On Friday 30 August 2002 17:59, Chris Bourne wrote: >Hello, > I believe I am getting closer to getting this to work. I > believe I need a tape0-slot file. Can somone please tell me what > the syntax of this file is to be or is it generated by amanda and > how?? When I labeled my tapes I used the command... > >bash-2.05$/usr/sbin/amlabel DailySet1 DailySet101 >bash-2.05$/usr/sbin/amlabel DailySet1 DailySet102 > >......and so on. Is this correct or do I need to specify a slot # > as well. > > >So these are the errors for the following commands.. > >bash-2.05$ /usr/sbin/amtape DailySet1 label DailySet101 >amtape: scanning for tape with label DailySet101 >amtape: could not get changer info: badly formed result from > changer: "chg-scsi: unable to open current slot file > (/etc/amanda/DailySet1/tape0-slot)" > > >bash-2.05$ /usr/lib/amanda/chg-scsi -info >chg-scsi: unable to open current slot file > (/etc/amanda/DailySet1/tape0-slot) 0 8 1 0 > >Thanks, >Chris
Check your amanda.conf file tos ee where the tape-0-slot files is supposed to live, then just 'touch' it. I think amanda will do the rest for you. -- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.13% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
