I had only written label on one tape before I ran amdump, could that
explain my problems below, runtapes is set to 4 in my config.


On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 02:24:47PM +0200, Gunnarsson, Gunnar wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I'm having problem setting up chg-manual changer script in Solaris 10.
> >From the taped.debug: 
> 
> mt: unknown command: eject
> 
> I tried to change the eject command to rewoffl instead
> 
> # diff   /opt/sfw/libexec/amanda/chg-lib.sh
> /opt/sfw/libexec/amanda/chg-lib.sh.off
> 134c134
> <             $MT $MTF "$try_eject_device_tape" rewoffl
> ---
> >             $MT $MTF "$try_eject_device_tape" eject
> 
> But then I got some other error instead see below. Any ideas what 
> might be the problem ?
> 
> 1224898398.489880: taper: putresult: 26 REQUEST-NEW-TAPE
> 1224898398.490892: taper: getcmd: NEW-TAPE
> 1224898405.934941: taper: changer_query: changer return was 5 1
> 1224898405.935141: taper: changer_query: searchable = 0
> 1224898405.935176: taper: changer_find: looking for NULL changer is 
> searchable =  0 Error rewinding device /dev/rmt/1n Error rewinding 
> device /dev/rmt/1n
> 1224898466.433921: taper: device_read_label; mode = 0 Can't open tape 
> device /dev/rmt/1n: Device busy
> /dev/rmt/1n: Device busy
> Can't open tape device /dev/rmt/1n: Device busy Can't open tape device

> /dev/rmt/1n: Device busy Can't open tape device /dev/rmt/1n: Device 
> busy
> /dev/rmt/1n: Device busy
> Can't open tape device /dev/rmt/1n: Device busy

Just a WAG.  Only thing in common is Solaris, but it was 9 vs 10.

My mt command often would return while the tape was still rewinding.  If
run from the command line, I would get the next shell prompt and yet
could still hear the tape drive and see the tape's activity lights.

Until the tape had actually completed its task, new commands would fail.
In my scripts, I had to insert "sleep X" (X to be empirically defined)
after mt cmds that might take a significant time.

jl
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