On Thu, 9 Nov 2000 at 12:25pm, Tom Hudak wrote
> I am fairly new to amanda, but some things have caught my eye doing the
> initial configuration. First of all, the complete lack of documentation on
> configuration files and options is a bit disturbing, the most useful reference
> I have found so far is the Amanda chapter out of Unix backup & recovery at
> backupcentral.com, other than that, there is very little information
> available. Next, I can't believe some of the logic error's (maybe my logic)
FAQ-O-Matic and the e-groups archive can answer just about any question
that isn't answered in the man pages, example configuration files, and
documentation files that come with the amanda tarball. If that all fails,
this forum happily answers specific questions.
> that I've experienced, like amcheck trying to rewind the specified
> NON-REWINDABLE tape device to check the label on the tape and continue with
^^^^
> it's write testing. I have 2 options in my amanda.conf file
> tapedev "/dev/nst0"
> rawtapedev "/dev/st0"
/dev/nst0 is the non-rewind*ing* tape device, not non-rewindable. There's
a difference. non-rewinding means that the OS won't automatically rewind
the tape when it's done with the current operation on the tape. Other
than that, there is no difference between /dev/nst0 and /dev/st0. They're
both virtual interfaces to the same physical device, and both are capable
of accepting rewind commands.
> not only can I NOT find a good listing of all available options in the
> amanda.conf, I am having trouble determining how amcheck see's /dev/nst0 as
I simply used the example amanda.conf and tailored it to my needs. It's
very self-documenting, especially when supplemented by the man pages.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
