Amanda-Users

Re: amtape problems

2004-03-10 16:07:01
Subject: Re: amtape problems
From: Brian Cuttler <brian AT wadsworth DOT org>
To: Benjamin Hyatt <ben AT hyattphoto DOT com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:58:24 -0500 (EST)
Josh,

I had the same problem the other day - turns out my initial
testing was from root rather than amanda user account and
I didn't have access (write access) to all of the files in the
amanda config directory.

> Hello Josh,
> 
> > Did you go through the tests in the chg-zd-mtx script?  Those should
> > confirm that your CHANGER.conf file is good.
> 
> (amanda)@atbackup:/usr/local/etc/amanda/atlab$ chg-zd-mtx -info
> 3 7 1
> 
> (amanda)@atbackup:/usr/local/etc/amanda/atlab$ chg-zd-mtx -reset
> /usr/local/libexec/chg-zd-mtx: loadslot: not found
> 1
> 
> (amanda)@atbackup:/usr/local/etc/amanda/atlab$ chg-zd-mtx -slot next
> /usr/local/libexec/chg-zd-mtx: loadslot: not found
> 4
> 
> (amanda)@atbackup:/usr/local/etc/amanda/atlab$ chg-zd-mtx -slot current
> 3 /dev/rmt/0hn
> 
> 
> chg-scsi.conf
> 
> # $Date: 2004/03/10 20:39:13 $
> # $Author: amanda $
> # $Source: /usr/local/etc/amanda/atlab/RCS/chg-scsi.conf,v $
> # $Revision: 1.2 $
> 
> 
> firstslot=1               #### First storage slot (element) -- required
> lastslot=7                #### Last storage slot (element) -- required
> cleanslot=8               #### Slot with cleaner tape -- default is "-1"
> driveslot=0               #### Drive slot number.  Defaults to 0
> autoclean=1               #### Set to '1' or greater to enable
> autocleancount=20         #### Number of access before a clean.
> havereader=0              #### If you have a barcode reader, set to 1
> offline_before_unload=1   #### Does your robot require a 'mt offline' before
> mtx unload?
> poll_drive_ready=3        #### Time (seconds) between tests to see if the
> tape drive has gone ready
> max_drive_wait=120        #### Maximum time (seconds) to wait for the tape
> drive to become ready
> initial_poll_delay=3      #### initial delay after load before polling for
> readiness
> 
> 
> ugh, tests 2 and 3 fail - I could have sworn this was working the other
> day....
> Guess I need to find out why "loadslot" isn't found.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Ben
> 
> 


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