Hi Jon,
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon LaBadie"
> To: "amanda-users" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2018 1:44:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Taper scan algorithm did not find an acceptable volume.
> As a general approach, an admin should not run new software systems
> until its dependices are independently verified. For example
> client backups depand on a working network. You should confirm
> the clients can reach the server and visa-versa.
This is confirmed. From my AMANDA server, I can see each of my NAS as a SaMBa
share. I can ping each of my clients from the AMANDA server, and smbclient -L
let's me browse their filesystems. I don't think connectivity is my problem. I
think I am fighting my own ignorance exhibited in a badly configured AMANDA
server. I seek advice of detecting and correcting this very simple
configuration:
mailto "[email protected]" # space separated list of
operators at your site
dumpuser "amandabackup" # the user to run dumps under
org "Mail.TCLC.org"
infofile "/var/amanda/info"
logdir "/var/amanda/Mail.TCLC.org"
indexdir "/var/amanda/index"
tapetype "NAS"
tapedev "chg-disk://etc/amanda/Mail.TCLC.org/dst"
holdingdisk hd
dumpcycle 1week
runspercycle 7
tapecycle 21
define holdingdisk hd {
directory "/var/amanda/hold"
}
includefile "advanced.conf"
includefile "/etc/amanda/template.d/dumptypes"
includefile "/etc/amanda/template.d/tapetypes"
> You are setting up a vtape library, tapes to fill the library slots,
> and a changer to manipulate the vtapes in the library. You should
> exercise these components with amanda commands before trying to
> backup your clients.
>
> Hmm, does amanda have any commands to exercise the changer and library?
I assume that this is a rhetorical question. In my case it is a valid question
that I can't answer, but the answer to which may solve my problem. I now know
about "amadmin", and "amtape", and "locate am | grep "^am" | grep bin" has
revealed many more which justify greater familiarity, but I have no idea how to
proceed testing my vtape config. I would be appreciative if you could give me
an example of how to do this.
Thanks for the help, Jon.
--
Chris.
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