On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:43:08AM -0400, Brian Cuttler wrote:
> 
> I wasn't able to configure chg-mtx with my storedge, I did use
> chg-zd-mtx with pretty good success.
> 
> > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 at 5:06pm, Jason Tedesco wrote
> > 
> > > This is the part where I am a little confused (I'm no experienced 
> > > Amanda user but I'm guessing I will be by the end of the week.)
> > > 
> > > In amanda.conf I am using
> > > tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx"
> > > changerdev "/dev/scsi/changer/c6t0d0"
> > > 
> > > I am wondering if changerfile has to be specified as well?  If the 
> > 
> > To use chg-zd-mtx, yes.
> > 
> > > changerfile is specified, what exactly needs to go into changer.conf?  
> > 
> > chg-zd-mtx is just a shell script.  There's a (large) comment block at the 
> > top of the script that walks you through setting up your changer.conf 
> > file.
> > 
> > > Does tpchanger in amanda.conf need the full path name or do you copy the 
> > > script into the directory?
> > 
> > Leave it where 'make install' put it and you don't need the full path in 
> > amanda.conf.
> > 
> > > Should I be using tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" or tpchanger "chg-mtx"?
> > 
> > That's up to you.  ISTR a lot of Solaris folks using chg-scsi as well.  If 
> > you got mtx from <http://mtx.badtux.net/> then chg-zd-mtx is the one you 
> > want.
> > 


One thing that tripped me was the changer file name.  You call it "XXX.conf"
(eg. changer.conf) but it is listed in amanda.conf as "XXX" without the
".conf" extension.  This is different than chg-mtx that I normally use.

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