On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 03:32:35PM +0200, Paul Bijnens wrote:
> On 2006-05-02 14:12, stan wrote:
> >I'm trying to get amrecover to default to my changer.
> >
> >I've added the following to my script that runs configure:
> >
> >--with-tape-device=chg-multi \
> >--with-changer-device=chg-multi \
> >
> >made distclean, id a make, and a make install. I'm working on the server
> >for the moment, so I rebooted it just to make certain that I had the
> >correct daemons running.
> >
> >But, still....
> >
> >
> >amrecover> extract
> >
> >Extracting files using tape drive /dev/nst0 on host 
> >amanda.meadwestvaco.com.
> >                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >The following tapes are needed: DailyDump21
> >
> >This is runnig amrecover withut any options. On 2.5.0 PL1 if it atters.
> >
> >Am I doing something wrong here?
> 
> 
> Moreover, whatever I try here to reproduce your problem, I can't.
> When the SERVER is version 2.5.0 the amrecover is tried with different
> values until one succeeds:
> 
>    1. the device specified with amrecover -d ...
>    2. the device specified with amrecover "settape" command
>   or what the index-server returns, which tries these values:
>    3. The amrecover_changer param in the amanda.conf on the server
>    4. the tpchanger parameter in amanda.conf of the server
>    5. the tapedev specified in amanda.conf of the server
> 
> So where do you have /dev/nst0 in that list?
> Are you connecting with the correct "index-server"?
> 
As you see from my previous message, the problem was caused
by my midconfiguration, and (in retrospect) was consitent with
the above defined beahvior.

Thanks, once more.

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