On Friday 24 January 2003 13:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello > >I am configuring amanda-2.4.2p2-9 for a changer HP Ultrium LTO 1 > (composed of 6 slots) and I have the following problem : the tape > in the next slot is not automatically loaded > >The main lines of the configuration files are the following : >====== amanda.conf >runtapes 6 >tpchanger "chg-multi" >changerfile "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/chg-multi.conf" > >====== chg-multi.conf >multieject 0 >gravity 1 >needeject 1 >ejectdelay 0 >statefile /var/lib/amanda/csd/changer-status >firstslot 1 >lastslot 6 >slot 1 /dev/nst0 >slot 2 /dev/nst0 >slot 3 /dev/nst0 >slot 4 /dev/nst0 >slot 5 /dev/nst0 >slot 6 /dev/nst0 > >The system configuration is a Linux Redhat 8.0 with kernel > 2.4.18-14smp > >Here is the description of the problem : >- I manually load a tape in the slot 1, it's ok >- Then, I lauch amdump, it's ok >- But when the first backup is finished, if I lauch a second > amdump, I get the error : >"ERROR taper no-tape [new tape not found in rack]" > >I use chg-multi as tpchanger, which is a very basic interface to > the changer, as I didn't found a better "driver", and my changer > seems to react like a non wrap around changer : when the last > position is reached, I have to manually put the changer on the > first position. > >Thanks in advance > >Anne Facq
This might be a case where you should look at a different script. I'm using chg-scsi here, but YMMV. Or are you saying that even from the front panel, you cannot load a lesser slot than the one currently loaded without ejecting the whole thing and starting over? -- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
