On Friday 24 January 2003 13:04, annefacq AT crpp.u-bordeaux DOT fr wrote:
>Hello
>
>I am configuring amanda-2.4.2p2-9 for a changer HP Ultrium LTO 1
> (composed of 6 slots) and I have the following problem : the tape
> in the next slot is not automatically loaded
>
>The main lines of the configuration files are the following :
>====== amanda.conf
>runtapes 6
>tpchanger "chg-multi"
>changerfile "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/chg-multi.conf"
>
>====== chg-multi.conf
>multieject 0
>gravity 1
>needeject 1
>ejectdelay 0
>statefile /var/lib/amanda/csd/changer-status
>firstslot 1
>lastslot 6
>slot 1 /dev/nst0
>slot 2 /dev/nst0
>slot 3 /dev/nst0
>slot 4 /dev/nst0
>slot 5 /dev/nst0
>slot 6 /dev/nst0
>
>The system configuration is a Linux Redhat 8.0 with kernel
> 2.4.18-14smp
>
>Here is the description of the problem :
>- I manually load a tape in the slot 1, it's ok
>- Then, I lauch amdump, it's ok
>- But when the first backup is finished, if I lauch a second
> amdump, I get the error :
>"ERROR taper no-tape [new tape not found in rack]"
>
>I use chg-multi as tpchanger, which is a very basic interface to
> the changer, as I didn't found a better "driver", and my changer
> seems to react like a non wrap around changer : when the last
> position is reached, I have to manually put the changer on the
> first position.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Anne Facq

This might be a case where you should look at a different script. 
I'm using chg-scsi here, but YMMV. 

Or are you saying that even from the front panel, you cannot load a 
lesser slot than the one currently loaded without ejecting the 
whole thing and starting over?

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