On Mon April 28 2003 10:44, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 12:46:11PM +0400, vlad f halilow wrote:
>> hello, i change the request() function in chg-manual for
>> requesting tape via our monitoring system. but one thing: in the
>> amanda dump report, i look the string for the next tape to be
>> inserted (awaiting tape). which variable or file contain string
>> for the next tape? so tape request note looks like following:
>>
>> 'insert new tape'
>> 'insert tapename10' etc...
>>
>>
>> how i can made this?
>
>The various changer scripts, such as chg-manual, are standalone
> programs. When called I do not think they have available the
> information about which tape should be used next.
>
>I don't know of a simple, foolproof way to determine what tape you
> should request without changes to other parts of amanda.

Since the tapelist name order changes with use, couldn't the next 
tape be deduced from reading that file?  I currently have an 
unrelated to this script running that reports the tape currently in 
the device by reading that file, and keeps a backup of the configs 
and indices that made tape#xx by that method.

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