On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 04:17:37PM +0100, Rodrigo Ventura wrote:
> On Friday 21 July 2006 15:58, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > I'm just as puzzled, I now have the latest 2.5.1p1-20060719 installed
> > and I have no such file either.
> >
> > Would the OP please supply the full path to this file?
> 
> The filename is tapestatus and is created in the config directory (e.g., 
> where 
> amanda.conf resides).
> 
> The bin responsible for it is chg-scsi. It grows in size in an amazing 
> speed...
> 
> The changer.conf file contains the line:
> tapestatus      /var/amanda/ISR/tapestatus # here will some status infos be 
> stored
> 
> so that's where the filename comes from. The file seems to be opened and 
> filled in scsi-changer-driver.c (lines 4558 and 4696 onwards).

>From the low volume of comments about chg-scsi on this list
it seems few sites are using that changer.  Thus our unfamiliarity
with its config and log files.  Sorry.

Of course, as few people post to the list except with problems,
maybe the low volume speaks to the reliability of chg-scsi.

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