An autochanger node should be /dev/sgX tomasz a écrit : > Maria McKinley wrote: > >> Falk Sauer wrote: >> >>> Hi Maria, >>> >>> >>> please make shure that your changer device has the correct permissions eg.: >>> >>> crw-rw---- root disk /dev/sg0 >>> >>> and for the potentially next problem ... >>> by your tapedrive device i'm unshure, i think this should /dev/nst0, i >>> don't >>> know how its correct on exabyte tapes. >>> >>> Normally the /dev/st* device makes a automatic rewind after write, >>> the /dev/nst* make no auto rewind. Bacula needs imho a non auto rewinding >>> device. You dosn't write wich OS you use, here are little differences >>> between >>> the OSes. >>> >>> regards >>> Falk >>> >>> >> Thanks Falk, >> >> My permissions are: >> >> crw------- 1 root root 21, 0 2005-02-25 22:38 sg0 >> >> so, maybe that is my problem. Can I just change this, like any file, >> with chown (assuming that the disk part is important) and chmod? >> >> As far as the /dev/nst0, I had this working with the old version of >> bacula (1.36), and I found then that only nst0 worked, I would get >> errors if I tried to change it to st0. >> >> I am using Debian. >> >> cheers, >> maria >> > > hi there, > > have u tried to use mtx itself from shell? > and see what results will give simple > mtx -f /dev/sg0 status > or whatever your autochanger device node is > > i dont know debian but i guess > /dev/nst0 is tape drive itself not autochanger device so to move; load; > unload tapes u have to use for example sg0 (if it works) > like for example > mtx -f /dev/sg0 load 3 /dev/nst0 0 > should load tape from slot 3 to tape drive > > of course u can load tape from bconsole as well > > permissions are one thing and next thing is if mtx-changer is doing a > job and u have proper device in SD conf > > good luck >
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