Hadi,
You are welcome - glad the jukebox is working properly now.
As to your other question - no, amanda is not really designed
to operate in the way you are asking.
Amanda maintains a tape pool, which it will attempt to use in
order from cycle to cycle. Ideally your tape pool exceeds the
size of the dump cycle so that you will not risk overwriting
a previous level 0 of any particular file system in the event
of a missed day, ie tape trouble, power, drive failure, etc.
With a jukebox its possible to run dumps 7/week (which it is
not possible to do at my site without a jukebox since we have
no weekend coverage), if you want to attempt to keep the tapes
in step with the day of the week you should size your tape
pool to be a multiple of your dumpcycle. Ie: dumpcycle 7-days,
tape pool, 14,21,28 tapes.
Even so you should expect to fall out of sequence at some point.
Normally to find which tape has a level N of some particular
file system you would use the "amadmin find" commands.
Related to this, amanda will try to schedule different dump levels
of the partitions being dumped so as to attempt to equalize the
amanda of data written to tape each day. Amanda does not typically
schedule a level 0, 1, 2 of partition /XX for Mon,Tues,Wed. It will
appear to you to be more random than that - but really follows a
well thought out strategem.
On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 12:22:38PM -0700, nyohadi wrote:
> Hi Brian ,
> Thanks for advice me , i am try trace error from
> /tmp/amanda , now my L8 with solaris 9 working , when i am label take
> from slot automatic, key is check first with chg-zd-mt
> /usr/local/libexec must working first , there also when i am checking
> (amchek ) can take tape automatic .
> my question is the tape configured by Dailyset1-001 ,
> Dailyset1-002 , how to configure sunday use tape Dailyset1-007 , monday
> use Dailyset1-001 ?, if you have copy sample from your crontab ,give me
> please
>
>
> regards
>
> hadi
>
> Brian Cuttler wrote:
>
> >Hadi,
> >
> >Yes - sorry, I picked the one jukebox config at my site that
> >didn't give driveslot, I had three others I could have sent.
> >
> >[nnewton] /usr/local/etc/amanda/newtonr 6> cat chg-zd-mtx.conf
> >firstslot=1
> >lastslot=9
> >#cleanslot=3
> >AUTOCLEAN=0
> >autocleancount=99
> >havereader=1
> >offlinestatus=0
> >OFFLINE_BEFORE_UNLOAD=0
> >driveslot=0
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 06:52:01PM -0700, nyohadi wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Dear Brian & Amanda user ,
> >> can you give me example your amanda.conf and changer file and
> >>how to to give driveslot on glue config.
> >>
> >>
> >>thanks and regards
> >>
> >>hadi
> >>
> >>Brian Cuttler wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hadi,
> >>>
> >>>I believe there is a debug switch in the glue-script, you may
> >>>want to set than and read though the log which should be in
> >>>/tmp/amanda
> >>>
> >>>You may also want to set "driveslot" in your glue config file.
> >>>I believe the script reads the slot number based on the robot
> >>>address and it isn't always the case that the tape drive addressing
> >>>matches that way.
> >>>
> >>>ie: I have two robots, separate systems, each with a single tape
> >>>drive, one amanda conf "assumed" that if the robot was at location 1
> >>>then the tape drive was a 1 also, in my case both drives where
> >>>at location 0.
> >>>
> >>>Make sure you've set all necessary parameters that are listed in
> >>>the glue script. Make sure you have the current glue script, I have
> >>>to look back at your email, but the script greatly changed at one
> >>>point and the new one was more robust than the old.
> >>>
> >>>On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 09:07:03AM -0700, nyohadi wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Dear Brian & amanda user,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>1) I had issues with the glue script when I first installed it,
> >>>> I changed the script itself run run under k-shell.
> >>>>
> >>>> am install default configuration from amanda, any some
> >>>>problem with my shell ? or glue script.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>2) What version of mtx software did you install ?
> >>>> root@backup # ./mtx --version
> >>>> mtx version 1.3.8
> >>>>
> >>>> You say the mtx software works properly by itself ?
> >>>>
> >>>>. yes , i do load ,unload and eject normal like move drive on
> >>>>untility veritas netbackup
> >>>>
> >>>>My binary is /usr/local/sbin/mtx, I believe that is the
> >>>> default installation location.
> >>>>
> >>>> YES , THE SAME LOCATION
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>What are the results of running mtx with its various options ?
> >>>>
> >>>> Results of inventory, inquiry and other basic commands ?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>root@backup # ./mtx -f /dev/scsi/changer/c3t0d0 inventory
> >>>> (LOADER SCANING SLOT BY SLOT )
> >>>>
> >>>>root@backup # ./mtx -f /dev/scsi/changer/c3t0d0 inquiry
> >>>>Product Type: Medium Changer
> >>>>Vendor ID: 'ADIC '
> >>>>Product ID: 'FastStor 2 '
> >>>>Revision: 'G12r'
> >>>>Attached Changer API: No
> >>>>root@backup #
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>root@backup # ./mtx -f /dev/scsi/changer/c3t0d0 status
> >>>> Storage Changer /dev/scsi/changer/c3t0d0:1 Drives, 8 Slots ( 0
> >>>> Import/Export )
> >>>>Data Transfer Element 0:Empty
> >>>> Storage Element 1:Full
> >>>> Storage Element 2:Empty
> >>>> Storage Element 3:Empty
> >>>> Storage Element 4:Empty
> >>>> Storage Element 5:Full
> >>>> Storage Element 6:Empty
> >>>> Storage Element 7:Empty
> >>>> Storage Element 8:Full
> >>>>
> >>>>root@backup # ./mtx -f /dev/scsi/changer/c3t0d0 load 1
> >>>>Loading media from Storage Element 1 into drive 0...done
> >>>>
> >>>>root@backup # ./mtx -f /dev/scsi/changer/c3t0d0 unload
> >>>>Unloading drive 0 into Storage Element 1...done
> >>>>
> >>>>regards
> >>>>
> >>>>hadi
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Brian Cuttler wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hadi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thank you for choosing me to write too, it would probably help
> >>>>>though in include the amanda-users list as many have greater
> >>>>>expertise than I.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>1) I had issues with the glue script when I first installed it,
> >>>>> I changed the script itself run run under k-shell.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>2) What version of mtx software did you install ?
> >>>>> You say the mtx software works properly by itself ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> My binary is /usr/local/sbin/mtx, I believe that is the
> >>>>> default installation location.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What are the results of running mtx with its various options ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Results of inventory, inquiry and other basic commands ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 08:16:25AM -0700, nyohadi wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Dear Brian ,
> >>>>>> thanks for reply my email , i change as your recomend , now when
> >>>>>>i am issue command get error
> >>>>>> bash-2.05$ /usr/local/sbin/amlabel -f daily DailySet1-001 slot 1
> >>>>>> amlabel: could not load slot "1": no slots
> >>>>>>available
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> shall i am issue another command ?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>regards
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>hadi
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Brian Cuttler wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>[Original note from user follows .sig]
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Hadi,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Glad to help.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>I note two things right off, in my config
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/ninfo/chg-zd-mtx"
> >>>>>>>where you have
> >>>>>>>changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/changer.conf"
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>I believe I tried it your way originally, resulting in
> >>>>>>>amanda being unable to find
> >>>>>>>/usr/local/etc/amanda/ninfo/chg-zd-mtx.conf.conf
> >>>>>>>since it seems to add the extension by itself.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Second thing I note is that I have a number of parameters in
> >>>>>>>my config file that you seem to be missing.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>My file (for a 9 slot L9 changer, really HP under the hood) contains
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>[nnewton] /usr/local/etc/amanda/ninfo 6> more chg-zd-mtx.conf
> >>>>>>>firstslot=1
> >>>>>>>lastslot=9
> >>>>>>>#cleanslot=3
> >>>>>>>AUTOCLEAN=0
> >>>>>>>autocleancount=99
> >>>>>>>havereader=1
> >>>>>>>offlinestatus=0
> >>>>>>>OFFLINE_BEFORE_UNLOAD=0
> >>>>>>>max_drive_wait=300
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Please see if adding first/last slot information to your file helps.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>---
> >>>>>>>Brian R Cuttler brian.cuttler AT wadsworth DOT org
> >>>>>>>Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697
> >>>>>>>Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384
> >>>>>>>NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 06:27:12AM -0700, nyohadi wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Hi Brian ,
> >>>>>>>> my name is hadi , i am from brunei , i am newbie in amanda
> >>>>>>>>, i am install in solaris 9 with l8 autoloader , i test command with
> >>>>>>>>mtx working properly , but when i am label ,i got messages :
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>bash-2.05$ /usr/local/sbin/amtape daily slot 1
> >>>>>>>>amtape: could not load slot <none>: cannot determine first slot
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> tape config on amanda.conf
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" # the tape-changer glue script
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>#tapedev "/dev/rmt/0cn" # the no-rewind tape device to be used
> >>>>>>>>tapedev "/dev/rmt/0cn" # the no-rewind tape device to be used
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/changer.conf"
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>changerdev "/dev/scsi/changer/c3t0d0"
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>runtapes 1 # number of tapes to be used in a single run of
> >>>>>>>>amdump
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>changer.conf
> >>>>>>>>=============
> >>>>>>>>multieject 0
> >>>>>>>>gravity 0
> >>>>>>>>needeject 0
> >>>>>>>>ejectdelay 0
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>many thanks and regards
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Hadi
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>---
> >>>>>>>Brian R Cuttler brian.cuttler AT wadsworth DOT org
> >>>>>>>Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697
> >>>>>>>Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384
> >>>>>>>NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>---
> >>>>> Brian R Cuttler brian.cuttler AT wadsworth DOT org
> >>>>> Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697
> >>>>> Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384
> >>>>> NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>---
> >>> Brian R Cuttler brian.cuttler AT wadsworth DOT org
> >>> Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697
> >>> Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384
> >>> NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >---
> > Brian R Cuttler brian.cuttler AT wadsworth DOT org
> > Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697
> > Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384
> > NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
> >
> >
> >
---
Brian R Cuttler brian.cuttler AT wadsworth DOT org
Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697
Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384
NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
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