Amanda-Users

Re: rait output driver

2003-06-03 09:37:53
Subject: Re: rait output driver
From: Jean-Louis Martineau <martinea AT IRO.UMontreal DOT CA>
To: rwk AT americom DOT com
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 09:34:48 -0400
Hi Dick, 

It doesn't work with 2.4.4, it's fixed in the latest snapshot
from http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~martinea/amanda

Jean-Louis

On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:24:09AM -0000, rwk AT americom DOT com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to test the rait output driver in amanda-2.4.4.  I am trying
> to get this to work, which, if I understand the rait driver, should work:
> 
> tapedev "rait:{file:/backup,file:/mirror}"
> 
> But I get:
> 
> $ amlabel Tapeless Tape00
> rewinding, reading label, not an amanda tape
> rewinding, writing label Tape00, checking label
> amlabel: no label found, are you sure rait:{file:/backup,file:/mirror} is 
> non-rewinding?
> 
> With: tapedev "file:/backup" I get:
> 
> $ amlabel Tapeless Tape00
> rewinding, reading label Tape00
> rewinding, writing label Tape00, checking label, done.
> 
> With: tapedev "file:/mirror" I get:
> 
> $ amlabel Tapeless Tape00
> rewinding, reading label Tape00
> rewinding, writing label Tape00, checking label, done.
> 
> So I am confident I have the directories set up properly.  I can in fact
> amdump to either one separately, but not using rait.
> 
> I have also tried:
> 
> tapedev "rait:file:/backup"
>                               and
> tapedev "rait:file:/mirror"
> 
> These work as well.  It is only when used together that it fails. i.e.:
> 
> tapedev "rait:{file:/backup,file:/mirror}"
> 
> It is also worth mentioning that:
> 
> tapedev "rait:{file:/backup}"
> 
> fails with the same error:
> 
> $ amlabel Tapeless Tape00
> rewinding, reading label, not an amanda tape
> rewinding, writing label Tape00, checking label
> amlabel: no label found, are you sure rait:{file:/backup} is non-rewinding?
> 
> I must be doing something simple wrong.  Can anyone make any
> suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dick

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