hi,
im new to amanda and was wondering if someone could set me in the right
direction.  ive set up one amanda configuration backing up to tape over
a weeks cycle and thats working well... however im having problems
configuring amanda on another subnet to backup to disk.

using the howto at
http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/191.html i am configuring
amanda to backup to disk.
i have created the changerfile <chg-multi.conf>  where i have added
slots 1 - 5 pointing to directories containing a data directory.

now i can use the chg-multi -slot advance command to select different
directories, but when i try and use amlabel i get the following error

amanda@william DailySet1]$ amlabel DailySet1 day-01 slot 1
amlabel: could not load tapelist "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/tapelist"

i thought it could be a permission problem but ive double checked and
everything seems correct.

when i run amcheck i get the following result

[amanda@william amanda]$ amcheck DailySet1
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
ERROR: tape list /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/tapelist: parse error
Holding disk /home2/holdingdisk: 13669300 KB disk space available,
that's plenty
amcheck-server: slot 4: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 5: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 1: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 2: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 3: not an amanda tape
ERROR: new tape not found in rack
       (expecting a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
NOTE: info dir /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo: does not exist
NOTE: it will be created on the next run
NOTE: index dir /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/index/william: does not exist
Server check took 1.104 seconds

parse error?  the file dosent exist to parse?

i would be really grateful of any help,  may all seem pretty obvious but
amanda and i have just met.



shaun feeley
cytopia pty ltd
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