Does basic usage with mt and dd work with the device? // Anton "exuvo" Olsson [email protected]
On Mon, 20 Apr 2026, 11:46 Nuno Dias, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using amanda for years, with a Tape Robot and LTO4 and LTO6 drives > without problems (excluding minor issues). > > Now, I have a new Tape Robot with LTO9 drives, and I can't do anything > with amanda, using amlabel or amtape for example, in the first > interaction work, but in the second interaction complains that tape "is > not a tape device". > > In the logs I have this > > Device tape:/dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500308c44344e008-nst setting status > flag(s): DEVICE_STATUS_DEVICE_ERROR, and DEVICE_STATUS_DEVICE_BUSY > > But nothing is using the tape. > > I already extended the "times" in the configuration of the changer > > property "load-poll" "200s poll 200s until 700s" > property "eject-delay" "200s" > property "unload-delay" "200s" > > But this doesn't solve the problem. > > I found a report in github https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/issues/277 > reporting the same problem, without any update from one year ago :( > > Anyone have any ideia how to solve this? Amanda development it seems > stopped, but works very good until now, this is my last hope until I > move to other software :( > > Thanks, > Nuno > -- > Nuno Dias <[email protected]> > LIP > >
