If it helps, I am running mtx 1.2.17rel and modified the
/usr/local/libexec script, not certain if I completely replaced
with with another version - but I know that I did replace the
shell call on the first like and now invoke /bin/sh rather than ksh.
Yes, I replaced the original script with one retrieve after discussion
with Peter Stokes (he provided the following URL). but I do not know the
version of the script, I further changed the script by replacing the
shell call on the first line.
Notes are from April 2003, the URL is
http://www.ashlyn.co.uk/downloads/chg-zd-mtx
If the script looks to be your problem and the link is bad I
can email the script I use. It is about 2x the size of the script
that had come with MTX 1.2.17rel.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 09:38:31AM -0400, Brian Cuttler wrote:
>
> I'm sorry, missed this thread until this morning and don't know
> your config or the actual problem.
>
> I have an L9 on solaris and might be able to help.
>
> See that you've configured sgen, the L9 uses different scsi id
> for the robot and the tape, these have to be reflected in the
> amanda.conf. This is somewhat unlike the C2 which used a single
> scsi id and different LUNs.
>
> Don't know which glue script you are using, I'm running the mtx
> version, chg-zd-mtx, however I found that the version of mtx
> I was running had a problem with the script itself. I have to dig
> through my notes to find both the version and the problem, it was
> something I think as simple as the shell the script invoked.
>
> Sorry - realize I'm being less than completely helpful, but those
> are the items that I recall biting me. The good news is that I've
> successfully run the L9 from Solaris for at least 5 years, under
> amanda and mtx and have been very pleased.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 07:07:16AM -0400, Chris Hoogendyk wrote:
> >
> >
> > Craig Dewick wrote:
> > >
> > >I've had another go at this today by shifting the entire Amanda host
> > >setup to a different machine (Sun Ultra 2) and recompiling mtx and
> > >amanda from source. I'm using the same sort of Sbus Qlogic
> > >differential SCSI card to communicate with the L9 array that I had in
> > >the previous host system.
> > >
> > >After figuring our the right config for the 'sgen' driver, I changed
> > >the amanda.conf file to show the device name for the changer (it's
> > >been detected as /dev/scsi/sequential/c1t1d0).
> > >
> > >I have all the directories that Amanda needs created and chowned to be
> > >owned by amanda with group 'sys' and I also changed all the /dev/rmt
> > >nodes along with /dev/scsi/sequential/c1t1d0 to be owned by amanda
> > >with group 'sys'.
> > >
> > >However when I rum 'amcheck' I still get the:
> > >
> > >Changer problem: no slots available
> > >
> > >error message that occured with the previous host system. Running
> > >'amtape ORBnet update' produces the same thing.
> > >
> > >If I replace 'tapelist' with a blank file, same result.
> > >
> > >I'm also starting to think the problem is the array itself but I am
> > >sure others are using L9's with Amanda without any problems, even
> > >connected to a Sun box for the host.
> > >
> > >Can anyone think of anything else I should be checking?
> > >
> > >Running 'mtx -f /dev/scsi/sequential/c1t1d0 inquiry' reports the DLT
> > >drive type, etc. as expected.
> >
> > Just a possible note on this.
> >
> > When I configured my AIT5 library, I configured the tape drive with
> > st.conf and the library with sgen.conf. I ended up getting the tape as
> > /dev/rmt/1 and the library as /dev/scsi/changer/something. In the
> > process of setting it up, I did everything one step at a time. I first
> > just played with the front panel of the library to load a tape and mt
> > and ufsdump to do things with the tape. Then I installed mtx and
> > configured it and spent some time playing with that to see that I could
> > move tapes around and load them and unload them. Finally, I configured
> > chg-zd-mtx and amanda to use the tape drive and changer. Then I played a
> > bit with amtape and amlabel to see that I could set the current slot,
> > check the tape in the current slot, label it and so on. Only after that
> > did I set up a tape rotation and launch amdump. That process kept it
> > from being too complicated.
> >
> > The question I would have on your setup is whether your changer presents
> > itself as 2 different devices and needs to be set up this way (using
> > both st.conf and sgen.conf). I never had to mess with ownership of
> > anything in /dev.
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------
> >
> > Chris Hoogendyk
> >
> > -
> > O__ ---- Systems Administrator
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> > ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
> >
> > <hoogendyk AT bio.umass DOT edu>
> >
> > ---------------
> >
> > Erd�s 4
> >
> >
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