Thanks for the help. I have made a little progress. Here is the message I am receiving now:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/etc/amanda/normal > amlabel normal volser1 slot 1 amlabel: could not load slot "1": chg-multi: slot is empty Here are the relevant parts of my config files: amanda.conf ----------- runtapes 5 tpchanger "chg-multi" tapedev "/dev/null" changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/normal/chg-multi.conf" tapetype HARD-DISK chg-multi.conf -------------- multieject 0 gravity 0 needeject 0 ejectdelay 0 statefile /var/lib/amanda/changer-status firstslot 1 lastslot 5 slot 1 file:/nfsmount/normal/slot1 slot 2 file:/nfsmount/normal/slot2 slot 3 file:/nfsmount/normal/slot3 slot 4 file:/nfsmount/normal/slot4 slot 5 file:/nfsmount/normal/slot5 I noticed in David Boyes presentation he says to use chg-disk, and your example mentioned chg-multi. What is the difference? Thanks again! Eric Biggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 10:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup Tools using robot On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 10:26, Biggs, Eric J [ITS] wrote: > I thought this is a great idea so I went out and found the presentation (thank you very much). > > However, I have run into a little snag. In following the directions in the presentation, get this error when I try to label the tapes with Amanda. (BTW I am not an Amanda expert by any means): > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ > amlabel normal volser1 slot 1 > labeling tape in slot 1 (/nfsmount/normal): > rewinding > amlabel: tape_rewind: rewinding tape: /nfsmount/normal: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > Does this possibly have something to do with this comment made by Adam Thornton on the list? Not exactly. It looks like you don't have the changer correctly defined.... I use something like this: tpchanger "chg-multi" # the tape-changer glue script tapedev "/dev/null" # the no-rewind tape device to be used changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/test/chg-multi.conf" And then the magic happens in chg-multi.conf (/opt/backup is an NFS mount): slot 1 file:/opt/backup/test/daily01 slot 2 file:/opt/backup/test/daily02 slot 3 file:/opt/backup/test/daily03 slot 4 file:/opt/backup/test/daily04 slot 5 file:/opt/backup/test/daily05 slot 6 file:/opt/backup/test/daily06 slot 7 file:/opt/backup/test/daily07 The HSM patches are basically designed to allow Amanda to operate within the constrainst of z/VM or z/OS filename namespace. The standard filenames Amanda wants to create are not usable within z/VM or z/OS, so I've patched the fake-tape-on-disk driver to use filenames that *are* legal. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
