/etc/stinit.def file for the Exabyte VXA-2 tape drive

Subject:	/etc/stinit.def file for the Exabyte VXA-2 tape drive
From:	"James D. Freels" <freelsjd AT ornl DOT gov>
To:	amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date:	Thu, 03 Feb 2005 13:00:45 -0500

I need to properly create an /etc/stinit.def file for the Exabyte VXA-2 tape drive for purposes of initializing the tape drive using mt-st prior to usage by AMANDA. Currently, AMANDA cannot write to the tape drive since it is initialized incorrectly. A first attempt at the initialization looks like this :

# This file contains example definitions for different kinds of tape
# devices.
#
# You can find some examples in /usr/share/doc/mt-st/examples.
#
# A compressing VXA-2
manufacturer = "EXABYTE" model = "VXA-2" revision = "2100" {
scsi2logical=1
density=0x81
can-bsr=1
can-partitions=1
auto-lock=1
async-writes=1
read-ahead=1
buffering=1
mode1 blocksize=0 compression=0
mode2 blocksize=0 compression=1
#mode3 blocksize=32768 compression=0
#mode4 blocksize=32768 compression=1
}