Question:  Did  i a message right before  that said 
changer: got exit: 0 str: 40 81 1 0
that this string stood for "Current drive, max # slots, first slot, ***CAN 
DRIVE go backwards ***??

That would explain this behavior I think, but I didnt see it in chg-scsi.conf

Mitch 
amcheck: debug 1 pid 13444 ruid 107 euid 0: start at Mon Aug  4 14:05:18 2003
amcheck: dgram_bind: socket bound to 0.0.0.0.738
changer: got exit: 0 str: 40 81 1 0
changer_query: changer return was 81 1 0
changer_query: searchable = 0
changer_find: looking for NULL changer is searchable = 0
changer: got exit: 0 str: 40 /dev/rmt/1bn
changer: got exit: 2 str: 41 slot 41 move failed
amcheck: spawning /usr/ucb/Mail in pipeline
amcheck: argument list: /usr/ucb/Mail -s "DailySet1 AMANDA PROBLEM: FIX BEFORE 
RUN, IF POSSIBLE" mbruntel
amcheck: pid 13444 finish time Mon Aug  4 14:06:01 2003
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bruntel, Mitchell L 
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 1:53 PM
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Host Question on tape advancment


Here;s the question:
Should amanda be advancing the tape every time it runs amcheck like this?
in my changer, tapes 1-30 are amanda labeled tapes

(background I have a 80 slot tape changer.) 
My amcheck Host says:
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
Holding disk /dump: 8972115 KB disk space available, that's plenty
amcheck-server: slot 39: tape_rdlabel: tape open: /dev/rmt/1bn: I/O error
amcheck-server: fatal slot 40: slot 40 move failed
ERROR: new tape not found in rack
       (expecting a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
Server check took 37.245 seconds

here's a snippet from my chg-scsi file
(I know, I've been told to move to chg-mtx, but I'm not sure of it yet...)
#: orginal example scsi.conf
number_configs  3
eject           1       # Tapedrives need an eject command
sleep           5       # Seconds to wait until the tape gets ready
cleanmax        15      # How many times could a cleaning tape get used
changerdev      /dev/scsi/changer/c1t0d0
#
# first comes the data for drive 0
#
config          0
drivenum        0
dev             /dev/rmt/0bn    # tapedrive 1 (BSD type, no rewind, no 
compression)
startuse        1       # The slots associated with the drive 0
enduse          81      #
statfile        /usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/logs/tape0-slot  # The file 
where the actual slot is stored
cleancart       0       # the slot where the cleaningcartridge for drive 0 is 
located

cleanfile       /usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/logs/tape0-clean # The file 
where the cleanings are recorded
usagecount      /usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/logs/totaltime-drive0

# Next comes the data for drive 1

config          1
drivenum        1
dev             /dev/rmt/1bn    # tapedrive 1 (BSD type, no rewind, no 
compression)
startuse        1       # The slots associated with the drive 0
enduse          81      #
statfile        /usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/logs/tape1-slot  # The file 
where the actual slot is stored
cleancart       0       # the slot where the cleaningcartridge for drive 1 is 
located

cleanfile       /usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/logs/tape1-clean # The file 
where the cleanings are recorded
usagecount      /usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/logs/totaltime-drive1


# Next comes the data for drive 2

config          2
drivenum        2
dev             /dev/rmt/2bn    # tapedrive 2 (BSD type, no rewind, no 
compression)
startuse        1       # The slots associated with the drive 2
enduse          81      #
statfile        /usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/logs/tape2-slot  # The file 
where the actual slot is stored
cleancart       0       # the slot where the cleaningcartridge for drive 2 is 
located

cleanfile       /usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/logs/tape2-clean # The file 
where the cleanings are recorded
usagecount      /usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/logs/totaltime-drive2

and from amanda.conf:

runtapes 2              # number of tapes to be used in a single run of amdump
tpchanger "chg-scsi"    # the tape-changer glue script
#tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" # the tape-changer glue script
tapedev "1"     # the no-rewind tape device to be used
# note (mb) the  1 refers to config # 1 within scsi.conf
changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/chg-scsi.conf"