On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 00:45, Chris Bourne wrote: > Hello, > I am in need of help regarding diskdev, tapedev, and tapetype. I > am using amanda 2.4.2p2-4 on RedHat 7.2 with a Dell 120T DDS4 autoloader > and Sony 20/40G dgd 150p tapes. First specifying diskdev in the disklist > file. Is this the tape device or the actual partition to be backed up > for example /dev/sda3 or can you use for example /etc?
correct! you can use both, but may find it easier to use path names depending if you are using dump or tar. Second the > tapedev in amanda.conf. Is this the actual tape device and can this be > verified by running the command? yup > #mt -f /dev/st0 status > here is the output from that command on my system > > SCSI 2 tape drive: > File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0. > Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default). > Soft error count since last status=0 > General status bits on (50000): > DR_OPEN IM_REP_EN on RH I would use: tapedev "/dev/nst0" > Last the tapetype in amanda.conf. I noticed that the tapes I am using > are not in the list how do I configure to use these tapes? /usr/sbin/tapetype -f /dev/nst0 -t [tape-name] ie: /usr/sbin/tapetype -f /dev/nst0 -t DDS4 p.s an then take a holiday (seriously do it just before you go to bed, and it may be finished in the morning, but don't hold you're breath) It takes hrs to do. Mark -- --- To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
