Hi,

I am a newbie to Amanda. I have set up version
2.4.2.p2 on a RedHat
Linux 7.3 system with a HP SureStore 24x6 external
drive (HP C1557A).
Installation of amanda went on fine. Here are relevant
portions from
the amanda.conf file :

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runtapes 1              # number of tapes to be used in a single
run of amdump
tpchanger "/etc/amanda/daily/chg-zd-mtx"        # the
tape-changer glue
script
tapedev "/dev/nst0"     # the no-rewind tape device to be
used
rawtapedev "/dev/nst0"  # the raw device to be used
(ftape only)
changerfile "/etc/amanda/mtx-changer"
changerdev "/dev/sg0"

tapetype HP1557A                # what kind of tape it is (see
tapetypes below)
labelstr "^DailySet1-[0-9][0-9][0-9]"   # label
constraint regex: all
tapes must match

[....]

define tapetype HP1557A { 
    comment "HP SureStore DAT24x6e tape drive" 
    # data provided by Ivo Clarysse
    length 12000 mbytes 
    filemark 111 kbytes 
    speed 3000 kbytes 
} 

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I have tried using the mtx-changer command, and can
eject and load
individual tapes using it. However, when after all
configuration was
done, and I wanted to label a tape using the command:

su amanda -c "amlabel daily DailySet1"

I get this error:

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labeling tape in slot /etc/amanda/daily/chg-zd-mtx:
([: too many
arguments):
rewinding
amlabel: no tape online

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I used info from this URL for tape changer
configuration :
http://www.soti.org/~soggie/linux/hw/hp-surestore-24x6/

And for other Amanda installation and general
configuration, I
followed the guide at:

http://www.frankenlinux.com/guides/amandaserver.html

I have also tested my tape drive using tar commands,
and it works well
 with the device file /dev/nst0. The changer device
file shows up as
/dev/sg1.

Here is the output of the mt status command:

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SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x25 (DDS-3).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (41010000):
 BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN

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Any help in resolving this problem will be much
appreciated!

Thanks,
Vivek




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