Well, at least I would like to see an option to choose from, manual load or changer load. I for one, have my backup device at remote location. I usually can't find anyone to mount the tape for me, so using a changer is a must. I understand I can issue mtx command when 'amrecover' asks for tape, but I just think it would be so much easier if 'amrecover' comes with that feature. Like John Dalbec said, it shouldn't be that hard to implement such feature since Amanda use a glue script to control the changer. Simply issuing a command to 'amtape' would do the trick. Perhaps we can send a request to amanda-hackers or some volunteer would like to modify amrecover code for us? :)
regards, Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon LaBadie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jon LaBadie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:13 AM Subject: Re: amrecover doesn't mount tape > > I can see why amrecover does this when no changer is defined. But why can't it issue 'amtape ... slot ##' commands when there is a changer? To find which tape > > is in which slot all it needs to do is 'amtape ... show'. > > If the desired tape is not there it can fall back to the current behavior. > > Personally I would dislike this behavior. > > Often when I am recovering a few files it is for an immediate need. > I may have people breathing down my neck. Literally standing behind me :) > > I don't know about your changer, but to have the changer step through all > the tapes takes several minutes. I "know" what tapes are there and can > get the right one in position very quickly. Those wasted minutes would > just raise the tension level. > > Also, I've had at least on case where amrecover had to be done on a non- > changer device when it had been made on a changer device. amrecover did > not bat an eye. > > jon > -- > Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 > Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax) >
