>
>OTOH, I cheerfully build and install every snapshot Jean-Louis puts
>up on his site, and a lot has been "smoothed up" in the current
>2.4.3b4 snapshots. I might be worth the effort, maybe even the
>changer stuff works for you now, its running mine just fine.
I am thinking my issue is not related to a particular version of
AMANDA. Besides, I cannot try 3b3 of any build considering the fact
that it will not build on the Tru64 platform. So I am stuck with the
tools at hand.
*** I would think that my media changer should not be incurring
*** an I/O error after the tape was loaded and after a successful
*** amcheck confirmation.
Does anyone know what would happen if this configuration was that of
a changer? How would AMANDA/amdump/amtape proceed after that error?
Moreover, how is the changer module supposed to handle this I/O
error? What should the changer pass back to amtape on stdout/stderr?
Thanks in advance.. I hope some folks can provide some guidance and
more suggestions...
I am attempting to complete the development of a changer module for
this platform, so useful information, for these purposes, would be
very helpful...
thx!
j
...
>
>> ### ### ###
>>
>>Initially I ran the amcheck to remind myself of what tape was
>> next...
>>
>>$ amcheck DailySet2
>>Amanda Tape Server Host Check
>>-----------------------------
>>Holding disk /net/redeye/holding/amanda: 177292000 KB disk space
>> available, that's plenty ERROR: /dev/ntape/tape0: no tape online
>> (expecting tape DailySet2-10 or a new tape)
>>NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
>>Server check took 119.557 seconds
>>
>> ### ### ###
>>
>>
>> Cool.. that's slot 9!
>>
>>$ robot load slot 9
>>LOADING SLOT 9 into DRIVE 0 using ROBOT /dev/changer/mc0.
>>
>>
>> ### ### ###
>>
>>
>>$ nohup amdump DailySet2 &
>>
>> output of amdump sent via e-mail and presented below...
>>
>>
>> ### ### ###
>>
>>$ robot unload slot 9
>>ROBOT /dev/changer/mc0 is not responding: I/O error.
>>
>>
>> Hmmmm....... not good...
>> ${?} = 64 but Compaq does not
>> provide the damn info. F*ckers.
>>
>>
>> ### ### ###
>>
>>$ robot unload slot 9
>>UNLOAD DRIVE 0 into SLOT 9 using ROBOT /dev/changer/mc0.
>>
>>
>> tape successfully unloaded
>>
>>=============================================
>>
>>Output of amdump:
>>
>>
>>*** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [no tape online].
>>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: DailySet2-10.
> >
>>
