On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Jean-Francois Malouin wrote: > * Ernest Byaruhanga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20040813 10:31]: > > hello amanda-users, > > > > i am a newbie to backups and amanda in particular. i am trying to get the > > parameters for the HP-Ultrium LTO-1 100/200G tape so that i can paste in > > amanda.conf. > > I don't have HP but Seagate and IBM, shouldn't make any diff though: > > define tapetype Ultrium-SGT-LTO { > comment "just produced by tapetype program" > length 101376 mbytes > filemark 0 kbytes > speed 15084 kps > }
thanks - i am going to try this immediately. > > amdtape command has now gone for 30 hours!! is this normal? can someone > > please send me their configuration in case they are using a similar tape? > > make sure you use a no rewind no compression tape device. i am still fuguring amanda out - where do i specify this? regards, ernest.