This is my first post here - I thought people should never use tape hw compression because each vendor implements their own compression protocols. Say you need to restore files from a different tape host and if your not using the exact same hw vendor then you might have an *issue* or two?
--and keep in mind this logic that is in my head is for "other" backup programs I do not know how Amanda deals with (or even cares) about low level mt/st stuff. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-amanda- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Olivier Nicole > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: amanda-users@amanda.org > Subject: Re: activate HW compression > > Hi, > > > How can I enable Hw compression ? do I have to do it for each tape ? > > What if A reboot the server ? > > Yes you have to activate it for each tape, and on the safe side, I > would activate it before each amanda run, so make it part of the cron > that runs amanda dumps. > > Olivier