Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday, September 11, 2010 10:31:37 am Gene Heskett did opine: On Friday, September 10, 2010 08:57:23 pm Dustin J. Mitchell did opine: On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Florian Lengyel florian.leng...@gmail.com wrote: Shouldn't amcheck -m DailySet3 send email if there is a changer

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-11 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com wrote: And find out it doesn't work.  Without the quotes around the mailto string, it upchucks all over itself fails to run.  They have been added and last nights backup s/b running now.  The manpage doesn't say that mailto

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-11 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Florian Lengyel florian.leng...@gmail.com wrote: 3. They didn't know--or bother to read--that to recover the files, you list the first couple of lines (they configured a custom compression with bzip2): AMANDA: SPLIT_FILE 20100222 guass.engr.ccny.cuny.edu 

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday, September 11, 2010 01:19:44 pm Dustin J. Mitchell did opine: On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com wrote: And find out it doesn't work. Without the quotes around the mailto string, it upchucks all over itself fails to run. They have been

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-11 Thread Florian Lengyel
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Dustin J. Mitchell dus...@zmanda.comwrote: On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Florian Lengyel florian.leng...@gmail.com wrote: They have had to recover by hand -- see below (there was a disk crash of some kind, but I have been unable to elicit precise details).

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-11 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Florian Lengyel florian.leng...@gmail.com wrote: Not an amanda tape: Can't open tape device @DEFAULT_TAPE_DEVICE@: No such Hopefully the error here is pretty obvious. I'm not sure how they managed to get that into their configuration, but it's obviously wrong.

amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-10 Thread Florian Lengyel
Hi, The following is the output of amcheck (version info listed below)--it reports a malformed response from the vtape changer and calls this a changer problem. On the other hand it ends by reporting no problems found and does not send the email address configured to receive notifications

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-10 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:41 AM, Florian Lengyel florian.leng...@gmail.com wrote: The following is the output of amcheck (version info listed below)--it reports a malformed response from the vtape changer and calls this a changer problem. On the other hand it ends by reporting no problems

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-10 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Florian Lengyel florian.leng...@gmail.com wrote: Shouldn't amcheck -m DailySet3 send email if there is a changer problem? I'm told that amcheck does not send the email. Yes, and normally it does, so that's either mistakenly reported or there's a bug of some sort

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-10 Thread Florian Lengyel
this a changer problem. On the other hand it ends by reporting no problems found and does not send the email address configured to receive notifications that there was a changer problem. The no problems found is for the client check, not the server check. Is the exit status 0

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-10 Thread Florian Lengyel
To: bac...@guass Subject: DailySet3 AMANDA PROBLEM: FIX BEFORE RUN, IF POSSIBLE Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:27:18 -0400 (EDT) From: bac...@guass (backup) Changer problem: Malformed response from changer -info: 1 at /usr/lib/amanda/perl/Amanda/MainLoop.pm line 359 Amanda Tape Server Host Check

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-10 Thread Florian Lengyel
dump? Since I have selfcheck log for july 29th -- *From:* Florian Lengyel florian.leng...@gmail.com *To:* ** *Sent:* Friday, September 10, 2010 12:22:09 *Subject:* Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem You should have received an email

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-10 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:43:32 -0400 Florian Lengyel florian.leng...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not familiar with vtapes, but in any case their amanda.conf file has dumpcycle 1 day # the number of days in the normal dump cycle runspercycle -1 # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days #

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-10 Thread Florian Lengyel
OK thanks for this. I must apologize to the list for the subject line. I suspect that whoever configured their system commented out the amcheck line in their crontab--but I don't have a way of verifying this. I will summarize to the list: 1. An email address that a human would read when a

Re: amcheck ignores vtape changer problem

2010-09-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday, September 10, 2010 08:57:23 pm Dustin J. Mitchell did opine: On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Florian Lengyel florian.leng...@gmail.com wrote: Shouldn't amcheck -m DailySet3 send email if there is a changer problem? I'm told that amcheck does not send the email. Yes

quick help needed on changer problem

2006-05-16 Thread listrcv
Hi, today, there have been problems with the tape drive again. Slot 7 could no longer be found in the slot list. I unloaded the module for the SCSI controller and sg and st, then turned off the device and turned it back on and reloaded the modules. Devices are reported as they should.

Re: quick help needed on changer problem

2006-05-16 Thread Alexander Jolk
listrcv wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/sbin/amtape condor slot 7 amtape: could not load slot /usr/lib/amanda/chg-zd-mtx:: line 605: [: 6:VolumeTag=: integer expression expected Could you do a `mtx status' and send us the output? Alex -- Alexander Jolk / BUF Compagnie tel

Re: quick help needed on changer problem

2006-05-16 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 12:09:29PM +0200, listrcv wrote: ... The counting of SCSI devices seems to increase each time I unload and reload the modules, so it's now scsi4 and was scsi3 before. Is that normal? I'm not familiar enough with Linux to know the correct commands. But in some

Re: quick help needed on changer problem

2006-05-16 Thread listrcv
Alexander Jolk wrote: listrcv wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/sbin/amtape condor slot 7 amtape: could not load slot /usr/lib/amanda/chg-zd-mtx:: line 605: [: 6:VolumeTag=: integer expression expected Could you do a `mtx status' and send us the output? Ah, mtx was the program whose name

Re: quick help needed on changer problem

2006-05-16 Thread listrcv
Jon LaBadie wrote: On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 12:09:29PM +0200, listrcv wrote: The counting of SCSI devices seems to increase each time I unload and reload the modules, so it's now scsi4 and was scsi3 before. Is that normal? I'm not familiar enough with Linux to know the correct commands.

Re: Changer problem

2005-11-10 Thread Samuel Chetty
on changer file (it's owned by amanda?). Then, run amcheck to see if there's a configuration problem. Giovanni -Messaggio originale- Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per conto di Samuel Chetty Inviato: mercoledì 9 novembre 2005 15.56 A: amanda-users@amanda.org Oggetto: Changer

Changer problem

2005-11-09 Thread Samuel Chetty
Hello I am experiencing a changer issue, when attempting to manipulate the tape changer (Overland Powerloader); Examples; %amtape my-conf-name eject amtape: slot none not ejected: cannot determine first slot %amtape my-conf-name reset amtape: could not reset changer: cannot determine first

Re: Changer problem

2005-11-09 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 04:55:42PM +0200, Samuel Chetty wrote: Hello I am experiencing a changer issue, when attempting to manipulate the tape changer (Overland Powerloader); Examples; %amtape my-conf-name eject amtape: slot none not ejected: cannot determine first slot %amtape

R: Changer problem

2005-11-09 Thread Montagni, Giovanni
-users@amanda.org Oggetto: Changer problem Hello I am experiencing a changer issue, when attempting to manipulate the tape changer (Overland Powerloader); Examples; %amtape my-conf-name eject amtape: slot none not ejected: cannot determine first slot %amtape my-conf-name reset

tape changer problem

2003-10-02 Thread vlad f halilow
hello again. i have amanda server 2.4.4 installed on sparc solaris 8 with one hp dds3 tape drive. i got error yestarday after nightly backup that amanda cannot dump data to tape caused by following debug information: changer.debug MT - /usr/local/sbin/ammt -f DD - /usr/local/sbin/amdd Args -

Re: Fwd: tape changer problem

2002-06-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 07 March 2002 09:18 am, Zhen Liu wrote: Zhen Liu Via Webmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a repost. Did you not receive my reply from yesterday? That reply should have contained something helpfull... -- Forwarded message --- From: Zhen Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: amtape and tape changer problem

2002-06-23 Thread Zhen Liu
Hi, Thanks for your prompt response...below are the debug of output (/tmp/amanda)...pls check them...I really appreciate your help!!! [root@apple amanda]# more amtape.20020314082946.debug amtape: debug 1 pid 20641 ruid 33 euid 33 start time Thu Mar 14 08:29:46 2002 changer: got exit: 0 str: 1

Re: amtape and tape changer problem

2002-03-17 Thread Thomas Hepper
Hi, On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 04:51:10PM -0500, Zhen Liu wrote: [...] # START DecodeModeSense 65 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00e... OK, the problem seems to be here, ADIC returns the results with an different offset than others, to solve this pleas add the

amtape and tape changer problem

2002-03-14 Thread Zhen Liu
Hi, Thank you very much for your suggestion. Meanwhile, I got another problem...when I enter the command amtape daily show I got the following message: scanning all 7 slots in tape-changer rack: slot1: date X Label DailySet11 amtape: could not load slot DeviceCapabilitiesPage: == Null. I am

Re: amtape and tape changer problem

2002-03-14 Thread Thomas Hepper
Hi, On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 09:00:06AM -0500, Zhen Liu wrote: Hi, Thank you very much for your suggestion. Meanwhile, I got another problem...when I enter the command amtape daily show I got the following message: scanning all 7 slots in tape-changer rack: slot1: date X Label DailySet11

Re: amtape and tape changer problem

2002-03-14 Thread Zhen Liu
Hi, Thanks for your prompt response...below are the debug of output (/tmp/amanda)...pls check them...I really appreciate your help!!! [root@apple amanda]# more amtape.20020314082946.debug amtape: debug 1 pid 20641 ruid 33 euid 33 start time Thu Mar 14 08:29:46 2002 changer: got exit: 0 str: 1

Fwd: tape changer problem

2002-03-07 Thread Zhen Liu
Zhen Liu Via Webmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Forwarded message --- From: Zhen Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 12:03:21 -0500 Hi, I am working on the amanda backup project now, and I am a newbie for both amanda and linux... right now, I have some problem

Re: Fwd: tape changer problem

2002-03-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 07 March 2002 09:18 am, Zhen Liu wrote: Zhen Liu Via Webmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a repost. Did you not receive my reply from yesterday? That reply should have contained something helpfull... -- Forwarded message --- From: Zhen Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: Fwd: tape changer problem

2002-03-07 Thread Christoph Scheeder
Hi, i bet sg0 is not your correct changer-device. What do you get if you type: cat /proc/scsi/scsi this shows you the devices known to your linux-system. In this list locate your changer. If it's the firste device, /dev/sg0 is ok, if its the second, use /dev/sg1 .. Hope it helps Christoph

Fwd: help for tape changer problem

2002-03-06 Thread Zhen Liu
Zhen Liu Via Webmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Forwarded message --- From: Zhen Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 11:26:40 -0500 Zhen Liu Via Webmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Forwarded message --- From: Zhen Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fwd: help for tape changer problem

2002-03-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 06 March 2002 09:37 am, Zhen Liu wrote: [snip] From: Zhen Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 12:03:21 -0500 Hi, I am working on the amanda backup project now, and I am a newbie for both amanda and linux... right now, I have some problem with our

help for tape changer problem

2002-03-05 Thread Zhen Liu
Zhen Liu Via Webmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Forwarded message --- From: Zhen Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 12:03:21 -0500 Hi, I am working on the amanda backup project now, and I am a newbie for both amanda and linux... right now, I have some problem

tape changer problem

2002-03-04 Thread Zhen Liu
Hi, I am working on the amanda backup project now, and I am a newbie for both amanda and linux... right now, I have some problem with our tape changer...SOS!!! HELP!!! The OS I am working on is Linux RH7.1, the tape changer we have is Adic Fastor, Quantum 7000 tape drive. I guess that

Re: changer problem

2001-10-18 Thread John Rowan Littell
I was having problems similar to this (though I can't remember the specific error messages). I'm using chg-zd-mtx on Solaris 8 with an Overland LoaderXpress (DLT). What solved the problem for me was making sure that the changer config file has _all_ of the variables specified, even if they

Re: changer problem

2001-10-18 Thread Chamby
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 12:16 AM Subject: changer problem I'm having trouble with amanda 2.4.2p2 and a new changer, a Sun L20 with 20 slots and one DLT8000. This changer has a barcode reader, but I'm not using it. (I don't have a label maker

changer problem

2001-10-17 Thread Donnie Emeson
I'm having trouble with amanda 2.4.2p2 and a new changer, a Sun L20 with 20 slots and one DLT8000. This changer has a barcode reader, but I'm not using it. (I don't have a label maker and don't really want to bother.) Perhaps this is what's causing my problems... I have chg-zd-mtx working,

Re: small changer problem yet

2001-08-28 Thread Thomas Hepper
Hi, On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 11:49:51AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: I've about got amanda working with a Compaq/Seagate 4586 now, but one thing I need to clarify. When I issue as user amanda, amverify config 2 it should proceed to do a verify run on slot 2's contents, or at least thats

small changer problem yet

2001-08-27 Thread Gene Heskett
I've about got amanda working with a Compaq/Seagate 4586 now, but one thing I need to clarify. When I issue as user amanda, amverify config 2 it should proceed to do a verify run on slot 2's contents, or at least thats how I understand it. What it does, even if slot 2 is loaded with the

Re: HP Surestore changer problem

2000-11-02 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Nov 1, 2000, Rob Simmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: %cat /dev/nsa0 cat: /dev/nsa0: Input/output error cat won't always use 32Kb. Use `dd bs=32k if=/dev/nsa0' instead. -- Alexandre Oliva Enjoy Guarana', see http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ Red Hat GCC Developer

HP Surestore changer problem

2000-11-01 Thread Rob Simmons
I am having a problem with the settings for a HP C1557A Surestore 24x6 tape changer with amanda 2.4.1p1 and FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE. The driver is working properly, but I don't think I have the setting for the drive correct. amcheck gives the following error: %amcheck normal Amanda Tape Server

Re: HP Surestore changer problem

2000-11-01 Thread John R. Jackson
I am having a problem with the settings for a HP C1557A Surestore 24x6 tape changer with amanda 2.4.1p1 and FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE. ... Which Amanda tape changer are you trying to use? I noticed that when I try to cat the device after labeling it I get this error: %cat /dev/nsa0 cat:

Re: HP Surestore changer problem

2000-11-01 Thread Rob Simmons
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, John R. Jackson wrote: I am having a problem with the settings for a HP C1557A Surestore 24x6 tape changer with amanda 2.4.1p1 and FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE. ... Which Amanda tape changer are you trying to use? I'm using chg-chio. I noticed that when I try to cat the

Re: HP Surestore changer problem

2000-11-01 Thread Rob Simmons
I just figured out the problem. I removed the picker problem from chg-chio, but I didn't remove the STDERR problem. I just removed the STDERR problem, and everything is working fine. -- Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, John R. Jackson wrote: I