Hi Jon, ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jon LaBadie" > To: "amanda-users" <amanda-users@amanda.org> > 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 "bac...@tclc.org" # 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. V:916.974.0424 F:916.974.0428