FL schrieb:
> 
> 
> On 3/6/07, *Stefan G. Weichinger* <sgw AT amanda DOT org
> <mailto:sgw AT amanda DOT org>> wrote:
> 
>     FL schrieb:
>     > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!
> 
>     Why should I sleep at midnight? ;-)
> 
> 
> You too?

:)

> This is what I settled on as a first guess
> # my customized rule
> ID=="2:0:0:0", BUS=="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}=="EXABYTE ",   NAME="changer",
> OWNER="root", GROUP="tape", MODE="0660"
> 
> and it worked: I have a /dev/changer (I removed the symbolic link
> instruction in my setup file). I'm using the name changer since
>    mtx uses it if it exists

right, ok.

>    I wanted to try udev with new names, to see that the major and minor
> number assignments were correct (they were) and to avoid any potential
> conflicts
> 
> With /dev/sg1 renamed to /dev/changer in amanda.conf, I ran an amcheck
> against my configuration (one should always do this after changing the
> config):
> 
> backup@Wilf:/etc/init.d$ amcheck Daily
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> Holding disk /home/amanda: 61798904 KB disk space available, using
> 60774904 KB
> slot 6: read label `Daily-13', date `20070221'
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> Tape Daily-13 label ok
> Server check took 208.007 seconds
> 
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> Client check: 1 host checked in 0.150 seconds, 0 problems found
> 
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.5.1p1 )
> backup@Wilf:/etc/init.d$
> 
> 
> So that worked. I'm not even sure that I needed to assert
> 
> modprobe sg
> 
> When I do this, I have:
> sh-3.1# ls -latrs sg*
> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root tape 21, 0 Mar  6 13:30 sg0
> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root tape 21, 1 Mar  6 13:30 sg1
> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root tape 21, 3 Mar  6 13:30 sg3
> sh-3.1#
> 
> so I see that my rule caused the reassignment of /dev/sg2 to /dev/changer
> 
> sh-3.1# ls -latrs changer
> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root tape 21, 2 Mar  6 13:30 changer
>  
> Now previously it was /dev/sg1
> 
> So if I wanted to fix sg1, I might have to write KERNEL="sg1" and for kicks
> I suppose I could add SYMLINK+="changer"
> 
> Anyway, I will spare the list my real-time fumbling, and thanks for
> being so helpful!
> AMANDA is a great program.

Glad that thinks worked out. Might be a nice thing to write as small
udev-related subsection for the HOWTOs ...

Greets, Stefan.