Try this :

In chg-manual, comment or remove the line
  DD if=$tape count=1 >> $logfile 2>&1

Bye

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brashers, Bart -- MFG, Inc." <Bart.Brashers AT mfgenv DOT com>
To: "Amanda Users (E-mail)" <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 5:16 PM
Subject: chg-manual problems


>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> I'm using the chg-manual on a DLT-8000, with runtapes=2.  I've
un-commented
> the section in the script that sends mail once an hour, asking for the
next
> Amanda tape.
>
> Right now, I started an amflush after last night's failure to find the
right
> tape.  It rejected the first tape I put in (even though the last amreport
> said amanda expected it) but took the 2nd tape I tried.  amflush is now
> running -- the lights on the tape drive indicate it's being written to,
and
> it's whirring.  But I'm getting about 5 emails per _minute_ with the usual
> chg-manual message "insert Amanda tape into slot 373 (/dev/nst0)".  Yet
> nothing's running:
>
> [root ~]% ps aux | grep am
> USER       PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ  RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
> amanda   25118  0.0  0.0  1972  840 ?        S    07:40   0:00 amflush
Daily
> amanda   25119  0.0  0.0  2592  756 ?        S    07:40   0:00 taper Daily
> amanda   25120  0.0  0.0  2628  836 ?        D    07:40   0:00 taper Daily
>
> Those are just what you'd expect to see running when doing an amflush!
Can
> anyone help me figure out what to kill to stop these email messages?
>
> As a side note, I often have trouble figuring out which tape amanda wants.
> amcheck runs each afternoon from crontab, just before I go home, to make
> sure I have the right tape in.  If I forget to change the tape, when
amdump
> fires off (also from crontab) later that evening, then two processes are
> requesting "insert Amanda tape", each unloading the tape after not finding
> the right one, and never letting the other process get started.
>
> If anyone has hacked the chg-manual script with improvements, like
> specifying _which_ tape amanda wants, I'd sure like a copy...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bart
> ---
> Bart Brashers                   MFG Inc.
> Air Quality Meteorologist       19203 36th Ave W Suite 101
> bart.brashers AT mfgenv DOT com            Lynnwood WA 98036-5707
> http://www.mfgenv.com           425.921.4000 Fax: 425.921.4040
>