- 1. query/initial setup (score: 1)
- Author: Galen Johnson <gjohnson AT trantor DOT org>
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 15:47:53 -0400
- Hi folks, I realize that amanda may be overkill for what I want but...has anyone setup amanda to use a Sony DDS2 tape device? I'm currently running the 'tapetype -f /dev/nst0 -e 8g' command to verify
- /usr/local/webapp/mharc-adsm.org/html/Amanda-Users/2002-08/msg00491.html (11,102 bytes)
- 2. Re: query/initial setup (score: 1)
- Author: Gene Heskett <gene_heskett AT iolinc DOT net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 22:49:58 -0400
- First, you may as well ctl-c the tapetype run as the info you get when the drives compression is on is pretty bogus. The tapetype program uses /dev/urandom as the data source, and as its random, its
- /usr/local/webapp/mharc-adsm.org/html/Amanda-Users/2002-08/msg00498.html (12,208 bytes)
- 3. Re: query/initial setup (score: 1)
- Author: Galen Johnson <gjohnson AT trantor DOT org>
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 00:12:40 -0400
- Thanks for the input, Gene. Jon LaBadie has been corresponding offlist with many useful suggestions plus some helpful info. It seems that I definitely have hardware compression by default and have to
- /usr/local/webapp/mharc-adsm.org/html/Amanda-Users/2002-08/msg00499.html (13,013 bytes)
- 4. Re: query/initial setup (score: 1)
- Author: Gene Heskett <gene_heskett AT iolinc DOT net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 01:00:00 -0400
- I forgot to add that when the drives compression is on, amanda doesn't have a good idea what the tape can hold. With it off, amanda can intelligently adjust backup levels to average the amount backed
- /usr/local/webapp/mharc-adsm.org/html/Amanda-Users/2002-08/msg00500.html (14,234 bytes)
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