Hello, Frank,

on 17.06.2005, 21:25 you wrote to amanda-users AT amanda DOT org:

> Perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but what is the
> fascination with generating tapetypes?

I think that most people that are new to AMANDA assume that they
somehow HAVE TO generate their own special tapetype to tailor their
setup to their own single tapedrive. They often assume to get some
specific optimization from doing that.

In most of the cases it is sufficient to just use one of the
tapetype-definitions in the example amanda.conf or choose one from the
FAQ-O-Matic  (which isn't very up-to-date, to say the least).

Maybe this should become another FAQ-entry:

"Do I have to run amtapetype?"

But who reads it anyway ;-) ?

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This whole tapetype-mess bugs me for quite a while now, since I got in
touch with XML, I play with the thought of providing a tapetype-DB
based on XML-entries. No more FOM-digging, just browse the tapetype-DB
at amanda.org.

Something like the guys from linuxprinting.org provide for
printer-drivers.

One of the points on my own private AMANDA-wishlist ;)

Greets, Stefan

mailto://sgw AT amanda DOT org