Ugh... I have broken my previously working configuration...
I was well on my way to adding more clients to a chg-multi configuration and for some "Good Reason" I rebuilt my installation from source. Since then it has not operated as well as it did before... Actually the good reason was that realized I had built the server for an rsh/rhosts environment... (with the --without-amandahosts option enabled). And all the clients on this network are using .amandahosts, so I rebuilt it... with only this option removed... or so I thought... starting having problems with amcheck seeing my chg-multi config... Now you and I know I have mucked something up but I way past the have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what I done did... ;) So, why would amcheck be saying: WARNING: tapedev is /dev/null ? I see the man page says the amcheck uses /dev/null as the default for the tapedev parameter/directive. However, my amanda.conf has tapedev removed as I am expecting the changer glue, "prefix/libexec/chg-multi" to root out the tapedev from the changer config file at "configdir/DailySet1/chg-multi.conf". After all, I had this thing backing up to on of the two specified tape devices (slot 1 or slot 2) that were specified in the "cgh-multi.conf" file. Now, I can invoke calls to the changer script and get the appropriate output: prefix/libexec/chg-multi -reset prefix/libexec/chg-multi -info prefix/libexec/chg-multi -slot next that all works... Yet the amcheck is apparently not seeing the changer config... Can anyone suggest why amcheck is telling me the tapedev is /dev/null? Have I turned on a debug option or something that is forcing amcheck and amdump to default to a test or degraded mode? Here is what amdump says when I attmpt to run things after amcheck complains of the "WARNING: tapedev is /dev/null" *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [new tape not found in rack]. Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk. Run amflush to flush them to tape. The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape. FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: anton.medi /etc lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump] skippy.med /etc lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump] skippy.med /usr/local/etc lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump] java.media /usr/local/etc lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump] www20.medi /etc lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump] java.media /etc lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump] www20.medi /usr/local/etc lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump] java.media /usr/local lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump] ##### what other pertinent info could I post? I gotta get this figured out... thanks!!! J
