Hi you definitly use the wrong wrapperscript for your changer.
chg-multi is designed to take multiple tape-drives to glue them together
to look like a virtual changer-device.
for example you have 5 identical tapedrives and want them to look like a 5-slot tape-changer. then you use chg-multi.
what you want to use is one of the other wrappers like chg-scsi, chg-mtx etc.
Depends on what tool you use to move your changer by hand.
Christoph
Ernest Byaruhanga schrieb:
hello Amanda Users,
I an having a problem with my Dell PowerVault Autoloader: amtape shows me that all slots are empty, yet 2 of the slots are loaded with tapes!
see below:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] log]$ amtape oshe show amtape: scanning all 8 slots in tape-changer rack: slot 8: chg-multi: slot is empty slot 1: chg-multi: slot is empty slot 2: chg-multi: slot is empty slot 3: chg-multi: slot is empty slot 4: chg-multi: slot is empty slot 5: chg-multi: slot is empty slot 6: chg-multi: slot is empty slot 7: chg-multi: slot is empty [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]$
the chg-multi.conf shows the following:
#************************************************
[...]
multieject 0
gravity 0
needeject 0
ejectdelay 0
statefile /usr/local/etc/amanda/changer-status
firstslot 1 lastslot 8 driveslot 0
slot 1 /dev/st1 slot 2 /dev/st2 slot 3 /dev/st3 slot 4 /dev/st4 slot 5 /dev/st5 slot 6 /dev/st6 slot 7 /dev/st7 slot 8 /dev/st8 #************************************************
where am i going wrong? first, the system sees the tape as /dev/st . is the slot device numbering then correct? also, the autoloader is seen as /dev/sg2. additionally, the mtx command tells me the right info, please see below:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] log]$ mtx -f /dev/sg2 status Storage Changer /dev/sg2:1 Drives, 8 Slots ( 0 Import/Export ) Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 1 Loaded) Storage Element 1:Empty Storage Element 2:Full Storage Element 3:Empty Storage Element 4:Empty Storage Element 5:Empty Storage Element 6:Empty Storage Element 7:Empty Storage Element 8:Empty [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]$
what is wrong? please help! all help will be greatly appreciated.
ernesto.
