Hi all,

Ernest Byaruhanga schrieb:

hello,

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Postaremczak Bernd wrote:

amtape: could not reset changer: no slots available
changerdev "/dev/nst0"

That's your Problem. It must be something like "/dev/sg1".

Try to use

the command

yeah, actually, the system sees the changer as /dev/sg2 but that is what was in the amanda.conf before. Now amanda.conf has:

changerdev "/dev/sg2"

Good. Your next Problem is this line:

rawtapedev "/dev/nst0"        # the raw device to be used (ftape only)

AFAIK This is wrong.

1.) it is for use with the linux-ftape (aka floppy-tape) driver only

2.) for the use with changers this has to be something like:

tapedev "0"

christoph

only)

There must be also a "/dev/sg1" line. This must be the SCSI-Device of your
tape, not your loader. /dev/sg2 may be wrong, because it is your loader.

/dev/sg1 is the autoloader drive SCSI controller,
/dev/sg2 is the powervault itself

should i then use /dev/sg1.. but i have also used it and i get the same error!

Does "mtx -f /dev/sg2 status" work?

yes, see below:

[root@oshe root]# mtx -f /dev/sg2 status
  Storage Changer /dev/sg2:1 Drives, 8 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 1 Loaded)
      Storage Element 1:Empty
      Storage Element 2:Full
      Storage Element 3:Empty
      Storage Element 4:Empty
      Storage Element 5:Empty
      Storage Element 6:Empty
      Storage Element 7:Empty
      Storage Element 8:Empty

Try it first before you try it with amanda. Then try to load/unload
tapes with mtx. And then try it with amanda.

i have already tried loading from one slot to another, etc. with mtx, and it works beautifully !

i am still stuck at the moment!

ernest.

Regards

Bernd