On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Jean-Francois Malouin wrote:

> * 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
> }

thanks - i am going to try this immediately.

> > 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.

i am still fuguring amanda out - where do i specify this?

regards,

ernest.