Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-14 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain 
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 at 8:09pm, Will Lowe wrote

 Thanks!  But I was looking for information on what amanda uses the
 barcode reader in the robot for, and how to make the tapechanger
 scripts do it -- not on how to print labels.

As you label tapes, amanda will populate a file named 
$CONFIG/CHANGER-barcodes, with a list of tape labels and their 
corresponding barcodes.  Whether or not amanda uses this list, I don't 
actually know.  But it can be very helpful to you at restore time.

To get your barcode reader working, install mtx.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-14 Thread Will Lowe 
 To get your barcode reader working, install mtx.

Hmm, and use which changer script?  chg-zd-mtx?  I've got barcodes set
up and mtx seems to find them:

Storage Changer /dev/sg1:1 Drives, 23 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 7 Loaded):VolumeTag = 07
Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=01  

but the barcodes file I told it to make is empty even after an amtape
update run.

-- 
thanks,

Will

Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-14 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain 
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 at 8:39am, Will Lowe wrote

  To get your barcode reader working, install mtx.
 
 Hmm, and use which changer script?  chg-zd-mtx?  I've got barcodes set
 up and mtx seems to find them:

Yep, that's what I use.

 Storage Changer /dev/sg1:1 Drives, 23 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
 Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 7 Loaded):VolumeTag = 07
 Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=01  
 
 but the barcodes file I told it to make is empty even after an amtape
 update run.

Hm.  Well, the man page says Update the changer label database, if it has 
one.  Did it exist already before running that command?

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-14 Thread Alexander Jolk 
Will Lowe wrote:
 
  To get your barcode reader working, install mtx.
 
 Hmm, and use which changer script?  chg-zd-mtx?

That's what I use, and it works fine.  Just follow the instructions
inside the changer.conf file to get it working.

Alex

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Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-14 Thread Todd Kover 

  (and is the FOM gone for good?)

no, it should be back up now.

-Todd