Hi Gene In this script there is no wait timer, just a repeated look at the tape status, which is better.
The resolution after a few hours trial and error was to add 'sleep' commands between the tape movement and/or echo commands in the chg-zd-mtx script. It looks like the next command is issued too quickly and it screws the script and returns a failed status to amtape. If anyone wants a copy of the amended script, please email me. Peter -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gene Heskett Sent: 20 December 2002 00:34 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problem with chg-zd-mtx with EZ17 stacker On Thursday 19 December 2002 13:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi All > >I running 2.4.3b2 on Solaris 2.6 (Sparc) and am using >the chg-zd-mtx script to change the tapes etc. > >If I try > >amtape daily slot 2 > >Ii unloads the tape currently in the drive and then loads >the correct tape into the drive, but before the tape has >come ready the amtape command returns with > >amtape: could not load slot <error>: <error> could not >read result from "/usr/local/libexec/chg-zd-mtx" (got >signal 10) > >This appears to be an early return from the chnger >routine as it should sit there waiting for the tape to go >from offline to online status. I have added an output >from the wait routine and it appears to fail whilst in the >wait routine. Any help on what this error means would be >useful. IIRC, there is a ready delay specifier in chg-scsi.conf. Its called sleep (to wait for the changer to get ready) and I have mine set for 15 seconds. Perhaps that needs to be extended a few seconds? -- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.20% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
