Hello I am configuring amanda-2.4.2p2-9 for a changer HP Ultrium LTO 1 (composed of 6 slots) and I have the following problem : the tape in the next slot is not automatically loaded The main lines of
Author: Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:45:36 -0500 (EST)
The exact model would be helpful. Also, note that pre-built amanda binaries often lead to troubles. Building it yourself can make getting things running a lot easier. I don't know much about chg-mult
Author: Brian Cuttler <brian AT wadsworth DOT org>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:48:56 -0500 (EST)
Anne, I don't know what you mean by automatically loaded. My experience and recent discussion on this list both show that the current tape remains in the drive at the completion of the amanda run, ju
Author: Gene Heskett <gene_heskett AT iolinc DOT net>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 14:48:05 -0500
This might be a case where you should look at a different script. I'm using chg-scsi here, but YMMV. Or are you saying that even from the front panel, you cannot load a lesser slot than the one curre
On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 07:04:23PM +0100, annefacq AT crpp.u-bordeaux DOT fr wrote: chg-multi? I thought that was generally used for "multi"ple drives. Not for multiple tapes in a changer. But I've b
That's correct. Anne, you don't want to use chg-multi if you have a "real" changer, i.e. one that has mechanics to advance from tape to tape. chg-multi is intended for sites that have several tape *
Author: Gene Heskett <gene_heskett AT iolinc DOT net>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 13:58:32 -0500
John, could you refresh us on how tapetype goes about determining the size of a drives filemark? Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I ask because it seems to be so large (5.5 megs) on a freshly tapetype d
Many thanks to you 5 for your advice ! Each of you advised me to use the tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" script as tpchanger. I did it and I can now load or unload (with amtape) without problem the tape from