Hi,
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Jason Hollinden wrote:
> Just to check, be sure you have the 'changerfile' set to something like
> "/<path-to>/<amanda-config>/<Changer>", and have a file called
> "/<path-to>/<amanda-config>/<Changer>.conf". Look inside the chg-zd-mtx
> script itself for what to put in it. It will be like this (this is
> mine):
In my amanda.conf my changerfile is set to changerfile
"/home/backup/amanda/etc/amanda/full/changer"
and there is a changer.conf file which I created by copying from the
example in the
chg-zd-mtx script. Here's my changer.conf (Note: I don't have a
cleaner
tape, I have exabyte smartclean tapes. The Exabyte EZ17 does need a mt
offline before unload):
####
firstslot=1 #### 1st tape slot
lastslot=7 #### Last tape slot
# cleanslot=1 #### Slot with cleaner tape
#
AUTOCLEAN=0 #### Set to '1' or greater to enable
#
# autocleancount=99 #### Number of access before a clean.
#
havereader=0 #### If you have a barcode reader, set to 1.
#
offlinestatus=2 #### Set to 0 if 'mt status' gives an
# #### "offline" when drive is offline.
# #### Set to 1 or greater if 'mt status'
# #### doesn't give and offline, rather an
# #### "ONLINE" when drive is online.
OFFLINE_BEFORE_UNLOAD=1 #### Does your tape driver require a
# #### 'mt offline' before mtx unload?
####
>
> firstslot=17 #### 1st tape slot
> lastslot=30 #### Last tape slot
> cleanslot=1 #### Slot with cleaner tape
>
> # Do you want to clean the drive after a certain number of accesses?
> # NOTE - This is unreliable, since 'accesses' aren't 'uses', and we
> # have no reliable way to count this. A single amcheck could
> # generate as many accesses as slots you have, plus 1.
> # ALSO NOTE - many modern tape loaders handle this automatically.
>
> AUTOCLEAN=0 #### Set to '1' or greater to enable
>
> autocleancount=99 #### Number of access before a clean.
>
> havereader=1 #### If you have a barcode reader, set to 1.
>
> offlinestatus=1 #### Set to 0 if 'mt status' gives an
> #### "offline" when drive is offline.
> #### Set to 1 or greater if 'mt status'
> #### doesn't give and offline, rather an
> #### "ONLINE" when drive is online.
>
> OFFLINE_BEFORE_UNLOAD=0 #### Does your tape driver require a
> #### 'mt offline' before mtx unload?
>
>
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Pamela Miller wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > > chg-zd-mtx script that comes with Amanda works with mtx 1.2.10 or later,
> > > so I would think it would work with what you have (1.2.13). And it
> > > certainly gets more use/attention/maintenance than the "older" chg-mtx.
> >
> > When I set tpchanger in amanda.conf to chg-zd-mtx, I get errors. For
> > example:
> > $ ../sbin/amtape full slot next
> > changer: got exit: 2 str: <error> /dev/rmt/0n (got signal 10)
> > could not load slot <error>: /dev/rmt/0n (got signal 10)
> >
> > (But, the robot does in fact move the next tape into the tape drive.)
> >
> > Since chg-zd-mtx is better maintained, I'd pefer to use it. But I'm not
> > sure what's wrong with it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pam
>
>
> --
> Jason Hollinden
>
> MH5 Systems Admin
>
