On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 04:25:01PM -0500, Erik Anderson wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:20:37 -0500, Frank Smith <fsmith AT hoovers DOT com> 
> wrote:
> > Next step would be getting your changer working without Amanda. If you
> > are going to use mtx make sure you can load, unload and move tapes with
> > that before starting on Amanda.
> 
> Hello Frank, and thanks for the advice.  I'm working through the
> Amanda chapter, and it's starting to make more and more sense. In the
> meantime, I'm trying to get my head around mtx.  I've been able to
> successfully load a tape and check the status of the media changer,
> but I'm not able to unload tapes.  I read in the mtx man page that I
> may need to do a "mt offline" before unloading tapes, but whenever I
> do that, I get the following error:
> 
> lpdlnx00 etc # mt -f /dev/sg2 offline
> /dev/sg2: Operation not permitted
> 
> Here's what the changer currently looks like:
> 
> lpdlnx00 etc # mtx -f /dev/sg1 status
>   Storage Changer /dev/sg1:1 Drives, 6 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
> Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 1 Loaded)
>       Storage Element 1:Empty
>       Storage Element 2:Full
>       Storage Element 3:Full
>       Storage Element 4:Full
>       Storage Element 5:Full
>       Storage Element 6:Full
> 
> Any ideas?  Thanks in advance!

My first guess is that the device you selected is not
correct for use with mt.

Try "mt -f /dev/??? status" with various devices
from the /dev directory.

It might not be sg... but st... or nst...

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