--On Thursday, January 08, 2004 19:39:57 +0000 Chris Jones <chris AT 
stow-jones.co DOT uk> wrote:

> Paul,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
>> [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org]On Behalf Of Paul Bijnens
>> Sent: 07 January 2004 20:25
>> To: chris
>> Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
>> Subject: Re: Tapeless backup configuration
>> 
>> 
>> chris wrote:
>> 
>> > I have set up the environment exactly as set out in
>> > http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/191.html and
>> have got to
>> > the part where I am trying to set the labels. When I run amlabel
>> > DailySet1 DailySet101 slot 1 I get the response:
>> > amlabel: could not load slot "1" : chg-multi: slot is empty.
>> > 
>> > Can anyone give me a pointer as to what may be wrong with my
>> > configuration?
>> 
>> Maybe forgot to create a "data" subdirectory in each "tape" directory?
>> See point 4 in above faq text.
>> 
>>   4. Create the "tapes" on the tape server hard drive with
>> the associated
>>   data directories:
>> 
>>   $mkdir /var2/amandadumps
>>   $mkdir /var2/amandadumps/tape01
>>   $mkdir /var2/amandadumps/tape01/data
>> 
>> 
> I have checked the configuration and I now have the following structure in
> my "backup" area:-
> /home/spool/backup contains the following
> data -> /home/spool/backup/slot1
> info
> slot1
> slot1/data
> slot2
> slot2/data
> slot3
> slot3/data
> slot4
> slot4/data
> ..
> 
> When I run amcheck I get the following for each slot:
> amcheck-server: slot <n> : chg-multi : slot is empty
> 
> .. and after the listing of slots it reports:
> ERROR: new tape not found in rack
>        (expecting a new tape)
> 
> I still get the same error when I attempt to run amlabel:
> amlabel: could not load slot "1" : chg-multi : slot is empty

What is in your changer.conf (or whatever you specified as changerfile
in amanda.conf)?  Also, make sure your 'tape' directories have the
proper ownership/permissions so the amanda user can access them.

Frank

> 
> I have followed the instructions for the RPM included with Fedora and still
> I am getting these errors. I appreciate your help, but I am still apparently
> missing a key element in the configuration.
> 
> TIA
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