Hello Amanda users,

Sorry that I don't have a better defined question...
I think mtx is working correctly but I've got some odd
results - most likely my glue config.
the cross post.

I've installed amanda 2.4.2p2
               mtx    1.3.8
               sgi    6.5.19
on a system with a jukebox (8 slot) and a single SDLT 320.

I apparently haven't glued everything together quite right
since I can't get the glue script right I can't get amanda
to run correctly.

Ignoring for a moment the lack of a work area and the fact that
gtar isn't yet installed (I'm going to segment a .88 TBytes disk drive,
probably by username/directory at the top of the partition).

samar 46% /usr/local/sbin/amcheck samar
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
ERROR: log dir /amanda/samar: not writable
amcheck-server: could not get changer info: badly formed result from changer: 
"info[6]: test: argument expected"

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
ERROR: samar: [host samar: port 1129 not secure]
Client check: 1 host checked in 0.147 seconds, 1 problem found

(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2p2)

samar 50% /usr/local/sbin/mtx -f /dev/scsi/sc1d4l0 inquiry
Product Type: Medium Changer
Vendor ID: 'BDT     '
Product ID: 'ThinStor AutoLdr'
Revision: 'T16r'
Attached Changer API: No

Oddly inventory gives no output.

samar 51% /usr/local/sbin/mtx -f /dev/scsi/sc1d4l0 inventory

Oops, maybe its because the end-users pillaged the tapes...

samar 52% /usr/local/sbin/mtx -f /dev/scsi/sc1d4l0 status
  Storage Changer /dev/scsi/sc1d4l0:1 Drives, 8 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 1 Loaded)
      Storage Element 1:Empty
      Storage Element 2:Empty
      Storage Element 3:Empty
      Storage Element 4:Empty
      Storage Element 5:Empty
      Storage Element 6:Empty
      Storage Element 7:Empty
      Storage Element 8:Empty

I'll see to getting the tapes reloaded, in the mean time I suspect
the following output is abnoral.

samar 53% /usr/local/libexec/chg-zd-mtx -info
info[6]: test: argument expected
 8 1 1

samar 62% /usr/local/sbin/mtx -f /dev/scsi/sc1d4l0 unload 1
Unloading drive 0 into Storage Element 1...done

samar 63% /usr/local/sbin/mtx -f /dev/scsi/sc1d4l0 inventory

samar 64% /usr/local/sbin/mtx -f /dev/scsi/sc1d4l0 load 1
Loading media from Storage Element 1 into drive 0...done

samar 65% /usr/local/sbin/amlabel samar SAMAR01
labeling tape in slot loadslot[8]: (test: argument expected):
rewinding
amlabel: no tape online

samar 67% more chg-zd-mtx.conf
firstslot=1
lastslot=8
#cleanslot=3
AUTOCLEAN=0
autocleancount=99
havereader=1
offlinestatus=0
OFFLINE_BEFORE_UNLOAD=0
max_drive_wait=300

Extracted from amanda.conf
--------------------------

tapetype SDLT   # what kind of tape it is (see tapetypes below)
labelstr "^SAMAR[0-9][0-9]*$"   # label constraint regex: all tapes must match

# columnspec variable allowed in v2.4.2p2 -ck
columnspec "HostName=0:7,Disk=1:14,OrigKB=1:9,OutKB=1:9,DumpRate=1:6,TapeRate=1:
6"

runtapes 3              # number of tapes to be used in a single run of amdump
tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx"  # the tape-changer glue script
tapedev "/dev/sdlt"     # the no-rewind tape device to be used
rawtapedev "/dev/null"  # the raw device to be used (ftape only)
changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/samar/chg-zd-mtx"
changerdev "/dev/scsi/sc1d4l0"

# the sdlt tapetype is just a guess

define tapetype SDLT {
    comment "QUAMTUM SDLT320"
    length 160 mbytes
    filemark 100 kbytes         # don't know a better value
    speed 100 kbytes            # dito
}

                                                Thanks in advance,

                                                Brian

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