* Ernest Byaruhanga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20040813 10:57]:
> 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?
If you mean in amanda.conf then its called 'tapedev'.
But maybe you should go throuh the docs first and read
carefully. That will save you a lot of grief.
How did you configure Amanda?
On which OS?
jf
>
> regards,
>
> ernest.
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