> Hi Amanda,
> Hi List,
> 
> I've got SuSE 8.0 with installed Amanda 2.4.2p2 and after reading "the 
> list", I downloaded and installed Amanda 2.4.4 for tapeless backup.
> When I run "amcheck normal" the results are:
> 
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> amcheck-server: fatal slot 13: file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape13: not a 
> device file
> ERROR: new tape not found in rack
>        (expecting a new tape)
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> NOTE: info dir /etc/amanda/normal/curinfo: does not exist
> NOTE: it will be created on the next run
> Server check took 0.387 seconds
> 
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> Client check: 1 host checked in 0.182 seconds, 0 problems found
> 
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4)
> 
> I could understand this if I was running 2.4.2p2, but as the bottom line 
> says: (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4) !!
> 
> What is wrong here ?
> 
> 
> 
> -----------------------------------
> My amanda.conf:
> 
> runtapes 1
> tpchanger "chg-multi"
> changerfile "/etc/amanda/normal/changer.conf"
                                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You have defined 'changer.conf' as your changerfile but ...


> 
> tapetype HARD-DISK
> labelstr "normal-[0-9][0-9][0-9]" 
> 
> infofile "/etc/amanda/normal/curinfo"
> logdir   "/etc/amanda/normal"
> indexdir "/etc/amanda/normal/index"
> 
> define tapetype HARD-DISK {
>         comment "hard disk instead of tape"
>         length 285 mbytes # simulates end of tape on harddisk
> }
> 
> define dumptype nocomp-user-gnutar {
>             global
>             program "GNUTAR"
>             comment "user partitions dumped with tar and no compression"
>             priority medium
>         }
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> My disklist
> 
> backup  /       nocomp-user-gnutar
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> My  chg-multi.conf:
         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

... you seem to put 'chg-multi.conf' file as your changerfile.
For tapeless operation should be 'chg-multi.conf' defined
into amanda.conf file.
Of course you need to label your tapes first using
/usr/local/libexec/chg-multi -slot advance
/usr/local/sbin/amlabel normal normal-0xx slot xx


> 
> multieject 0
> gravity 0
> needeject 0
> ejectdelay 0
> statefile /etc/amanda/normal/multi-changer-status
> firstslot 1
> lastslot 14
> slot 1 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape01
> slot 2 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape02
> slot 3 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape03
> slot 4 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape04
> slot 5 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape05
> slot 6 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape06
> slot 7 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape07
> slot 8 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape08
> slot 9 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape09
> slot 10 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape10
> slot 11 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape11
> slot 12 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape12
> slot 13 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape13
> slot 14 file:/backup1/amandadumps/tape14
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> AktiNet IT-Services
> Henrik Bro Larsen
> brolarsen AT aktinet DOT de

WJ