You are correct.  I have been testing the chg-zd-mtx from the CL.  Not
inside amanda and
so far everything is working correctly.  The only command that is hanging is
the loading of a tape

ie. /usr/local/libexec/chg-zd-mtx -slot 6

will actually load the tape but never exit or give me an exit status.  The
debug output look like

LOADSLOT -> load tape from slot 6
         -> loading tape from slot 6 to /dev/nrsa0
         -> status 0, result ''

What is confusing is if I use /usr/local/libexec/chg-zd-mtx -reset   it will
eject the tape and load the first slot successfully.  Am I missing something
in the conf file?

-greg



>I would recommend not trying  to debug the changer stuff from way up
>on high in AMANDA, but to debug at the command line by running the
>changer script directly... The ./docs/TAPE.CHANGERS document will
>guide you with the syntax to do this on the CL.

>If you have not already made all of AMANDA operate without the
>changer (just set the tapedev to the device specifier), then I would
>recommend doing that first....

>Isolating the two will help the issues fall out in a more apparent
fashion...