On Friday 13 November 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: >On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.hesk...@verizon.net> wrote: >> Explain why my amanda.config says the option I'm using is deprecated? > >That's not in the example configurations, so I assume that you wrote >it. A google for the phrase "use amanda_changer now" only turns up >references to this thread. > >Also, it says that tpchanger is deprecated and to use amanda_changer >instead, which is flagrantly incorrect - the two are completely >unrelated. So if someone told you that they should be chided >vigorously. > >Dustin
Ok, I now see where I saw the mention of it, in the new example/amanda.conf, it says: ====================== tapedev "tape:/dev/YOUR-TAPE-DEVICE-HERE" # tape changer or device to use # To use vtapes, create some slotN directories (slot0, slot1, etc.) under # /var/amanda/vtapes and use this tapedev: ## tapedev "chg-disk:/var/amanda/vtapes" ====================== Now, I can do the above, and I also assume I can move them to /usr.local/var/amanda, (and that this does not effect my present location for the vtapes themselves, which is a separate 1 terrabyte drive mounted to /amandatapes, ) where amanda keeps some other records also, but then what do I do with the tpchanger setting? You say its unrelated? It is not used in the new amanda.conf except inside a definition, but mine is not inside a define {}. That original advice did come from this list, but my corpus of old messages doesn't reach back that far as it was at least a year ago, maybe even 2. No actions are planned yet tonight though. Thanks Dustin. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad. -- Rob Pike