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Re: Using a tape autoloader

2008-08-19 17:59:39
Subject: Re: Using a tape autoloader
From: "Dustin J. Mitchell" <dustin AT zmanda DOT com>
To: "Adriana Liendo" <aliendo AT funvisis.gob DOT ve>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:47:50 -0400
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Adriana Liendo <aliendo AT funvisis.gob DOT 
ve> wrote:
> I'm trying to configure Amanda, using a tape autoloader. I think I could use
> two tape during the backup. Therefore, I'm trying to set amanda so that it
> uses tpchnger "chg-multi". But this device has just 1 driver (/dev/nst0). My
> question is that when I configure the file chg-multi.conf I have to set the
> slots to be used. I set just 1 slot, but it says that is empty (changer
> error: slot 1: chg-multi: slot is empty). I don't know if I'm using a wrong
> option for the tapes control.

You actually want chg-zd-mtx
(http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Chg-zd-mtx).  Chg-multi is for a
setup where you have no autoloader but multiple drives.

Dustin

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