Re: Why does my changer only read 6 slots?

[John R. Jackson]

I have a DDS changer, 12 slot. Amanda.conf names changer as changer file. 

Which Amanda changer are you using, i.e. what did you set tpchanger to?

I think there is a status file someplace for each Amanda changer to record
what slot it thinks it is at.  Did you set changerfile in amanda.conf?

If you didn't, did you set something comprarable in your changer config
file?

Either way, what's in that status file?

Tony Traylor

John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Why does my changer only read 6 slots?

[Tony Traylor]

I have a DDS changer, 12 slot. Amanda.conf names changer as changer file. 

changer.conf lists starttape 1, endtape 12, cleancart 12...

Where do I look? 

Version etc is in the stdout:
I started with slot 7 loaded, and then instead of moving to slot 8, it 
moves back to slot 1. Mtx moves thru all slots.

[amanda amanda] amcheck Weekly
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-
/tmp2/Weeklies: 12245454 KB disk space available, that's plenty.
amcheck-server: slot 7: date Xlabel 1283-000112 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 1: date 20001027 label 1283-000101 (no match)
amcheck-server: slot 2: date 20001012 label 1283-000102 (no match)
amcheck-server: slot 3: date 20001012 label 1283-000104 (no match)
amcheck-server: slot 4: date 20001017 label 1283-000107 (no match)
amcheck-server: slot 5: date 20001020 label 1283-000109 (no match)
ERROR: new tape not found in rack.
   (expecting a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test.
Server check took 449.571 seconds.

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check

Client check: 2 hosts checked in 5.721 seconds, 0 problems found.

(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.1p1)  

Thanks, Tony Traylor