FL schrieb:
>
>
> On 3/6/07, *Stefan G. Weichinger* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> FL schrieb:
> > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!
>
> Why should I sleep at midnight? ;-)
>
>
> You too?
:)
> This is what I settled on as a first guess
> # my customized rule
> ID=="2:0:0:0", BUS=="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}=="EXABYTE ", NAME="changer",
> OWNER="root", GROUP="tape", MODE="0660"
>
> and it worked: I have a /dev/changer (I removed the symbolic link
> instruction in my setup file). I'm using the name changer since
> mtx uses it if it exists
right, ok.
> I wanted to try udev with new names, to see that the major and minor
> number assignments were correct (they were) and to avoid any potential
> conflicts
>
> With /dev/sg1 renamed to /dev/changer in amanda.conf, I ran an amcheck
> against my configuration (one should always do this after changing the
> config):
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/init.d$ amcheck Daily
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> Holding disk /home/amanda: 61798904 KB disk space available, using
> 60774904 KB
> slot 6: read label `Daily-13', date `20070221'
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> Tape Daily-13 label ok
> Server check took 208.007 seconds
>
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> Client check: 1 host checked in 0.150 seconds, 0 problems found
>
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.5.1p1 )
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/init.d$
>
>
> So that worked. I'm not even sure that I needed to assert
>
> modprobe sg
>
> When I do this, I have:
> sh-3.1# ls -latrs sg*
> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root tape 21, 0 Mar 6 13:30 sg0
> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root tape 21, 1 Mar 6 13:30 sg1
> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root tape 21, 3 Mar 6 13:30 sg3
> sh-3.1#
>
> so I see that my rule caused the reassignment of /dev/sg2 to /dev/changer
>
> sh-3.1# ls -latrs changer
> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root tape 21, 2 Mar 6 13:30 changer
>
> Now previously it was /dev/sg1
>
> So if I wanted to fix sg1, I might have to write KERNEL="sg1" and for kicks
> I suppose I could add SYMLINK+="changer"
>
> Anyway, I will spare the list my real-time fumbling, and thanks for
> being so helpful!
> AMANDA is a great program.
Glad that thinks worked out. Might be a nice thing to write as small
udev-related subsection for the HOWTOs ...
Greets, Stefan.
