On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 03:07:50PM -0400, Woodman, Joel wrote:
> # /usr/lib/amanda/chg-zd-mtx -info
> 2 2 1
> 
> As I understand the documentation, this means that my current slot is "2," I
> have "2" slots and the changer can travel backwards, as noted by "1."

Yup.

> Is it
> normal for mtx to define "slots" as slots with tapes in them, versus slots
> in total?

Normal for chg-zd-mtx, that is, yes.  It does an 'mtx status' and
keeps a list of occupied slots within the firstslot->lastslot
range.  No sense mucking about with empty slots.

> Also, if I run "/usr/sbin/amtape cas-unix show" amanda will show the tapes
> in the pod, but won't unload the last tape it examined without a manual
> "amtape eject." Is this normal,

Yes.  In general, all(?) amanda tape operations leave the tape in the
drive and un-rewound unless you explicitly command otherwise.

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