> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Keel [mailto:sakeel AT u.washington DOT edu]
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 11:01 AM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: Using chg-manual question
> 
> On Friday 26 September 2003 06:06 am, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 at 5:32pm, lamy AT unify DOT com wrote
> 
> > Yes.  You'll need to run amdump in the foreground so it can tell you
> when
> > to change tapes.
> 
> You can also setup the chg-manual script to email you notifications when
> it's
> time to change tapes.
[Yan Lam] I uncomment the request() function that suppose to send out email
notifications; however, I ran the backup from a cron job which doesn't work.
The amdump load file indicates the chg-manual script was called.  The next
few lines down shows:
tape:slot /usr/local/amanda/libexec/chg-manual:: /dev/tty: cannot create
changer: opening pipe to: /usr/local/amanda/libexec/chg-manual -slot next
changer: got exit: 1 str: /usr/local/amanda/libexec/chg-manual: /dev/tty:
cannot create

It doesn't work running from cron; I received emails if I manually run the
chg-manual scripts.

Since Amanda doesn't support backing up a partition to multiple tapes, there
is no reason to setup changer script if only one tape drive is used.

> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Stefan.
[Yan Lam] 

Yan Lam
Unify Corporation
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916.928-6226 -- lamy AT unify DOT com