Toralf Lund --> amanda-users (2004-10-18 16:07:48 +0200):
> Jukka Salmi wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm using the chg-disk tape changer. When restoring files using
> >amrecover, after adding some files and issuing the extract command,
> >amrecover tells me what tapes are needed, and asks me to "Load tape
> ><label> now". I load the needed tape using amtape, and tell amrecover
> >to continue. After a while I'm promted to load another tape, and
> >so on...
> >
> >Is it possible to automate the process of loading the needed tapes?
> > 
> >
> Yes. I'm using the following tape device setup to do this:
> 
> tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx"
> tapedev "/dev/nrtape"
> rawtapedev "/dev/tape"
> changerfile "chg-mtx"
> changerdev "/dev/changer"
> 
> amrecover_changer "/dev/nrtape"
> amrecover_do_fsf yes
> amrecover_check_label yes
> 
> It's amrecover_changer that does the trick; essentially it tells 
> amrecover to use the tape changer or the tape device is set to /dev/nrtape.

That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!


Regards, Jukka

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