Re: amrecover usage with chg-robot

To handle changing device names use ex /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-HUE12340E22-nst and /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-DEC1234567

Anton "exuvo" Olsson
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On 2022-05-25 14:50, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
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> 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
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> 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
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> tpchanger "chg-robot:/dev/sg21"
>
> and
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> amrecover_changer "/dev/sg21"
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> -
>
> 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
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> ... for hours now.
>
> Is that OK? Maybe tar still "scans" through that first tarball on tape ... ?