Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 08:40:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean Noonan <snoonan@cx952600-a.fed1.sdca.home.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: snoonan@cx952600-a.fed1.sdca.home.com Subject: 4.3-STABLE, Amanda, and HP SureStore 12000E 4mm DAT changer--HELP! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105300837100.12494-100000@cx952600-a.fed1.sdca.home.com>
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Dear listers: Struggling with getting Amanda 2-4.2-p2 from ports collection up and running on a FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE boxen with a HP SureStore 12000E 4mm DAT changer. Have resolved many, many issues, but still strugling with a few. Hope someone can help. 1. Whilst trying to test amanda under the userid 'operator', could not do so without first changing operator entry in passwd file from /sbin/nologin to a valid shell. Error message was "this account is currently disabled (or something similar). Is this kosher, security-wise? 2. Likewise, could not run 'amtest' under operator account without first doing a 'chown operator.operator /dev/ch0'. Is this copastetic? Any possible implications, security-related or otherwise? 3. In the amanda.conf file, they have a sample 'tapedev' entry for a HP SureStore 1200E. I'm wondering if this is a typo and it should be really read 12000E (extra zero in there?). 4. Assuming that #3 above is really a typo and it should have read HP SureStore 12000E, should I use that or should I use the 'HP DAT' entry? The drive is a HP C1553A 9503. 5. Assuming the non-rewinding tape device is 'nrsa0', correct? And the rewinding device is 'sa0'? 6. In the /dev directory, there are entries for 'nrsa0.0', 'nras0.1', 'nrsa0.2', and 'nrsa0.3'. Are these different instances of 'nrsa0' which correpsond to slots in the changer? If so why aren't there entries for 'nrsa0.4' and 'nrsa0.5'? Afterall, it's a six-slot changer? Do I need to manually make these devices? If so, how? 7. What's the difference between '/dev/ch0' and '/dev/passX'? When is the use of each appropriate? 7. My biggest problem thus far is finding a "changer glue script" that works with the HP SureStore 12000E. I've tried chg-chio, chg-mtx, chg-manual, chg-everthing. The only thing I haven't tried, and my guess is that it *would* work, is chg-scsi. Apparently it's broke since FreeBSD switched to CAM? I notice the Makefile for the port has references to chg-scsi remarked out. I searched the archives and found conflicting reports of chg-scsi working with FreeBSD. One reference said chg-scsi has been broke since the introduction of CAM. Another contradicted that one and said that the author had since fixed the problem. Don't believe this to be the case, since chg-scsi didn't build automatically. Tried manually making chg-scsi, but got numerous errors. Can post errors to the list if anyone wants to see them. I guess the best thing that could happen is for someone to post or send me their WORKING configuration of FreeBSD 4.3, HP SureStore 12000E, and Amanda 2.4.2-p2. Anybody got this combo out there??? TIA, Sean Noonan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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