I have a similar changer, and wrestled with the config as well. As I
understand the 'changerfile' line in the amanda.conf, it is a prefix for
several files used to control the useage.
changer-access
changer-clean
changer-slot
changer-status... in my case,
I compiled mtx, then fought with the chg-mtx script, before I found that
the chg-zd-mtx script already had the syntax I needed.
My changer.conf file... I am still unable to get it to use more than 6
slots of my 12 slot magazine.
#From newsgroup postings, using /dev/st1
# Tony Traylor 20000905
number_configs 1
eject 1 # Tapedrives need an eject command
sleep 5 # Seconds to wait until the tape gets ready
cleanmax 20 # How many times could a cleaning tape get used
changerdev /dev/st1
#
# Next comes the data for drive 1
#
config 0
drivenum 0
dev /dev/nst1 # Tne drive that is used for the tapedrive0
startuse 1 # The slots assoc w/drive0
enduse 12 #
statfile /usr/home/amanda/<config>/changer-slot # the 'changer' is
the prefix from 'changerfile' parameter.
cleancart 12 # cleaning cart location, -1 means none
cleanfile /usr/home/amanda/<config>/changer-clean # records
usagecount /usr/home/amanda/<config>/changer-access # records
Tony Traylor.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 11/6/00, 5:49:04 AM, Yann PURSON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding
HP 1557A configuration:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to install Amanda on a Solaris 2.6 system, with an HP 1557A
> tape changer...Here is my pb :
> I'm not sure which type of configuration I need to specifie in the
> amanda.conf for the HP 1557A systeme...I've found on the web this
> configuration :
> [....]
> tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" # the tape-changer glue script
> tapedev "/dev/nst0" # the no-rewind tape device to
> be used
> rawtapedev "/dev/nst0" # the raw device to be used
> (ftape only)
> changerfile "/etc/amanda/mtx-changer"
> changerdev "/dev/nst0"
> tapetype HP1557A
> [....]
> define tapetype HP1557A {
> comment "HP SureStore DAT24x6 tape drive"
> # data provided by Ivo Clarysse
> length 12000 mbytes
> filemark 111 kbytes
> speed 3000 kbytes
> }
> Ok...but I'm not able to find the mtx-changer file...
> Should I really use this one or can I use the default one given in the
> amanda package (in this case, wich one should I use???!!)
> Thanks for any hints!!!
