Re: am* says my tape "is not a tape device"

  Hi,

  Yes, dd, tar, etc works, mt and mtx also without problems, only when I 
use commands from amanda I have the problems, one other thing I forgot 
to write, I have an error, but after some hours I can do the command 
again without problems, for example

$ amlabel CONF LABEL01 slot 1  (OK)
$ amlabel CONF LABEL02 slot 2  (ERROR)

  Some hours later

$ amlabel CONF LABEL02 slot 2 (OK)

  That's the reason I changed the times in the configuration of the 
changer, thinking was amanda trying to do something before the 
changer/tape ended the previous operation.

Cheers,
Nuno

On 20/04/2026 11:38, Exuvo wrote:
> Does basic usage with mt and dd work with the device?
> 
> // Anton "exuvo" Olsson
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> 
> On Mon, 20 Apr 2026, 11:46 Nuno Dias, <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>        Hi,
> 
>        I'm using amanda for years, with a Tape Robot and LTO4 and LTO6
>     drives
>     without problems (excluding minor issues).
> 
>        Now, I have a new Tape Robot with LTO9 drives, and I can't do
>     anything
>     with amanda, using amlabel or amtape for example, in the first
>     interaction work, but in the second interaction complains that tape "is
>     not a tape device".
> 
>        In the logs I have this
> 
>     Device tape:/dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500308c44344e008-nst setting status
>     flag(s): DEVICE_STATUS_DEVICE_ERROR, and DEVICE_STATUS_DEVICE_BUSY
> 
>        But nothing is using the tape.
> 
>        I already extended the "times" in the configuration of the changer
> 
>               property "load-poll" "200s poll 200s until 700s"
>               property "eject-delay" "200s"
>               property "unload-delay" "200s"
> 
>        But this doesn't solve the problem.
> 
>        I found a report in github https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/
>     issues/277 <https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/issues/277>
>     reporting the same problem, without any update from one year ago :(
> 
>        Anyone have any ideia how to solve this? Amanda development it seems
>     stopped, but works very good until now, this is my last hope until I
>     move to other software :(
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Nuno
>     -- 
>     Nuno Dias <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
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> 

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