All:

Thanks to Jay Lessert, I was able to create a new tape type on a Solaris 9
Sun E450 with an HP JetStore HP-C1533 DDS-2 tape drive.  Here is the
configuration output for it using the /dev/rmt/0n tape device

define tapetype HP-C1533 {
    comment "just produced by tapetype program"
    length 3275 mbytes
    filemark 0 kbytes
    speed 430 kps
}

Hope this helps.  My actual setup is a SpectraLogic 10000 BullFrog with 60
slots and (4) HP-C1533 tape drives.  I'm hoping to get all 4 tape drives to
use the carousel tape library, but it may be wishful thinking.  Any tips
would be greatly appreciated.  The number of available programs (both
supported and unsupported) seems a little overwhelming to try and figure
out, but hopefully one of them will work.

Thanks,
Damon


-----Original Message-----
From: Damon LaCaille 
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:43 AM
To: 'amanda-users AT amanda DOT org'
Subject: Question about tapetype program


Hi everyone,

I am configuring an HP JetStore 6000 C1533 DDS-2 tape drive.  I have 4 of
them in a SpectraLogic 10000 (BullFrog) tape library, with 60 slots.

I am running tapetype like this:

# ./tapetype -e 4g -f /dev/rmt/0bn -t "HP JetStore 6000 C1533"

It's been running for about 90 minutes and I'm estimating it's about 40% of
the way done.

My question:  Should I have used the compression device (/dev/rmt/0mbn or
/dev/rmt/0hbn) instead of the non-compression device?  I've noticed a few
posts that reference compression devices when running tapetype, but the docs
say to use the regular device.

Thanks for the help!

Damon