# config file for the chg-mcutil tape changer program. # Used when tpchanger "chg-mcutil" is specified in amanda.conf. # chg-mcutil is mainly designed for use with Compaq TRU64. # chg-mcutil uses a binary program called `mcutil`, a Media # changer manipulation utility. mcutil comes installed with # TRU64 5.0x & above. However, with TRU64 4.0x, it can be # located on one of the Associated Product CDs. # A few OS commands that this script relies on to function # correctly. Please make sure they exist, and are in the # $PATH: # # date, cut, tr, cat, expr, grep, awk # # Before you can use chg-mcutil within amanda, you need # to make sure that `mcutil` can see, and interact with your # tape changer. You need to be able to successfully run the # following: # # mcutil -e drive # mcutil -e slot # mcutil -m drive slot:# # mcutil -m slot:# drive # mcutil mcutil #location of the mcutil program tape tape:/dev/YOUR-TAPE-DEVICE-HERE # use ntape for norewind # {a|m|h|c} suffixes should NOT # be tape device since they all # implement hardware compression # What are the slot numbers of the tape changer as reported by mcutil? firstslot 0 lastslot 6 # Do you want amanda to determine when you should clean the tape drive? use_cleaning 0 # 0 for yes ; 1 for no cleanslot 7 # slot containing the cleaning disk cleansleep 300 # How long to wait before the cleaning tape finishes (default: 5 min) cleanme 45 # number of days before messages popup to clean tape drive cleanfile /etc/amanda/changer/times_cleaned lastfile /etc/amanda/changer/last_cleaned # Names a status file where the current 'changer' state is stored. currentslot /etc/amanda/changer/currentslot # Where to log changer debugging info logfile /tmp/amanda/changer.debug # To determine what slot is currently used, I query the drive itself. # /sbin/mcutil -e drive # With a Tape : drive 0 [full,access,source=256] 16 # Without Tape: drive 0 [empty,access] 16 # # each slot has a source number assigned to it. I subtract slot 0's source num from the output. # If the number is less than 0, no tape is in the drive, else it outputs the current slot number. # # slot 0 [full,access,source=256] 256 # slot 1 [full,access,source=257] 257 # slot 2 [full,access,source=258] 258 # slot 3 [full,access,source=259] 259 # slot0source 256 # run /sbin/mcutil -e slot to determine slot0 source number.