Hi Jean-Louis. I am using version 3.3.6. I am confident that tape-device is correct insofar as I can complete multiple, successful dumps before the mismatches begin.
amtape verify looks good… $ amtape Weekly1-library1 verify GOOD : Drive 0 is device tape:/dev/nst0 GOOD : Drive 1 is device tape:/dev/nst1 property "TAPE-DEVICE" "0=tape:/dev/nst0" "1=tape:/dev/nst1" On Oct 2, 2014, at 12:50, Jean-Louis Martineau <[email protected]> wrote: > Which version of amanda are you using? > > Are you sure the tape-device property is correctly set? > try: amtape Weekly1-library1 verify > > Jean-Louis > > On 10/02/2014 03:29 PM, Mike Driscoll wrote: >> I’ve used amanda with virtual tapes successfully for years. I’m now >> attempting to add a physical tape library for the first time, a StorageTek >> SL150 with two LTO6 drives. After I have confidence in the configuration >> and some testing, the first few actual, scheduled dumps run fine. But >> around the 4th or 5th regularly scheduled dump, I consistently get errors >> about barcode mismatches with tape labels. >> >> I label tapes using commands like this: >> amlabel -f --barcode CA0014 Weekly1-library1 Weekly1-library1-CA0014 >> >> >> First, is there documentation to define specific definitions for LTO6 and or >> StorageTek libraries? The only source I’ve found is this, but these devices >> are absent. >> http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Tapetype_definitions >> >> >> Absent that, does anyone have any advice about how to avoid >> delayed/intermittent barcode mismatch problems? Here’s a typical example of >> the error: >> >> ERROR: Slot 16, label 'Weekly1-library1-CA0014', mismatch barcode between >> changer 'CA0017' and tapelist file 'CA0014' >> Server check took 245.881 seconds >> >> amanda.conf file includes: >> >> define changer sl150-robot { >> tapedev "chg-robot:/dev/changer" >> #tape/by-id/scsi-3500104f000d21512" >> property "tape-device" "0=tape:/dev/nst0" "1=tape:/dev/nst1” >> length 2442818848 kbytes >> filemark 1806 kbytes >> speed 74006 kps >> blocksize 32 kbytes >> } >> labelstr "Weekly1-library1-CA00[0-9][0-9]" >> amrecover_changer "sl150-robot" >> tapedev "sl150-robot" >> tapetype LTO6 >
