--On Monday, August 11, 2003 07:22:06 -0700 "Dege, Robert C." <robert.dege AT 
ngc DOT com> wrote:

> 
> Okay, I've got a problem here.  I running amanda-2.4.4p1 on a linux Redhat
> 9.0, with a tape changer connected directly to the machine.  I'm trying to
> restore a few directories, and am having problems getting the amrecover to
> work.
> 
> After I set host, disk, date, and extraction list, I start the extract, but
> it fails.  When looking at the logs, it tells me the following:
> 
> amrestore: could not stat 0: No such file or directory
> amidxtaped: time 0.041: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2
> amidxtaped: could not stat 0: No such file or directory
> amidxtaped: time 0.042: could not stat 0: No such file or directory
> amidxtaped: time 0.042: pid 1305 finish time Mon Aug 11 09:54:03 2003
> 
> I'm assuming that this refers to config "0" in chg-scsi.conf.  So I set the
> settape to /dev/st0, and rerun extract.  Now I get this error:

Amanda always expect the no-rewind device (/dev/nst0) so that the tape
remains in the correct position for the next read or write. Chances are
it is reading the header, rewinding, and then not finding a dump image.

Frank
> 
> 
> changer: got exit: 2 str: <error> could not read result from
> "/usr/local/amanda/libexec/chg-scsi"
> amidxtaped: could not get changer info: could not read result from
> "/usr/local/amanda/libexec/chg-scsi"
> amidxtaped: time 0.067: could not get changer info: could not read 
>               result from "/usr/local/amanda/libexec/chg-scsi"
> amidxtaped: time 0.067: pid 1268 finish time Mon Aug 11 09:47:55 2003
> 
> 
> So I figure this is a result of amrecover trying to read the amanda.conf
> file & trying to talk with the tape changer using the /dev/st0 I specified
> when I did a settape.  So I change settape to /dev/sg0 (the tpae changer).
> Now I get this error:
> 
> amrestore: Could not rewind device '/dev/sg0': tape_rewind: 
>            rewinding tape: /dev/sg0: Operation not permitted
> amidxtaped: time 30.127: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2
> amidxtaped: time 30.128: rewinding tape ...
> amidxtaped: time 60.226: tape_rewind: rewinding tape: /dev/sg0: Operation
> not permitted
> amidxtaped: time 60.226: pid 1272 finish time Mon Aug 11 09:50:42 2003
> 
> 
> What do I have to do to get data from a restore tape???  I have reports
> showing the data was backed up, so I know the data is there.
> 
> -Rob