On Tuesday 26 June 2007 11:58:00 Weber, Philip wrote: > Is it possible to have 2 configs using 2 separate drives in a tape > robot, i.e. can they share the changer interface? I don't mean use of > RAIT.
The answer to your question is yes, but you must ensure that only one instance of mtx is running at a time. If your configurations each use one tape only, then it should be safe to start them at different times, as Joshua has suggested. If you have runtapes > 1 for both configurations (and maybe even if not), you might consider wrapping MTX in a short script to ensure that only one copy runs at a time. --Ian > I have successfully set up 1 config with chg-zd-mtx & then tried > duplicating that to a 2nd config using chg-zd-mtx with a different set > of tapes in the robot, and the other drive. This was successful, except > one of the amdumps failed on the first calling saying no writable tape > could be found; it worked on the 2nd calling so I suspect there is a > clash with 2 configs trying to access the changer. > > Or am I barking up the wrong tree, is there a better way to do this (one > of the other changer scripts?) or is it just not possible/supported? > > Thanks for any info or suggestions as to where in the documentation I > should be looking. > > Phil > > Phil Weber > Business Technology (Egg) > Storage Technical Services - Senior UNIX Technologist > Phone: 01384 26 4136 > > ----------------------------------------- > Egg is a trading name of the Egg group of companies which includes: > Egg plc (reg no 2448340), Egg Financial Intermediation Ltd (reg no > 3828289), and Egg Banking plc (reg no 2999842). Egg Banking plc and > Egg Financial Intermediation Ltd are authorised and regulated by > the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and are entered in the FSA > register under numbers 205621 and 309551 respectively. These > members of the Egg group are registered in England and Wales. > Registered office: Citigroup Centre, Canada Square, London E14 5LB. > > This e-mail is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If > you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and have received > it in error, please return the message to the sender by replying to > it and then delete it from your mailbox. Internet e-mails are not > necessarily secure. The Egg group of companies do not accept > responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. > > > Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission > of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure > that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and > any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. No > responsibility is accepted by the Egg group of companies in this > regard and the recipient should carry out such virus and other > checks as it considers appropriate. > > This communication does not create or modify any contract. -- Forums for Amanda discussion: http://forums.zmanda.com/