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Re: changer problems when running from cron

2003-02-07 08:16:07
Subject: Re: changer problems when running from cron
From: Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
To: Michael Bretterklieber <mbretter AT jawa DOT at>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 07:40:05 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 at 11:31am, Michael Bretterklieber wrote

> we have problems with amanda when running from cron, amanda always means 
> that the right tape is not or no tape is inserted but it is.
> 
> I tried to track down the problem and I can reproduce this problem with 
> amcheck, when running amcheck from cron:
> 
> amcheck-server: could not get changer info: wait for 
> "/usr/local/libexec/chg-manual" failed: No child processes

chg-manual is meant to be used when you run amdump interactively.  It 
waits for you to put the right tape in and then let it know.  This won't 
work when running from cron.

Do you really need runtapes > 1

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University


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