I have an E220 with a L1000 hooked up. The configurations is
Solaris 8, Amanda 2.4.2p2 and chg-zd-mtx
The chg-zd-mtx script runs without a hitch. It will unload
and load tapes with all its commands.
The amtape command does not however work.
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> mtx -f /dev/scsi/changer/c6t0d0 status
Storage Changer /dev/scsi/changer/c6t0d0:2 Drives, 31
Slots ( 1 Import/Export )
Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 9 Loaded):VolumeTag
=
Data Transfer Element 1:Empty
Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=
…
Storage Element 6:Full :VolumeTag=
Storage Element 7:Full :VolumeTag=
Storage Element 8:Full :VolumeTag=
Storage Element 9:Empty
Storage Element 10:Full :VolumeTag=
Storage Element 11:Full :VolumeTag=
…
Storage Element 30:Full :VolumeTag=
Storage Element 31 IMPORT/EXPORT:Empty
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As you can see the tape is SE 9 is loaded into Drive 0.
I do the chg-zd-mtx command to load the next one and it
works.
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> chg-zd-mtx -slot next
10 /dev/rmt/0n
> mtx -f /dev/scsi/changer/c6t0d0 status
Storage Changer /dev/scsi/changer/c6t0d0:2 Drives, 31
Slots ( 1 Import/Export )
Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 10 Loaded):VolumeTag
=
Data Transfer Element 1:Empty
Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=
…
Storage Element 7:Full :VolumeTag=
Storage Element 8:Full :VolumeTag=
Storage Element 9:Full :VolumeTag=
Storage Element 10:Empty
Storage Element 11:Full :VolumeTag=
…
Storage Element 30:Full :VolumeTag=
Storage Element 31 IMPORT/EXPORT:Empty
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Now tape SE 10 is loaded into Drive 0.
Now the amtape command
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> amtape daily slot next
amtape: could not load slot Unknown: option next
> amtape daily slot 12
amtape: could not load slot 0: illegal request
> amtape daily show
amtape: scanning all 20 slots in tape-changer rack:
slot 10: not an amanda tape
amtape: could not load slot Unknown: option next
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The configuration files are as follows.
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Amanda.conf:
org
"daily" #
organization name for reports
dumpuser "amanda" # the user to run
dumps under
inparallel 1 # maximum
dumpers run in parallel (max 63)
netusage 2000 Kbps # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda
dumpcycle 1 weeks # days in the normal dump
cycle
runspercycle 6 # number of amdump
runs in dumpcycle days
tapecycle 2 tapes # number of tapes in rotation
bumpsize 50 Mb # minimum
savings to bump level 1 -> 2
bumpdays 2 #
minimum days at each level
bumpmult
2 # threshold = bumpsize
* bumpmult^(level-1)
etimeout 300 #
seconds per filesystem for estimates.
dtimeout 1800 # idle
seconds before a dump is aborted.
tapebufs 20
runtapes
4 # number of tapes in a
single run of amdump
tapedev "/dev/rmt/0n" # the no-rewind tape device
to be used
changerdev "/dev/scsi/changer/c6t0d0"
tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx"
changerfile "/etc/amanda/daily/CHANGER"
tapetype DLT7000 # what kind of tape it is
labelstr "^VOL[0-9][0-9]*$" # label constraint regex
holdingdisk hd1 {
comment "main holding disk"
directory
"/AMANDA/hold" # where the holding disk is
use 2 Gb
# how much space can we use on it
chunksize 1Gb # size of chunk
if you want big dump to be
}
infofile "/var/adm/amanda/daily/curinfo" #
database DIRECTORY
logdir "/var/adm/amanda/daily"
# log directory
indexdir "/var/adm/amanda/daily/index"
# index directory
CHANGER.conf:
firstslot=3
lastslot=20
cleanslot=1
AUTOCLEAN=0
autocleancount=99
havereader=1
offlinestatus=0
OFFLINE_BEFORE_UNLOAD=1
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Debug info:
# cat changer.debug.drive0
Thu Apr 10 16:24:33 EDT 2003
Invoked with args '-slot next'
2
-slot
STATUS -> currently loaded slot = 9
LOADSLOT -> load tape from slot next
->
unload 9 from /dev/rmt/0n
-> status
0, result 'Unloading Data Transfer Element into Storage Element 9...done'
->
loading tape from slot 10 to /dev/rmt/0n
-> status
0, result ''
-> readyStatus
= Quantum DLT7000 tape drive:
sense key(0x6)= Unit Attention
residual= 0 retries= 0
file no= 0 block no= 0
->
rewind 10
Thu Apr 10 16:27:08 EDT 2003
Invoked with args '-slot next'
2
-slot
STATUS -> currently loaded slot = 10
LOADSLOT -> load tape from slot next
Thu Apr 10 16:27:19 EDT 2003
Invoked with args '-slot 12'
2
-slot
STATUS -> currently loaded slot = 10
LOADSLOT -> load tape from slot 12
Thu Apr 10 16:27:32 EDT 2003
Invoked with args '-info'
1
-info
STATUS -> currently loaded slot = 10
INFO -> current slot 10, last slot 20, can go backwards 1
Thu Apr 10 16:27:33 EDT 2003
Invoked with args '-slot current'
2
-slot
STATUS -> currently loaded slot = 10
LOADSLOT -> load tape from slot current
Thu Apr 10 16:27:37 EDT 2003
Invoked with args '-slot next'
2
-slot
STATUS -> currently loaded slot = 10
LOADSLOT -> load tape from slot next
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# cat amtape.20030410162732.debug
amtape: debug 1 pid 24524 ruid 400 euid 400 start time Thu
Apr 10 16:27:32 2003
changer: got exit: 0 str: 10 20 1 1
changer: got exit: 0 str: 10 /dev/rmt/0n
changer: got exit: 2 str: Unknown option next
could not load slot Unknown: option next
amtape: pid 24524 finish time Thu Apr 10 16:27:39 2003
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks
Ray Keckler
