* Brian Cuttler <brian AT wadsworth DOT org> [20040302 15:19]:
>
> 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've got all that running on irix-6.5.19 with slightly
different versions of mtx (1.2.16rel) and
amanda 2.4.4p1-20031120 and 2.4.4-20030428
I suspect you have a bad chg-zd-mtx script.
Which version?
HTH,
jf
>
> 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
>
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>
> 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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