Hi folks. As recommended, i upgraded to 2.4.3b3 and used the file driver so i could store backups on our NFS SAN server.
(incidently, i had to change the dumper source by hand to take out /usr/adm/whatever for the log directory... is there a global variable i am missing somewhere for this stuff? config file doesn't seem to work) and i got the thing "sorta/kinda/almost" working. All i need to do now is find a way of avoiding using ammt to manually "rewind" and load new tapes. How do i configure a tape changer in this context? every time i try to label a "tape" in a certain "slot", i can't get a result. Here is some context and error messages for you: bash-2.05$ ls -la /var/spool/backup/dumps total 80 drwxr-xr-x 7 amanda root 4096 May 9 17:48 . drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 32768 May 8 18:43 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 amanda root 4096 May 8 13:37 amanda -rw------- 1 amanda root 2 May 9 2002 changer-status-access -rw------- 1 amanda root 2 May 9 17:48 changer-status-clean -rw------- 1 amanda root 2 May 9 2002 changer-status-slot drwxr-xr-x 2 amanda root 4096 May 9 17:33 data drwxr-xr-x 2 amanda root 4096 May 9 17:36 holding drwxr-xr-x 2 amanda root 4096 May 8 11:07 index -rw------- 1 amanda root 11 May 9 2002 info -rw------- 1 amanda root 34 May 9 17:32 tapelist drwxr-xr-x 2 amanda root 4096 May 8 11:09 tapelist.amlabel -rw------- 1 amanda root 27 May 8 18:37 tapelist.yesterday bash-2.05$ ls -la /var/spool/backups/dumps/data ls: /var/spool/backups/dumps/data: No such file or directory bash-2.05$ ls -la /var/spool/backup/dumps/data total 80 drwxr-xr-x 2 amanda root 4096 May 9 17:33 . drwxr-xr-x 7 amanda root 4096 May 9 17:48 .. -rw------- 1 amanda root 10 May 9 17:33 00000-DailyBackupFile000 -rw------- 1 amanda root 32768 May 9 17:32 00000.DailyBackupFile000 -rw------- 1 amanda root 10 May 9 17:33 00001-TAPEEND -rw------- 1 amanda root 32768 May 9 17:33 00001.TAPEEND -rw------- 1 amanda root 0 May 8 13:56 info bash-2.05$ ammt -f file:/var/spool/backup/dumps rewind bash-2.05$ ammt -f file:/var/spool/backup/dumps status file:/var/spool/backup/dumps status: ONLINE bash-2.05$ amlabel DailySet1 DailyBackupFile0001 slot 1 insert tape into slot 1 and press return labeling tape in slot 1 (file:/var/spool/backup/dumps/): rewinding, reading label DailyBackupFile000, tape is active rewinding tape not labeled bash-2.05$
