Hi Dana, Your setup should works correctly, what's in the changer debug file?
Jean-Louis On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:52:26PM -0800, Dana Bourgeois wrote: > Is there no one who has an idea of what's wrong here? I followed the > examples but used the chg-multi changer rather than the chg-mtx. Any help? > Can I use chg-multi with a /dev/null tape device? I don't really have any > hardware, its all the file: driver writing to disk. > > > Dana Bourgeois > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Bourgeois > > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 12:58 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Have 2.4.4p1 RAIT over file: working sort of... > > > > > > The good news is that its really easy to set up the RAIT with > > three disks. The bad news is that taper complains about not > > finding an Amanda tape which is like totally bogus because I > > read the label(s) myself. Can someone who knows the code > > help me figure this out? See the last section below for errors. > > > > I will include the relevant config files and the error > > message. I'd really like to get this working. > > > > > > Dana Bourgeois > > > > ========= Amanda.conf > > # > > # amanda.conf - sample Amanda configuration file. This > > started off life as > > # the actual config file in use at CS.UMD.EDU. > > > > org "daily" # your organization name for reports > > dumpuser "amanda" # the user to run dumps under > > inparallel 4 # maximum dumpers that will run in parallel > > netusage 100000 # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, > > in KB per sec > > dumpcycle 1 weeks # the number of days in the normal dump cycle > > runspercycle 5 days # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days > > tapecycle 7 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation > > bumpsize 20 Mb # minimum savings (threshold) to bump > > level 1 -> 2 > > bumpdays 1 # minimum days at each level > > bumpmult 4 # threshold = bumpsize * bumpmult^(level-1) > > etimeout 300 # number of seconds per filesystem > > for estimates. > > runtapes 1 # number of tapes to be used in a > > single run of > > amdump > > tpchanger "chg-rait" # This one stripes across multiple changers > > changerfile "/var/lib/amanda/config/rait-changer.conf" > > tapetype file # what kind of tape it is (see > > tapetypes below) > > labelstr "^daily[0-9][0-9]*$" # label constraint regex: all > > tapes must > > match > > infofile "/var/lib/amanda/daily1/curinfo" # database filename > > logdir "/var/lib/amanda/daily1" # log directory > > indexdir "/var/lib/amanda/daily1/index" # index directory > > # Dumpers write to the holding disk, taper reads from the > > holding disk. holdingdisk hd1 { > > comment "main holding disk" > > directory "/backup1/holding" # where the holding disk is > > use -10 Gb # how much space can we use on it > > # a negative value means use all > > space except <value> > > } > > holdingdisk hd2 { > > comment "main holding disk" > > directory "/backup2/holding" # where the holding disk is > > use -10 Gb # how much space can we use on it > > # a negative value means use all > > space except <value> > > } > > > > # tapetype > > define tapetype file { > > comment "File on large disk" > > length 15 gb > > filemark 0 kbytes > > speed 10000 kbytes > > } > > > > define dumptype global { > > comment "Global definitions" > > index yes > > compress client fast # can be 'none' > > program "GNUTAR" > > maxdumps 1 > > } > > > > define dumptype tar-compress { > > global > > comment "Dump of my systems" > > } > > > > # network interfaces > > define interface local { > > comment "a local disk" > > use 10000 kbps > > } > > > > define interface eth0 { > > comment "100 Mbps ethernet" > > use 1000 kbps > > } > > > > ========= rait-changer.conf > > # chg-rait config file > > # > > # This assumes we have rait-striped drives in several > > # other amanda changer configs. > > > > nchangers=3 > > > > # Changer #1 > > tpchanger_1="chg-multi" > > changerfile_1="/etc/amanda/daily1/changer1.conf" > > > > # Changer #2 > > tpchanger_2="chg-multi" > > changerfile_2="/etc/amanda/daily1/changer2.conf" > > > > # Changer #3 > > tpchanger_3="chg-multi" > > changerfile_3="/etc/amanda/daily1/changer3.conf" > > > > ========= changer1.conf > > # config file for the chg-multi tape changer program. > > # Used when tpchanger "chg-multi" is specified in amanda.conf. > > > > multieject 0 > > gravity 0 > > needeject 0 > > ejectdelay 0 > > statefile /etc/amanda/daily1/changer-status1 > > firstslot 1 > > lastslot 15 > > slot 1 file:/backup1/daily01 > > slot 2 file:/backup1/daily02 > > slot 3 file:/backup1/daily03 > > slot 4 file:/backup1/daily04 > > slot 5 file:/backup1/daily05 > > slot 6 file:/backup1/daily06 > > slot 7 file:/backup1/daily07 > > slot 8 file:/backup1/daily08 > > slot 9 file:/backup1/daily09 > > slot 10 file:/backup1/daily10 > > slot 11 file:/backup1/daily11 > > slot 12 file:/backup1/daily12 > > slot 13 file:/backup1/daily13 > > slot 14 file:/backup1/daily14 > > slot 15 file:/backup1/daily15 > > > > =========== changer2 and 3 conf files > > The same as changer1.conf except the status file is > > changer-status2 and changer-status3 respectively AND the > > tapes for changer 2 are on /backup2 while the tapes for > > changer 3 are on /backup3. > > > > =========== OK, Errors > > 1. amlabel labels the tapes but then doesn't rewind them. I > > wrote a little script to do that for me since all that is > > required is to muck with the info file. Once I labelled and > > rewound the tapes, amtape and amlabel acted normally. For > > example, during the amdump taper reported: > > > > taper: slot 4: date X label daily04 (exact label match) > > > > 2. when I ran amdump, the taper complained and wouldn't > > write. Here's the error line: > > > > driver: result time 484.574 from taper: TAPE-ERROR [not an > > amanda tape] > > > > 3. Ahh...OK. Found something!! I thought it was just the > > initial labelling of a new tape that was not rewinding but > > amcheck and amlable both don't rewind, even when they say > > they will. If I run amlabel after my rewinding program, it > > acts normally but if I run it a second time the info file > > reports position 2 and amlabel reports it can't find the > > label and errors. This might be the problem with amdump but > > I'm too burned out to work on this anymore. > >
