Try this : In chg-manual, comment or remove the line DD if=$tape count=1 >> $logfile 2>&1
Bye ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brashers, Bart -- MFG, Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Amanda Users (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 5:16 PM Subject: chg-manual problems > > Can anyone help me? > > I'm using the chg-manual on a DLT-8000, with runtapes=2. I've un-commented > the section in the script that sends mail once an hour, asking for the next > Amanda tape. > > Right now, I started an amflush after last night's failure to find the right > tape. It rejected the first tape I put in (even though the last amreport > said amanda expected it) but took the 2nd tape I tried. amflush is now > running -- the lights on the tape drive indicate it's being written to, and > it's whirring. But I'm getting about 5 emails per _minute_ with the usual > chg-manual message "insert Amanda tape into slot 373 (/dev/nst0)". Yet > nothing's running: > > [root ~]% ps aux | grep am > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND > amanda 25118 0.0 0.0 1972 840 ? S 07:40 0:00 amflush Daily > amanda 25119 0.0 0.0 2592 756 ? S 07:40 0:00 taper Daily > amanda 25120 0.0 0.0 2628 836 ? D 07:40 0:00 taper Daily > > Those are just what you'd expect to see running when doing an amflush! Can > anyone help me figure out what to kill to stop these email messages? > > As a side note, I often have trouble figuring out which tape amanda wants. > amcheck runs each afternoon from crontab, just before I go home, to make > sure I have the right tape in. If I forget to change the tape, when amdump > fires off (also from crontab) later that evening, then two processes are > requesting "insert Amanda tape", each unloading the tape after not finding > the right one, and never letting the other process get started. > > If anyone has hacked the chg-manual script with improvements, like > specifying _which_ tape amanda wants, I'd sure like a copy... > > Thanks, > > Bart > --- > Bart Brashers MFG Inc. > Air Quality Meteorologist 19203 36th Ave W Suite 101 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lynnwood WA 98036-5707 > http://www.mfgenv.com 425.921.4000 Fax: 425.921.4040 >
