Amanda-Users

Re: tapestatus file growing huge

2006-07-21 12:24:57
Subject: Re: tapestatus file growing huge
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:18:27 -0400
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 04:42:08PM +0100, Rodrigo Ventura wrote:
> On Friday 21 July 2006 16:29, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> What's the alternative? I'd be glad to switch to a better one. My changer is 
> an HP DAT 72x6. What changers can I use? Which one is recommended?

I hesitate to say they are better.  But perhaps more popular
are the scripts based on using the mtx command, either chg-mtx
or more commonly the newer chg-zd-mtx.  

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