amanda and IBM 3573-TL

2006-10-17 Thread Giuseppe Sacco
Hi all, I would like to setup a backup using amanda on a Linux SLES9 machine connected to an IBM tape library 3573 with a drive ULT3580-TD3. The library is connected via a FC HBA and is working fine since the IBM test utility run correctly (I also updated the TL firmware and the driver firmware

tape order

2006-10-17 Thread Steven Settlemyre
I have 24 tapes and a 8 tape changer. For some reason, it is going 13-16-15-14-17. How can I fix this? can i just force it to take 14 after 13 by only having 14 in there when it's expecting 16? My tapecycle is 10. Steve

Re: Problems with gtar

2006-10-17 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 07:20:42AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 02:57:05PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: Have you recently upgraded tar to 1.15? In my case, no. Fedora Core 5 comes with tar-1.15.1-12.2.i386.rpm, dated Mar 6 2006. But as I said earlier, I did

Re: tape order

2006-10-17 Thread Michael Loftis
Forget about tape order. It's not important. AMANDA bases the order on what is expiring/expired. So just forget about tape order, it's going to get out of whack. Especially as you replace tapes due to wear. --On October 17, 2006 11:44:53 AM -0400 Steven Settlemyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: amanda and IBM 3573-TL

2006-10-17 Thread Paddy Sreenivasan
Giuseppe,Try using chg-zd-mtx. We have tested with this library using mtx changer.Thanks,PaddyOn 10/17/06, Giuseppe Sacco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all,I would like to setup a backup using amanda on a Linux SLES9 machineconnected to an IBM tape library 3573 with a drive ULT3580-TD3. Thelibrary

duplicate data?

2006-10-17 Thread Steven Settlemyre
in my existing amanda setup, i have /usr and /usr/local in the disklist for the same machine. They are separate disks (or partitions at least). Is this correct, or does /usr include /usr/local?

Re: tape order

2006-10-17 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 11:44:53AM -0400, Steven Settlemyre wrote: I have 24 tapes and a 8 tape changer. For some reason, it is going 13-16-15-14-17. How can I fix this? can i just force it to take 14 after 13 by only having 14 in there when it's expecting 16? My tapecycle is 10. As

Re: duplicate data?

2006-10-17 Thread Ian Turner
On Tuesday 17 October 2006 14:00, Steven Settlemyre wrote: in my existing amanda setup, i have /usr and /usr/local in the disklist for the same machine. They are separate disks (or partitions at least). Is this correct, or does /usr include /usr/local? Amanda does not cross filesystem

Re: tape order

2006-10-17 Thread Steven Settlemyre
right, but since I have 24 tapes and my dumpcycle is 1 week, I should never have to go that far back as to need these tapes. Jon LaBadie wrote: On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 11:44:53AM -0400, Steven Settlemyre wrote: I have 24 tapes and a 8 tape changer. For some reason, it is going

Re: tape order

2006-10-17 Thread Steve Wray
Jon LaBadie wrote: On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 11:44:53AM -0400, Steven Settlemyre wrote: I have 24 tapes and a 8 tape changer. For some reason, it is going 13-16-15-14-17. How can I fix this? can i just force it to take 14 after 13 by only having 14 in there when it's expecting 16? My tapecycle

Re: Amanda error Unexpected field value...

2006-10-17 Thread Paul Yeatman
Just to follow up on this, I was forced to downgrade to tar version 1.15.1 before things worked correctly and without the Unexpected field value messages. Things were just not working as expected with 1.15.91. Paul -In response to your message- --received from Paul Yeatman-- I have run into

Re: tape order

2006-10-17 Thread Olivier Nicole
I have 24 tapes and a 8 tape changer. For some reason, it is going 13-16-15-14-17. How can I fix this? can i just force it to take 14 after 13 by only having 14 in there when it's expecting 16? My tapecycle is 10. On the sticker used on the tape, do a double numbering, one by Amanda label

Re: tape order

2006-10-17 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:03:09AM +1300, Steve Wray wrote: This has been bugging me for years. ... I've been looking for a way to get amanda to try to predict which tape it will want next in good time (a schedule for the next 3 days or so would be ideal). No luck so far... Isn't the