Hi I have run the amtapetype command and used the output and entered
into the amanda.conf as below.

# Produced after running amtapetype command.
                                                                                
                                             
define tapetype tape-DDS-4 {
    comment "Produced by tapetype 20gb(hardware compression off)"
    length 19510 mbytes
    filemark 79 kbytes
    speed 1740 kps
}

Note the other tapetype parameters are still there which I what I think
is still causing my dumps to fail as is still complaining about dump
larger than tape, 2862305 KB, but cannot incremental dump new  disk.

Have I got to comment out the other tapetyps definitions

Here is my ~amdump.6 file output.

>>From this blurb - tape length 1976320 mark "111" I note that was in my
previous HP

 define tapetype HP-DAT {
     comment "DAT tape drives"
     # data provided by Rob Browning <rlb AT cs.utexas DOT edu>
     length 1930 mbytes #I have changed this to 20000
     filemark 111 kbytes
     speed 468 kbytes


dumper: dgram_bind: socket bound to 0.0.0.0.990
dumper: pid 28445 executable dumper1 version 2.4.4p2, using port 990
planner: time 3.216: got result for host server.domain.co.uk disk /: 0
-> 5735560K, -1 -> -1K, -1 -> -1K
planner: time 3.216: getting estimates took 3.212 secs
FAILED QUEUE: empty
DONE QUEUE:
  0: server.domain.co.uk /
                                                                                
                                             
ANALYZING ESTIMATES...
pondering server.domain.co.uk:/... next_level0 -12951 last_level -1 (due
for level 0) (new disk, can't switch to degraded
mode)
  curr level 0 size 2867780 total size 2868209 total_lev0 2867780
balanced-lev0size 2867780
INITIAL SCHEDULE (size 2868209):
  server.domain.co.uk / pri 12951 lev 0 size 2867780
                                                                                
                                             
DELAYING DUMPS IF NEEDED, total_size 2868209, tape length 1976320 mark
111
planner: FAILED server.domain.co.uk / 20050616 0 [dump larger than tape,
2867780 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk]  delay: Total size now
286.
planner: cannot fit anything on tape, bailing out
planner: time 3.217: cannot fit anything on tape, bailing out
planner: time 3.217: pid 28441 finish time Thu Jun 16 13:12:52 2005
driver: adding holding disk 0 dir /dumps/amanda size 20971520

Thus have I got to reset anything as Amanda is still thinking of my
previous tapetype.

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