mtx -F <changerdev> load tape 44 into drive 2 Very Close Jon: mtx [ -f <loader-dev> ] [invert] load <storage-element-number> [<drive#>] (so for me: mtx -f /dev/changer load 44 2) (and yes, after finally getting all that SCSI junk done, it's /dev/changer which points to /dev/scsi/changer/c1t0d0
So you (too) think that driveslot IS required to point to correct drive. Now, which tapedev do I point to in amanda.conf... This gets more confusing... -----Original Message----- From: Jon LaBadie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 11:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: A last question (here) on chg-MTX-ZD On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 10:00:41AM -0500, Bruntel, Mitchell L wrote: > Hopefully this is it. sorry it's so lengthy. > > Question is kind of short. > > In the changer script chg-zd-mtx script Variable :DriveSlot > is defined as > Figure out the drive slot number. By default, it is set to 0. In the > example above, > the tape drive ("Data Transfer Element") is in slot 0. If your drive > slot is not 0, you > need to set the drive slot number with the "driveslot" variable. > > ==================== > Here's the question. > ==================== > I'm lucky(?) enough to have a three drive robot. Here is my question, forgetting amanda, how would you load a tape, say tape 44 into the third tape drive using the mtx command from the shell prompt? Never having had the 'luxury' of a multiple drive library, I don't know if or how you can say something like: mtx -F <changerdev> load tape 44 into drive 2 But if you have to specify a number for the drive, I'd suspect that is the number to use for the "driveslot". BTW, you are using names like /dev/rmt/0 ... I assume it is Solaris. Those names are for the drives when reading and writing tapes. I'd expect that when your library is installed (or installed correctly :) there would be a separate device created just for the changer mechanism. The change device would be the device to use with mtx, not the read/write devices. Often the changer device gets created under /dev/scsi/... or /dev/changer. It may require editing of the /kernel/drv/sgen.conf file before it can be created. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
