Amanda-Users

Re: 2.6.2alpha-20090206 snapshot, total failure

2009-02-08 20:25:51
Subject: Re: 2.6.2alpha-20090206 snapshot, total failure
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:18:14 -0500
On Sunday 08 February 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote:
>On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT 
>net> 
wrote:
>>>That's where the uppercase FILE in your example configs is coming
>>>from, too.  Recall that you were using --with-tapedev earlier, which
>>>has never had any effect.  By switching to --with-tape-device, you've
>>>introduced an incorrect default tape device.
>>>
>>>Dustin
>>
>> How is it incorrect?  But to test, I've taken it back out and its
>> rebuilding now.  Installed, passes amcheck but took longer, 2.5 seconds. 
>> Backup running.
>
>the device type should be specified in lower-case ("file" instead of
>"FILE").  You should remove the --with-tape-device from configure
>entirely -- it's best just specified in amanda.conf.
>
>Dustin

That is now the situation, thanks Dustin.  Always bailing me out, I appreciate 
it.

-- 
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