* Ernest Byaruhanga <ernest AT afrinic DOT org> [20040813 10:31]:
> hello amanda-users,
> 
> i am a newbie to backups and amanda in particular. i am trying to get the 
> parameters for the HP-Ultrium LTO-1 100/200G tape so that i can paste in 
> amanda.conf.

I don't have HP but Seagate and IBM, shouldn't make any diff though:

define tapetype Ultrium-SGT-LTO {
    comment "just produced by tapetype program"
    length 101376 mbytes
    filemark 0 kbytes
    speed 15084 kps
}

> 
> amdtape command has now gone for 30 hours!! is this normal? can someone 
> please send me their configuration in case they are using a similar tape?

make sure you use a no rewind no compression tape device.

hth,
jf

> 
> regards,
> 
> ernest.

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