I tried running chg-manual from the Amanda conf directory, and it doesn't complain about anything at all.
So I tried again with chg-manual containing lastslot=2 and /dev/tty default options: After inserting the second tape, I still get this: changer: got exit: 0 str: /usr/lib/amanda/chg-manual: line 87: /dev/tty: No such device or address slot /usr/lib/amanda/chg-manual:: tape_rdlabel: tape open: line 87: /dev/tty: No such device or address: No such file or directory But now I noticed that /var/log/amanda/changer.debug does seem to notice the second tape now (first tape was daily-7, and second tape was daily-8): /dev/nst0 status: ONLINE BOT -> loaded </dev/nst0 status: ONLINE BOT> -> offline /dev/nst0 -> load 1 -> rewind /dev/nst0 -> status /dev/nst0 /dev/nst0 status: ONLINE BOT -> loaded </dev/nst0 status: ONLINE BOT> AMANDA: TAPESTART DATE X TAPE daily-8 014 1+0 in 1+0 out Exit -> 1 /dev/nst0 So I'm not sure what that means, but I'll let Amanda run the daily scheduled dumps and see if it now works. Otherwise I think I may as well try the newest version of Amanda. Thanks for all your help. Johan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon LaBadie Sent: 12 June 2008 02:02 To: amanda-users@amanda.org Subject: Re: Amanda 2.5.0 spanning On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 04:38:36PM +0100, Johan Booysen wrote: > I thought that as well and tried to change it to one slot in chg-manual > (firstslot=1 and lastslot=1), but with the same result. > > I've now tried to direct the output from chg-manual to > /var/log/chg-manual.log instead of to /dev/tty, as per Dustin's > suggestion, but it doesn't work yet: > > -rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jun 11 16:25 chg-manual.log > > # su -c "amtape daily show" amanda > changer: got exit: 0 str: 1 2 1 > changer_query: changer return was 2 1 > changer_query: searchable = 0 > amtape: scanning all 2 slots in tape-changer rack: > changer_find: looking for NULL changer is searchable = 0 > changer: got exit: 0 str: 1 /dev/nst0 > slot 1: date X label daily-6 > changer: got exit: 0 str: /usr/lib/amanda/chg-manual: line 86: > /var/log/chg-manual.log: Permission denied > slot /usr/lib/amanda/chg-manual:: tape_rdlabel: tape open: line 86: > /var/log/chg-manual.log: Permission denied: No such file or directory > > I'll try adjusting the log file's permissions, and will try with only > one slot again. > > Thanks for your replies. Well, some interesting things, even if not solutions, came from simplifying things. You might consider even avoiding amtape and running chg-manual directly from the amanda configuration directory. As a shell script, it could even be run with debug options: sh -x <path_to>/chg-manual <arguments> -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 12027 Creekbend Drive (703) 787-0884 Reston, VA 20194 (703) 787-0922 (fax)