On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 08:15:58AM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> so i was having trouble w/ my tape-changing stuff...
> then i realized that i should probably be using
> chg-zd-mtx instead of chg-multi (i hope i'm right...
> i'm running a spectra 12000c tape-changer... it's got
> 30 slots and two tape drives).  anyway, now that i've
> switched, amanda will no longer run (i get this
> error):
> 
> [DailySet1]# su amanda -c "amcheck -t DailySet1"
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> amcheck-server: could not get changer info: cannot
> determine first slot
> 
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4)
> 
> so it can't determine my slots... here's my various
> config stuff... the section from my amanda.conf:
> 
> tapedev "/dev/nst0"  
> tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx"
> runtapes 1              
> changerfile "changer"
> changerdev "/dev/sg2"
> 
> i don't actually have a /etc/amanda/DailySet1/changer,
> but i did make a changer.conf (that's what the
> comments in chg-zd-mtx told me to do), here's that:
> 
> [root@db1 DailySet1]# cat changer.conf 
> firstslot 1
> lastslot 17
> cleanslot -1
> havereader 1
> offline_before_unload 0
> 
> i'm only using the first 17 slots because the rest of
> the slots are empty right now.  running the test stuff
> w/ chg-zd-mtx works like a charm, i can switch slots,
> see my status, etc.  but when it comes to the amanda
> part, nothing works.  any ideas?

How about amtape?  Does it work with your new script too?

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