Re: tape drive help

2005-05-26 Thread Matheson Cameron
Andrew, thanks, i actually have read the mt man page and everything... i still don't have a real solid concept of what is going on w/ tape changing devices and what not... i read up on mtx, and ran mtx status. here's the output: Storage Changer /dev/sg2:2 Drives, 31 Slots ( 1 Import/Export )

Re: tape drive help

2005-05-26 Thread Andrew Schulman
> I got assigned to set up a new backup system here at > work, so i've decided to go w/ amanda. Everything > seems to be great, except for the fact that i have no > experience w/ tape whatsoever. I've configured amanda > so that it works and will back up to my tape drive > /dev/nst0, but i would

tape drive help

2005-05-26 Thread Matheson Cameron
Hello, I got assigned to set up a new backup system here at work, so i've decided to go w/ amanda. Everything seems to be great, except for the fact that i have no experience w/ tape whatsoever. I've configured amanda so that it works and will back up to my tape drive /dev/nst0, but i would like