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Thanks for pointing this out, Dustin.

To make sure I understand correctly, since my amanda.conf doesn't include the "send-amreport-on" statement, the default value is 'all' which means that Amanda...

Ok... It's using /dev/nstx because that's what *I* put in the client's /etc/amanda/TestLibrary/amanda-client.conf:

tapedev "/dev/nst0"

But this circles back to the original...

Ok, I ran:

#amtape {config} show

and can see the desired tapes sitting is slots 1,2,3...

-sh-3.2$ amtape TestLibrary show
amtape: scanning all 24 slots in tape-changer rack:
slot <error>:...

Well I thought it was an error, but it was probably just an informational message which I'm not sure how to react to. i.e. "How do I know which slot TestLibraryXX tape is in if 'mtx -f /dev/changer...

I tried that first and got the same response about compression still being enabled - even after I issued the command: "mt -f /dev/nst0 compression 0"

Here's the output:

# amtapetype -c -t...

So I understand that compression is a bad thing, so I'm trying to disable it. On CentOS 5.4, and using an HP MSL2024 Tape Library, I'm trying:

# mt -f /dev/nst0 compression 0
/dev/nst0:...

After changing the tapedev to /dev/nst1 and labeling the tapes it appears that my first test backup to our HP MSL2024 Tape Library succeeded.

Though when trying to do a test restore, without the...

Hello

I'm trying to config a Tape Library with Amanda 2.6.1 with CentOS 5.4 server and clients. I've gotten Amanda to work with vtapes and harddisk backups, as well as backups to a single tape...