I am currently trying to configure amanda for our department. The tape library we have is a Compaq TL891 with two tape drives and 26 storage slots. I have it connected via a Compaq fibre channel tape controller(FCTC) to a fedora linux box.
I can view the status of the tape library with an mtx -f /dev/sg0 status. Contents of my /proc/scsi/scsi show that fedora sees both the tape changer and both drives. The drives appear to be accessible via /dev/st0, /dev/st1, /dev/nst0, and /dev/nst1 My question is this: I've reviewed the TAPE.CHANGERS documentation that is included with the amanda binaries. However it is not clear which changer configuration is best suited to this hardware. All I know is mtx commands that actually try to interact with the hardware confuse the FCTC to the point of needing to be rebooted. Mtx staus commands are ok, but I tried configuring the chg-zd-mtx changer portion of amanda and that kills it pretty quickly. If anyone has experience configuring amanda for this hardware, I'd appreciate any direction you could provide. Thank you. Thomas Larson System Administrator WI Dept of Financial Institutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] (608) 261-9545
