Personnally I've had to add some "sleep 60" to this script: the tapes took too
much time to swap and the script ended before, saying "where's my tape?".
JC
On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:36:15 -0500
"Ron Bauman" <RBauman AT hatterasnetworks DOT com> wrote:
> I went thru the same problems. Be sure to read all the instructions in
> chg-zd-mtx and CHANGER.TAPES in the docs directory. You can run the script
> directly with
>
> /bin/sh -x /usr/lib/amanda/chg-zd-mtx [args]
>
> to see where the syntax errors are. You'll have to test all the options and
> be sure you get the expected response. If there's any error and the result
> is not in the format amanda expects, it gets unhappy, as you found out. BTW,
> the chg-zd-mtx in 2.4.4 is much better documented.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Rixon [mailto:scott AT green-flag DOT com]
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 5:58 PM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: HP 24x6
>
>
> Hi all...
>
> I am having trouble getting ny HP 24x6 autoloader working with Amanda.
> It works fine with the mtx and mt commands so I know the drive is
> working with Linux ok. I have a RedHat 7.3 box with the Amanda RPM's
> that came on the CD.
>
> When I do a amtape daily slot 1
> I get this error
> amtape: could not rewind [: : integer expression expected: no tape
> onlineamtape: changed to slot /usr/lib/amanda/chg-zd-mtx: on [: :
> integer expression expected
>
> And when I do a amcheck daily
> I get this
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> Holding disk /dumps/amanda: 4462668 KB disk space available, that's
> plenty
> amcheck-server: could not get changer info: badly formed result from
> changer: "/usr/lib/amanda/chg-zd-mtx: [: : integer expression expected"
>
> The trouble is it doesn't tell me where it error is!!
>
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> Client check: 1 host checked in 0.085 seconds, 0 problems found
>
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2p2)
>
> I am using the chg-zd-mtx.conf file and this is my changer file. I think
> this is where I am missing something.....
>
> firstslot=1 ### 1st tape slot
> lastslot=6 #### Last tape slot
> cleanslot=6 #### Slot with cleaner tape
>
> AUTOCLEAN=0 #### Set to '1' or greater to enable
>
> autocleancount=99 #### Number of access before a clean.
>
> havereader=0 #### If you have a barcode reader, set to 1.
>
> offlinestatus=1 #### Set to 0 if 'mt status' gives an
> #### "offline" when drive is offline.
> #### Set to 1 or greater if 'mt status'
> #### doesn't give and offline, rather an
> #### "ONLINE" when drive is online.
>
> OFFLINE_BEFORE_UNLOAD=0
>
> It's driving me mad!! I have been looking back at old posts but I can't
> find anything....
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Scott
>
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