Hi, I am a newbie to Amanda. I have set up version 2.4.2.p2 on a RedHat Linux 7.3 system with a HP SureStore 24x6 external drive (HP C1557A). Installation of amanda went on fine. Here are relevant portions from the amanda.conf file :
************************************************** ********************* runtapes 1 # number of tapes to be used in a single run of amdump tpchanger "/etc/amanda/daily/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/sg0" tapetype HP1557A # what kind of tape it is (see tapetypes below) labelstr "^DailySet1-[0-9][0-9][0-9]" # label constraint regex: all tapes must match [....] define tapetype HP1557A { comment "HP SureStore DAT24x6e tape drive" # data provided by Ivo Clarysse length 12000 mbytes filemark 111 kbytes speed 3000 kbytes } ********************************************************************** I have tried using the mtx-changer command, and can eject and load individual tapes using it. However, when after all configuration was done, and I wanted to label a tape using the command: su amanda -c "amlabel daily DailySet1" I get this error: ********************************************************************* labeling tape in slot /etc/amanda/daily/chg-zd-mtx: ([: too many arguments): rewinding amlabel: no tape online ********************************************************************* I used info from this URL for tape changer configuration : http://www.soti.org/~soggie/linux/hw/hp-surestore-24x6/ And for other Amanda installation and general configuration, I followed the guide at: http://www.frankenlinux.com/guides/amandaserver.html I have also tested my tape drive using tar commands, and it works well with the device file /dev/nst0. The changer device file shows up as /dev/sg1. Here is the output of the mt status command: ********************************************************************** SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0 Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x25 (DDS-3). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN ********************************************************************** Any help in resolving this problem will be much appreciated! Thanks, Vivek __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com