> I didn't since there wasn't anything in the changelog for 2.4.2p1 that said
> it was updated, and since it errored out for me in the same fashion as the one
> I used, I assumed it hadn't changed. My bad for assuming, I guess.
No, easy to miss since I didn't get it done in time for p1. Everyone loves
to post hacks, and few people are testing code submitted, so patches aren't
integrated into the release until multiple people can confirm they work.
...which is why I'm hoping you'll use this.
> I will migrate mine to the newer version this coming week. By the way, what was the
>First of which?
huh? First of what?
> On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Joe Rhett wrote:
>
> > Second of which, why don't you match this patch relative to the latest
> > version of chg-zd-mtx, which fixes lots of the error handling. Your script
> > retains 90% of the bugs of the original version.
> >
> > An updated version of the .sh.in file is at
> > http://www.noc.isite.net/?Projects
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 11:38:45AM -0500, Jason Hollinden wrote:
> > > Note: This has only been tested on an ADIC Scalar 100. If you find
> > > something broken, or not clearly commented, tell me. Also, this is my
> > > 1st public showing of any code, so please, be gentle... ;)
> > >
> > > The attached file is a replacement for chg-zd-mtx. I have added support
> > > for barcode readers, and also for libraries between 1-999 slots (I
> > > would so love to hear from someone that has a honking big library like
> > > that say it works). All amanda utils can work with this for barcode
> > > database lookups (amcheck can load the appropriate tape all by itself,
> > > etc.)
> > >
> > > The main thing to do it be sure to update the barcode database after any
> > > new tapes are added, or removed from cycle. To do this, make a backup
> > > of the old barcodes file, then run 'amtape <conf> update'. This will
> > > cycle through all your tape slots, and put them in your barcodes file
> > > like this:
> > >
> > > <tape amlabel> <barcode>
> > >
> > > Be sure to modify the top part of the script to fit your needs, and also
> > > check out the comments on what 'mt status' should return for your tape
> > > device.
> > >
> > >
> > > Some changes to come:
> > >
> > > - make it completely independent of what slot the tapes are in, since
> > > certain loaders may unload to the wrong slot depending on circumstances.
> > >
> > > - Better error handling, which right now is crappy to say the least.
> > >
> > > - Anything brought ot my attention by you peoples
> > >
> > > Enjoy...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jason Hollinden
> > >
> > > SMG Systems Admin
> >
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > > #
> > > # Exit Status:
> > > # 0 Alles Ok
> > > # 1 Illegal Request
> > > # 2 Fatal Error
> > > #
> > > # Contributed by Eric DOUTRELEAU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > # This is supposed to work with Zubkoff/Dandelion version of mtx
> > > #
> > > # Modified by Joe Rhett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > # to work with MTX 1.2.9 by Eric Lee Green http://mtx.sourceforge.net
> > > #
> > > # Modified by Jason Hollinden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 6-Feb-2001
> > > # to work with MTX 1.2.10, up to 999 slots, and added barcode support.
> > > # NOTE: Only tested the 2 additions with an ADIC Scalar 100.
> > > # All my additions have a '#### Comment' close by.
> > >
> > > # You may need to customize these things
> > > MT=/bin/mt
> > > MTF=-f
> > > MTX=/sbin/mtx
> > > DD=/bin/dd
> > > firstslot=2
> > > lastslot=9
> > > #### Clean function just loads the tape, and may not necessarily eject it.
> > > #### If not, just issue an eject afterwards.
> > > cleanslot=31
> > > accessbeforeclean=119
> > >
> > > #### If you have a barcode reader, set to 1. Otherwise set to 0.
> > > havereader=1
> > >
> > > #### Email of who should get severe library errors, and mailer to use.
> > > #### All other errors are in the $DBGFILE.
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > mailer=/bin/mail
> > >
> > > #### Check the 'readyError' section if mt acts differently for you
> > > #### as stated below.
> > > #### See the 'readstatus' section below if using a different drive than 0.
> > >
> > > ########## No (hopefully) user-level customized required beyond this point.
> > >
> > >
> > > # try to hit all the possibilities here
> > > prefix=/opt/amanda
> > > exec_prefix=${prefix}
> > > sbindir=${exec_prefix}/sbin
> > > libexecdir=${exec_prefix}/libexec
> > >
> > > PATH=$sbindir:$libexecdir:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/local/bin
> > > export PATH
> > >
> > > if [ -d "/tmp/amanda" ]; then
> > > DBGFILE=/tmp/amanda/changer.debug
> > > else
> > > DBGFILE=/dev/null
> > > fi
> > >
> > > USE_VERSION_SUFFIXES="no"
> > > if test "$USE_VERSION_SUFFIXES" = "yes"; then
> > > SUF="-2.4.2b2"
> > > else
> > > SUF=
> > > fi
> > >
> > > myname=$0
> > > tape=`amgetconf$SUF tapedev`
> > > TAPE=`amgetconf$SUF changerdev`; export TAPE # for mtx command
> > > if [ "$tape" = "/dev/null" -o "$TAPE" = "/dev/null" ]; then
> > > echo "Both tapedev and changerdev must be specified in config file";
> > > exit 2;
> > > fi
> > >
> > > changerfile=`amgetconf$SUF changerfile`
> > >
> > > cleanfile=$changerfile-clean
> > > accessfile=$changerfile-access
> > > slotfile=$changerfile-slot
> > > labelfile=$changerfile-barcodes
> > > [ ! -f $cleanfile ] && echo 0 > $cleanfile
> > > [ ! -f $accessfile ] && echo 0 > $accessfile
> > > [ ! -f $slotfile ] && echo 0 > $slotfile
> > > [ ! -f $labelfile ] && echo 0 > $labelfile
> > > cleancount=`cat $cleanfile`
> > > accesscount=`cat $accessfile`
> > >
> > > # Routines start here
> > > #### If using a different drive than /dev/nst0 (or whatever your OS
> > > #### calls the 0'th drive) change the 'Data Transfer Element 0' (there
> > > #### are 5 below) to 'Data Transfer Element #' where # = /dev/nst#
> > > #### (or whatever for your OS).
> > >
> > > readstatus() {
> > > tmpslot=`$MTX status | grep "Data Transfer Element 0"`
> > >
> > > #### The horrid sed statement below returns the slot number.
> > > #### The origional was in shell script, so I didn't want to change that,
> > > #### Which give the below puke for a number between 1-999.
> > >
> > > usedslot=`echo $tmpslot |
> > > sed -n 's/Data Transfer Element 0:Empty/-1/p;s/Data Transfer Element
>0:Full (Storage Element \(\([1-9]\)\|\([1-9][0-9]\)\|\([1-9][0-9][0-9]\)\)
>Loaded)\(.*\)/\1/p'`
> > > barcode=`echo $tmpslot |
> > > sed -n 's/Data Transfer Element 0:Empty/-1/p;s/Data Transfer Element
>0:Full (Storage Element \(.\) Loaded):VolumeTag = \(.*\)/\2/p'`
> > > if [ "$usedslot" -eq "-1" ]; then
> > > echo '-1' > $slotfile
> > > fi
> > > echo "STATUS -> currently loaded slot = $usedslot" >> $DBGFILE
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > eject() {
> > > readstatus
> > > echo "EJECT -> ejecting tape from slot $usedslot" >> $DBGFILE
> > > if [ $usedslot -gt 0 ]; then
> > > $MTX unload $usedslot 2>/dev/null
> > > echo "0 $tape"
> > > exit 0
> > > else
> > > echo "0 Drive was not loaded"
> > > exit 1
> > > fi
> > > }
> > >
> > > reset() {
> > > readstatus
> > > if [ $usedslot -gt 0 ]; then
> > > echo "RESET -> ejecting tape from slot $usedslot" >> $DBGFILE
> > > $MTX unload $usedslot 2>/dev/null
> > > fi
> > >
> > > echo "RESET -> loading tape from slot 1" >> $DBGFILE
> > > result=`$MTX load 1 2>&1`
> > > if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
> > > echo "1 $tape"
> > > exit 0
> > > else
> > > echo "1 $result"
> > > exit 1
> > > fi
> > > }
> > >
> > > loadslot() {
> > > readstatus
> > >
> > > whichslot=$1
> > >
> > > echo "LOADSLOT -> load tape from slot $whichslot" >> $DBGFILE
> > > case $whichslot in
> > > $[${whichslot}])
> > >
> > > if [ $whichslot -gt $lastslot ] || [ $whichslot -lt $firstslot
>]; then
> > > echo "0 Slot $whichslot is out of range ($firstslot -
>$lastslot)"
> > > exit 1
> > > else
> > > loadslot=$whichslot
> > > fi
> > > ;;
> > > current)
> > > if [ $usedslot -lt 0 ]; then
> > > loadslot=$firstslot
> > > else
> > > echo "$usedslot $tape"
> > > exit 0
> > > fi
> > > ;;
> > > next|advance)
> > > if [ $usedslot -lt 0 ]; then
> > > loadslot=$firstslot
> > > else
> > > loadslot=`expr $usedslot + 1`
> > > if [ $loadslot -gt $lastslot ]; then
> > > loadslot=$firstslot
> > > fi
> > > fi
> > > ;;
> > > prev)
> > > loadslot=`expr $usedslot - 1`
> > > if [ $loadslot -lt $firstslot ]; then
> > > loadslot=$lastslot
> > > fi
> > > ;;
> > > first)
> > > loadslot=$firstslot
> > > ;;
> > > last)
> > > loadslot=$lastslot
> > > ;;
> > > clean)
> > > loadslot=$cleanslot
> > > ;;
> > > *)
> > > echo "0 illegal request"
> > > exit 1
> > > ;;
> > > esac
> > >
> > > # Is this already the current slot?
> > > if [ $loadslot = $usedslot ]; then
> > > echo "$usedslot $tape"
> > > exit 0
> > > fi
> > >
> > > # Is this a cleaning request?
> > > if [ $loadslot = $cleanslot ]; then
> > > expr $cleancount + 1 > $cleanfile
> > > echo 0 > $accessfile
> > > else
> > > expr $accesscount + 1 > $accessfile
> > > if [ $accesscount -gt $accessbeforeclean ]; then
> > > $myname -slot clean >/dev/null
> > >
> > > # Slot $cleanslot might contain an ordinary tape rather
>than a cleaning
> > > # tape. A cleaning tape *MIGHT* auto-eject; an ordinary
>tape does not.
> > > # We therefore have to read the status again to check
>what actually happened.
> > > readstatus
> > > fi
> > > fi
> > >
> > > # Unload any previous tape
> > > if [ $usedslot -ne "-1" ]; then
> > > echo " -> unload $usedslot" >> $DBGFILE
> > > result=`$MTX unload $usedslot 2>&1`
> > > status=$?
> > > echo " -> status $status, result '$result'" >> $DBGFILE
> > > if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
> > > echo "$loadslot $result"
> > > exit 2
> > > fi
> > > fi
> > >
> > > # Load the tape, finally!
> > > echo " -> loading tape from slot $loadslot" >> $DBGFILE
> > > result=`$MTX load $loadslot 2>&1`
> > > status=$?
> > > echo " -> status $status, result '$result'" >> $DBGFILE
> > >
> > > # If there is an error, abort unless the slot is simply empty
> > > if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
> > > empty=`echo $result | grep "Empty"`
> > > if [ -z "$empty" ]; then
> > > echo "$loadslot $result"
> > > exit 2
> > > else
> > > loadslot next
> > > fi
> > > else
> > > #### The origional test if the drive is offline. This depends
>on what
> > > #### 'mt -f <device> status returns different between being
>offline and
> > > #### online. Aparently some drives report an 'offline' when
>offline, and
> > > #### it goes away when online.
> > > #readyError="offline"
> > > #while [ -n "$readyError" ]; do
> > > # readyStatus=`$MT $MTF $tape status 2>&1`
> > > # readyError=`echo $readyStatus | grep "offline"`
> > >
> > > #### ADIC doesn't report an 'offline', rather an 'ONLINE' when it's up.
> > > #### Don't assume the drive is ready until we get an ONLINE
> > > readyError=""
> > > while [ -z "$readyError" ]; do
> > > readyStatus=`$MT $MTF $tape status 2>&1`
> > > readyError=`echo $readyStatus | grep "ONLINE"`
> > > done
> > > echo " -> readyStatus = $readyStatus" >> $DBGFILE
> > >
> > > # Now rewind and check
> > > echo " -> rewind $loadslot" >> $DBGFILE
> > > $MT $MTF $tape rewind
> > > echo "$loadslot" > $slotfile
> > > echo "$loadslot $tape"
> > > exit 0
> > > fi
> > > }
> > >
> > > info() {
> > > readstatus
> > > echo "INFO -> current slot $usedslot, last slot $lastslot, can go
>backwards 1" >> $DBGFILE
> > > #### Checks if you have a barcode reader or not. If so, it passes the 4th
>item in the echo
> > > #### back to amtape signifying it can search based on barcodes.
> > > if [ $havereader -eq 1 ]; then
> > > if [ $usedslot -lt 0 ]; then
> > > #### added a variable to the end of the following 2 echos.
>This indicates to amtape that
> > > #### it can/cannot read barcodes.
> > > echo "0 $lastslot 1 1"
> > > else
> > > echo "$usedslot $lastslot 1 1"
> > > fi
> > > exit 0
> > > else
> > > if [ $usedslot -lt 0 ]; then
> > > echo "0 $lastslot 1"
> > > else
> > > echo "$usedslot $lastslot 1"
> > > fi
> > > exit 0
> > > fi
> > >
>
> > > }
> > >
> > > #### Adds the amlabel and the barcode to the barcode file specified above.
> > > #### If the database is messed up, it kills amtape (rather abruptly) and
> > > #### dumps a message into changer.debug on what to do, then sends an email
> > > #### of the changer.debug to the above set email addr.
> > > addlabel() {
> > > readstatus
> > > tapelabel=$1
> > > labelfilesize=`ls -l $labelfile | awk '{print $5}'`
> > > case $tapelabel in
> > > $tapelabel)
> > > echo "LABEL -> Adding Barcode $barcode and amlabel $tapelabel for Slot
>$usedslot into $labelfile" >> $DBGFILE
> > > if [ $labelfilesize -eq 2 ]; then
> > > echo "$tapelabel $barcode" > $labelfile
> > > echo "0 $usedslot $tape"
> > > else
> > > included=`grep $tapelabel $labelfile | awk '{print $1}'`
> > > if [ -z $included ]; then
> > > echo "$tapelabel $barcode" >> $labelfile
> > > echo "0 $usedslot $tape"
> > > else
> > > oldbarcode=`grep $tapelabel $labelfile | awk '{print
>$2}'`
> > > if [ $oldbarcode -eq $barcode ]; then
> > > echo " -> Barcode $barcode $oldbarcode
>already synced for $tapelabel" >> $DBGFILE
> > > echo "0 $usedslot $tape"
> > >
> > > else
> > > echo " -> WARNING!!! Label database
>corrupted!!!" >> $DBGFILE
> > > echo " -> $tapelabel $oldbarcode
>conflicts with new barcode $barcode" >> $DBGFILE
> > > echo " -> Remove file $labelfile and run
>/usr/sbin/amtape <config> update" >> $DBGFILE
> > > `cat $DBGFILE | $mailer -s "Error with barcode
>reader on \`date\`" $email`
> > > `killall amtape`
> > > fi
> > > fi
> > > fi
> > > ;;
> > > esac
> > > exit 0
> > > }
> > >
> > > #### Looks for the amlabel in the barcode file. If found, it locates the
> > > #### slot it's in by looking for the barcode in the mtx output. It then
> > > #### loads that tape, and returns to amtape the device the tape is loaded in.
> > > #### If the amlabel is not found, it kills amtape and dumps a message to
> > > #### changer.debug on what to do, then sends an email of the changer.debug
> > > #### to the above set email addr.
> > > searchtape() {
> > > # readstatus
> > > tapelabel=$1
> > > includedtag=`grep $tapelabel $labelfile | awk '{print $1}'`
> > > includedbar=`grep $tapelabel $labelfile | awk '{print $2}'`
> > > tmpincludedslot=`$MTX status | grep $includedbar`
> > > #### The horrid sed statement below returns the slot number.
> > > #### The origional was in shell script, so I didn't want to change that,
> > > #### Which give the below puke for a number between 1-999.
> > > includedslot=`echo $tmpincludedslot | sed -n 's/\(.*\)Storage Element
>\(\([1-9]\)\|\([1-9][0-9]\)\|\([1-9][0-9][0-9]\)\):\(.*\)/\2/p;s/Data Transfer
>Element 0:Full (Storage Element \(.\) Loaded)\(.*\)/\1/p'`
> > > case $tapelabel in
> > > $tapelabel)
> > > if [ $tapelabel == $includedtag ]; then
> > > shift
> > > loadslot $includedslot
> > > echo "$tape"
> > > else
> > > echo "SEARCH -> WARNING!!! $tapelabel not found in current
>ADIC-barcodes database." >> $DBGFILE
> > > echo " -> WARNING!!! Check your typing, and/or update
>the database." >> $DBGFILE
> > > `cat $DBGFILE | $mailer -s "Error with barcode reader on
>\`date\`" $email`
> > > `killall amtape`
> > > fi
> > > exit 0
> > > esac
> > > }
> > >
> > > # Program invocation begins here
> > > echo "`date` Invoked with args '$@'" >> $DBGFILE
> > > while [ $# -ge 1 ];do
> > > case $1 in
> > > -slot)
> > > shift
> > > loadslot $*
> > > ;;
> > > -info)
> > > shift
> > > info
> > > ;;
> > > -reset)
> > > shift
> > > reset
> > > ;;
> > > -eject)
> > > shift
> > > eject
> > > ;;
> > > #### Added the below flags, for barcode support
> > > -label)
> > > shift
> > > addlabel $*
> > > ;;
> > > -search)
> > > shift
> > > searchtape $*
> > > ;;
> > > -clean)
> > > shift
> > > loadslot $cleanslot
> > > ;;
> > > *)
> > > echo "Unknown option $1"
> > > exit 2
> > > ;;
> > > esac
> > > done
> >
> >
> > --
> > Joe Rhett Chief Technology Officer
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISite Services, Inc.
> >
> > PGP keys and contact information: http://www.noc.isite.net/Staff/
> --
> Jason Hollinden
>
> SMG Systems Admin
--
Joe Rhett Chief Technology Officer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ISite Services, Inc.
PGP keys and contact information: http://www.noc.isite.net/Staff/
