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Re: dumpcycle / runspercycle / tapecycle best practices?

2004-11-04 09:45:55
Subject: Re: dumpcycle / runspercycle / tapecycle best practices?
From: Matt Hyclak <hyclak AT math.ohiou DOT edu>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:40:52 -0500
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 08:31:31AM -0600, Erik Anderson enlightened us:
> On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 09:23:10 +0100, Christoph Scheeder
> <christoph.scheeder AT scheeder DOT de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > as i'm using chg-scsi with some changers under linux let's check a few
> > things :
> > 1.) remove all comments from chg-scsi.conf, sometimes i had problems
> >      with chg-scsi which went away after removing them all.
> > 2.) set lastslot to 4 or your cleaningtape will be loaded in every
> >      search cycle through the magazin. (probably not what you want)
> > 3.) your changer and your tapedrive are recognized at bootup by the
> >      kernel, correct?
> >      ( do you see both when you do a  "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" ?)
> 
> Hello Christoph - I have removed all of the comments from my
> chg-scsi.conf, and I have noticed no change in behavior.  And yes, my
> changer and tape drive are surely recognized by the kernel.  I am able
> to load/read/write/unload tapes using the mt and mtx commands.
> 

Then why not use chg-zd-mtx?

:-)

-- 
Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics 
Department of Social Work
Ohio University
(740) 593-1263

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