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
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