This is an optional file you can enable in the chg-scsi changer. I have a similar changer (HPDAT24x6). The file records SCSI command interaction. Here is my file:
number_configs 1 eject 0 # Tapedrives need an eject command sleep 30 # Seconds to wait until the tape gets ready cleanmax 50 # How many times could a cleaning tape get used changerident C1553A changerdev /dev/ch0 debug 9:0 # # Next comes the data for drive 0 # config 0 drivenum 0 dev /dev/nrst0 # the device that is used for the tapedrive 0 scsitapedev /dev/rst0 startuse 0 # The slots associated with the drive 0 enduse 4 # statfile /usr/pkg/etc/amanda/st0-slot # The file where the actual slot i s stored cleancart 5 # the slot where the cleaningcartridge for drive 0 is lo cated cleanfile /usr/pkg/etc/amanda/st0-clean # The file where the cleanings are recorded usagecount /usr/pkg/etc/amanda/totaltime tapestatus /usr/pkg/etc/amanda/st0-status # This is the end Here is a sample of an output for our tape "ncti08" on Jul 23, 2005 ==== 20050723 ==== ncti08 ==== Write Error Counters Page Total Errors Corrected = 1 Total Times E. Processed = 103 Total Bytes Processed = 4294967249 Total Unrecoverable Errors = 0 Read Error Counters Page Total Errors Corrected = 0 Total Times E. Processed = 0 Total Bytes Processed = 6 Total Unrecoverable Errors = 0 Scott... Scott Burns Plantwatch Inc. / NETCON Technologies Inc. Voice: +1.519.652.0401 x229 Fax: +1.519.652.9275 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.plantwatch.com / www.netcontech.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene Heskett Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 10:58 AM To: amanda-users@amanda.org Subject: Re: tapestatus file growing huge On Friday 21 July 2006 10:34, Jon LaBadie wrote: >On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 10:46:51AM +0100, Rodrigo Ventura wrote: >> Today the server disk went out of space because the tapestatus file >> grew over several GiGs. It seems to be related with upgrading amanda >> to 2.5.0p2. The contents are lines like "tape status = ...". Any >> clues? > >I'm unfamiliar with a "tapestatus file". >Which file is that? I'm just as puzzled, I now have the latest 2.5.1p1-20060719 installed and I have no such file either. Would the OP please supply the full path to this file? -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.