> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-amanda-us...@amanda.org [mailto:owner-amanda- > us...@amanda.org] On Behalf Of Dominic Lepiane > Sent: maandag 3 mei 2010 23:00 > To: amanda-users@amanda.org > Subject: Tape library with 24 slots > > Dear list, > > We have recently acquired a Dell PowerVault TL2000 tape library. It > has an LTO-4 drive, 2 magazines with a total of 24 slots including an > import / export slot on slot 24: > > Storage Changer /dev/changer:1 Drives, 24 Slots ( 1 Import/Export ) > Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 22 Loaded):VolumeTag = > 000003L4 > Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=000006L4 ... > Storage Element 22:Empty > Storage Element 23:Full :VolumeTag=000013L4 > Storage Element 24 IMPORT/EXPORT:Full :VolumeTag=000025L4 > > I hadn't looked too closely when setting it up, but I just pulled a > tape and noticed that it wasn't happy with that slot 24: > > [ama...@clare tl00]$ amlabel tl00 TL000025 slot 24 > changer: got exit: 2 str: Cannot find slot 24 in slot list ( 1 2 3 4 5 > 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23) > amlabel: could not load slot "24": Cannot find slot 24 in slot list ( 1 > 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23) > amlabel: could not load slot "24": Cannot find slot 24 in slot list ( 1 > 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23) > amlabel: pid 16162 finish time Mon May 3 11:54:46 201 > > So you can see it looks like it's only seeing slots 1-23. My > changer.conf is very basic: > > firstslot=1 #### First storage slot (element) -- required > lastslot=24 #### Last storage slot (element) -- required > cleanslot=-1 #### Slot with cleaner tape -- default is "-1" > driveslot=0 #### Drive slot number. Defaults to 0 > havereader=1 #### If you have a barcode reader, set to 1. > > I am running amanda-server-2.5.0p2-8.el5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux > Server release 5.4 (Tikanga). > > Is there something I am missing? I wouldn't be so worried about > limiting the library to 23 slots except that slot 24 is the > import/export slot so it would be a bit of a PITA to work around that > one while changing tapes. > > Thanks in advance, > - Dominic
Just for your info, this is how it looks on my bsd box. Here, it's called portal 0 instead of slot 24.. $ chio status -v picker 0: voltag: <:0> slot 0: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000231L3:0> slot 1: <ACCESS> voltag: <:0> slot 2: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000224L3:0> slot 3: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000252L3:0> slot 4: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000229L3:0> slot 5: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000226L3:0> slot 6: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000223L3:0> slot 7: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000251L3:0> slot 8: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000228L3:0> slot 9: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000235L3:0> slot 10: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000222L3:0> slot 11: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000239L3:0> slot 12: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000236L3:0> slot 13: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000233L3:0> slot 14: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000230L3:0> slot 15: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000240L3:0> slot 16: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000237L3:0> slot 17: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000234L3:0> slot 18: <ACCESS,FULL> voltag: <000221L3:0> slot 19: <ACCESS> voltag: <:0> slot 20: <ACCESS> voltag: <:0> slot 21: <ACCESS> voltag: <:0> slot 22: <ACCESS,EXCEPT,FULL> voltag: <CLNU00L1:0> portal 0: <INEAB,EXENAB,ACCESS> voltag: <:0> drive 0: <FULL> voltag: <000227L3:0> -- With kind regards, Angelo Höngens Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------ NetMatch tourism internet software solutions Ringbaan Oost 2b 5013 CA Tilburg T: +31 (0)13 5811088 F: +31 (0)13 5821239 mailto:a.hong...@netmatch.nl http://www.netmatch.nl ------------------------------------------
