Hi, Raúl,

on Montag, 03. Mai 2004 at 12:50 you wrote to amanda-users:

RWS> Hi,

RWS> I'm trying to configure a tapeless amanda ...

RWS> I've configured many directories as the amanda tapeless
RWS> HowTo said ( /backup/amanda/GARBI[01..11] -> 11 directories for
RWS> 11 "slots"). I want to label each slot, but when I do:

RWS> $amtape <mypolicy> slot 1 
RWS> $amlabel <mypolicy> <mylabel> slot 1 

RWS> amtape returns  "amtape: could not load slot 1:
RWS> file:/backup/amanda/GARBI01: not a device file". The same with
RWS> amlabel. 

RWS> About config:

RWS> * Debian Woody
RWS> * /backup/amanda and /backup/amanda/GARBI* -> chmod 770 and chown 
backup:backup applied
RWS> * created GARBI*/data directories 
* changer.conf ->> "file:/backup/amanda/GARBI[01..11]"
* changer.conf ->> for each slot descriptor
* amanda.conf ->> using a HARD-DISK device (50000
* amanda.conf ->> mbytes) and hard-disk-tar descriptor
RWS> * Must I have an "chg-multi" script on my Debian? (I don't found it)

RWS> Any idea? 

Please consult the HOWTO-FILE-DRIVER in the docs-directory in your
amanda-tarball.

You need the line

tpchanger "chg-disk"

in your config, for example.
-- 
best regards,
Stefan

Stefan G. Weichinger
mailto:monitor AT oops.co DOT at