Amanda-Users

Re: Amanda don't work with Exabyte VXA-2

2003-07-15 11:26:48
Subject: Re: Amanda don't work with Exabyte VXA-2
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:22:14 -0400
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:10:17AM +0100, Niall O Broin wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 July 2003 09:46, Shulov Leonid wrote:
> 
> > 1. amcheck don't see exabyte VXA-2 tape :
> > ----------------------------------------
> > amcheck DailySet1
> > Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> > -----------------------------
> > Holding disk /home/amanda/tmp: 163717756 KB disk space available, that's
> > plenty
> > ERROR: /dev/null: rewinding tape: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> >        (expecting a new tape)
> 
> You can fix that by doing this (as root)
> 
> cd /dev
> rm null
> ln -s st0 null

Shulov, just as a check, Niall meant this as sarcasm.

        DO NOT DO IT!

> but it MIGHT be better to fix your config file.
> 
> > Help me please.....
> 
> Help yourself - RTFM.

But do follow the comments in the amanda.conf file and install docs
to set up your configuration.

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Jon H. LaBadie                  jon AT jgcomp DOT com
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