Re: amrecover usage with chg-robot

Am 25.05.22 um 14:41 schrieb Nuno Dias:
> My conf  (the relevant parts)
> 
> tpchanger "robot"
> 
> define changer robot {
>          tpchanger "chg-robot:/dev/changer"
>          changerfile "/etc/amanda/XXXX/changer-state"
>          property        "tape-device" "0=tape:/dev/nst0"
>          property "eject-before-unload" "no"
>          property "use-slots" "1-100"
>          property "load-poll" "0s poll 3s until 120s"
> }
> 
> amrecover_changer "/dev/changer"
> 
> and /dev/changer is a sym link to /dev/sg11
> 
>   So let me explain what is /dev/sg11 ... this is the device that
> allows the manipulation and see the tapes and drives of the
> robot, for example can be used with the command mtx
> 
> $ mtx -f /dev/sg11 status

Sure, thanks, I know what /dev/sg11 is ;-)  in my case /dev/sg21

(although that seems to change with reboots sometimes .. another topic)

The difference between your and my conf is only that symlink.

I directly have

tpchanger "chg-robot:/dev/sg21"

and

amrecover_changer "/dev/sg21"

-

Currently I have another amrecover running. It restored from tape1 .. 
and now I only see these lines in the current debug file 
"amidxtaped.20220525123652.debug":

Wed May 25 14:48:25.078884308 2022: pid 705002: thd-0x556f690aca00: 
amidxtaped: 
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.32/Amanda/Restore.pm:1719:info:4900000 
12472320 kb
Wed May 25 14:48:40.090891256 2022: pid 705002: thd-0x556f690aca00: 
amidxtaped: 
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.32/Amanda/Restore.pm:1719:info:4900000 
12472320 kb
Wed May 25 14:48:55.102880465 2022: pid 705002: thd-0x556f690aca00: 
amidxtaped: 
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.32/Amanda/Restore.pm:1719:info:4900000 
12472320 kb

... for hours now.

Is that OK? Maybe tar still "scans" through that first tarball on tape ... ?