RE: Amanda 2.5.0 spanning

2008-06-11 Thread Johan Booysen
Hi Jon, Thanks for your advice. I've done a bit of testing using the amtape command, and get the following results: # su -c amtape daily device amanda changer: got exit: 0 str: 1 /dev/nst0 /dev/nst0 # su -c amtape daily current amanda changer: got exit: 0 str: 1 2 1 changer_query: changer

RE: Amanda 2.5.0 spanning

2008-06-11 Thread Johan Booysen
I neglected to mention, that if I then insert the next tape, I get: # su -c amtape daily show amanda changer: got exit: 0 str: 1 2 1 changer_query: changer return was 2 1 changer_query: searchable = 0 amtape: scanning all 2 slots in tape-changer rack: changer_find: looking for NULL changer is

Re: Amanda 2.5.0 spanning

2008-06-11 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Johan Booysen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: changer: got exit: 0 str: /usr/lib/amanda/chg-manual: line 85: /dev/tty: No such device or address slot /usr/lib/amanda/chg-manual:: tape_rdlabel: tape open: line 85: /dev/tty: No such device or address: No such file or

RE: Amanda 2.5.0 spanning

2008-06-11 Thread Johan Booysen
It does exist... # ls -l /dev/tty crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 Jun 11 16:13 /dev/tty I'll have a go at your suggestion anyway. Thanks. Johan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dustin J. Mitchell Sent: 11 June 2008 16:14 To: Johan Booysen

Re: Amanda 2.5.0 spanning

2008-06-11 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 03:17:43PM +0100, Johan Booysen wrote: Hi Jon, Thanks for your advice. I've done a bit of testing using the amtape command, and get the following results: # su -c amtape daily device amanda changer: got exit: 0 str: 1 /dev/nst0 /dev/nst0 # su -c amtape daily

RE: Amanda 2.5.0 spanning

2008-06-11 Thread Johan Booysen
I thought that as well and tried to change it to one slot in chg-manual (firstslot=1 and lastslot=1), but with the same result. I've now tried to direct the output from chg-manual to /var/log/chg-manual.log instead of to /dev/tty, as per Dustin's suggestion, but it doesn't work yet: -rw--- 1

Re: Amanda 2.5.0 spanning

2008-06-11 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 04:38:36PM +0100, Johan Booysen wrote: I thought that as well and tried to change it to one slot in chg-manual (firstslot=1 and lastslot=1), but with the same result. I've now tried to direct the output from chg-manual to /var/log/chg-manual.log instead of to