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

  I'm almost sure that is not a cable problem, I have 2 drives and they 
have the same problem when use amanda, are ok when using tar or dd

Cheers,
Nuno

On 20/04/2026 15:19, Exuvo wrote:
> The last time i had sporadic errors it was a bad cable connection to the 
> tape drive. Fixed it by re-plugging all connectors.
> 
> Otherwise you will have to track down the error message and work your 
> way back to where and why it goes wrong.
> 
> // Anton "exuvo" Olsson
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> 
> On Mon, 20 Apr 2026, 14:46 Nuno Dias, <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>        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]> <mailto:[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>>
>      >
>      > On Mon, 20 Apr 2026, 11:46 Nuno Dias, <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>      > <mailto:[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/ <https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/>
>      >     issues/277 <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]>
>     <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>
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>     -- 
>     Nuno Dias <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
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