytes
}
amcheck returns no errors except that the current loaded tape has no label:
$ amcheck gcs
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
Holding disk /mnt/spare/var/amanda/: 1731365 KB disk space available,
that's plenty
insert tape into slot 1 and press return
amcheck-server: slot 1: not an amanda tape
I obviously need to label my tapes. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Cory Visi
