Amanda 2.4.4
Solaris 9
LTO tape in Storedge 9 jukebox (ie HP c7145 jukebox)
mtx 1.2.17rel

> mtx -f /dev/scsi/changer/c5t4d0 inquiry
Product Type: Medium Changer
Vendor ID: 'HP      '
Product ID: 'C7145           '
Revision: '233S'
Attached Changer: No

This is very intermittent... 

        amdump always runs successfully
        amcheck and amlabel, usually good, sometimes a little less so
        amtape _always_ fails in the same manner.

Actually I was seeing a higher rate of success with amanda 2.4.3
on Solaris 8 but with the 2.4.4 chg-zd-mtx script. I'm sorry, I
don't recall the version of mtx I was using on Solaris 8.

Please tell me what additional diagnostic information I can provide,
I just didn't want to include the kitchen sink.


> amlabel ninfo NTNWKLY10 slot 3
labeling tape in slot 3 (/dev/rmt/0cn):
rewinding, reading label, not an amanda tape
rewinding, writing label NTNWKLY10, checking labelBus error (core dumped)

> amcheck ninfo
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
WARNING: holding disk /amanda/work: only 34403066 KB free (36700160 KB 
requested)
amcheck-server: slot 3: date X        label NTNWKLY10 (first labelstr match)
amcheck-server: slot 4: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 5: date 20030327 label NEWTONR05 (no match)
amcheck-server: slot 6: date 20030328 label NEWTONR06 (no match)
amcheck-server: slot 7: date 20030331 label NEWTONR07 (no match)
amcheck-server: slot 8: date 20030401 label NEWTONR08 (no match)
amcheck-server: fatal slot 9: badly formed result from changer: "9"
ERROR: <error> could not read result from "/usr/local/libexec/chg-zd-mtx" (got 
signal 10)
       (expecting tape NTNWKLY05 or a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
Server check took 459.881 seconds

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
Client check: 7 hosts checked in 2.112 seconds, 0 problems found

(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4)

> cat chg-zd-mtx.conf
firstslot=1
lastslot=9
#cleanslot=3
AUTOCLEAN=0
autocleancount=99
havereader=1
offlinestatus=0
OFFLINE_BEFORE_UNLOAD=0

                                                thanks,

                                                Brian

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