Have been playing with the chg_zd_mtx script. Seems to work fine against one
tape drive, but I don't understand how to configure it to be 'aware' of both
tape drives.  Any ideas?

Thx again


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Baker-LePain" <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
To: "Michael Scaglione" <Mike.Scaglione AT crcnet1 DOT com>
Cc: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: problems whth chg-scsi on Linux with AIT scalar 480


> On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 at 1:58pm, Michael Scaglione wrote
>
> > Greetings, this is my first posting to this list. Please excuse any
> > oversights on my part.
>
> Getting Outbreak to put in some line breaks would be nice.  Not using it
> would be even nicer.
>
> > I am attempting to configure an ADIC SCALAR 480 auto changer. This is
> > an OEM auto-changer with a single tape changer, 2 AIT-2 drives and 80
> > tape slots.
> >
> > While attempting to configure Amanda I run the command :
> > sta-36 libexec]#  ./chg-scsi -info
> >
> > which returns this error :
> >
> > Can't read STE status
> >
> > I can find no reference to this error in any of the archives. I don't
> > understand what it means. However, I can  access the tape changer
> > directly as /dev/sg0 and make mtx load and unload tapes directly.  The
> > command "mtx -d /dev/sg0 load 2 0" will stuff the appropriate AIT
> > cartridge into the first drive. I have also confirmed that the tape
> > devices, /dev/st0 and /dev/st1, as well as their no-rewind counterpart
> > devices are functioning properly.
>
> If you've got mtx working, why not use the chg-zd-mtx changer rather than
> chg-scsi?  Directions for setting up the configuration file are in the
> chg-zd-mtx script in (by default) /usr/local/libexec.
>
> --
> Joshua Baker-LePain
> Department of Biomedical Engineering
> Duke University
>
>