changer problems when running from cron

[Michael Bretterklieber]

Hi,

we have problems with amanda when running from cron, amanda always means that the right tape is not or no tape is inserted but it is.

I tried to track down the problem and I can reproduce this problem with amcheck, when running amcheck from cron:

amcheck-server: could not get changer info: wait for "/usr/local/libexec/chg-manual" failed: No child processes
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
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(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.3)

It seems that the chg-manual script ends to quick, when adding a "sleep 1" into the info() function of the chg-manual script then the error above doesen't occur but this error occurs.

Amanda Tape Server Host Check
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amcheck-server: fatal slot <error>: wait for "/usr/local/libexec/chg-manual" failed: No child processes
ERROR: label gamed02003 or new tape not found in rack
(expecting tape gamed02003 or a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
Server check took 2.659 seconds

(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.3)

Doing the same sleep in loadslot() has no effect.

NOTE: everything works OK when invoking from the shell.

We are running Caldera Openlinux, Kernel 2.4.13, with amanda 2.4.3.

It is a real problem for us, because we must invoke amflush every day by hand.

bye,
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