Re: Anyone using amanda 3.5.4 with a tape robot?

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On 2025-03-10 10:09 a.m., Jose M Calhariz wrote:
> Hi Nuno,
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 09:25:22AM +0000, Nuno Dias wrote:
>>   Hi José,
>>
>>   I'm using amanda 3.5.4 with a Tape Robot, no problem with amrecover,
>> but if you explain your problem I can check if I'm doing the same
>> amrecover as you.
> My server have 3 amanda configs where the storage is vTapes, no
> problem here, including amrecover.  In one of the configs I am using a
> tape robot for vaulting the vTapes to phisical ones.  No problem with
> amvault command.  When I was to recover some real data that was old
> enough to be present on the vault tapes, that I found that amrecover
> is failing to use the tape with an error of something like "permission
> denied" of the tape device.  As user root and backup (amanda user on
> Debian) can use the tape, I do not know what is the problem.
>
>
>> Cheers,
>> Nuno
> Kind regards
> Jose M Calhariz
>
>
>
>> On Sat, 2025-03-08 at 20:44 +0000, Jose M Calhariz wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> While preparing a new package for Debian of amanda 3.5.4, I made
>>> several tests with a compile for Debian v12.  Was after the tests I
>>> found some problems using a tape robot and amrecover.  No problem was
>>> found using vTapes.
>>>
>>> Can we share experiencies using tape robot and amanda 3.5.4 to help
>>> me
>>> delimit the bug.
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>> Jose M Calhariz
>>>