> Notice that I did not set either density 1(uncompressed) or 2 (compressed), and
> also I'm not using extended file marks(which I think may conflict with AFS
> EOF's). I need to figure out if this is a good configuration for my AFS backups
> and to get the righr numbers from the fms command. So far, fms is running for
> 3 days(and it's still not over!). Please , if you set-up your tapeconfig file
> before on IBM risc 6000 with AIX 3.2.5 and the tape model which is mentioned
> above, I'd appreciate any help in building the tapeconfig file for my backups.
Running fms on compressing drives, like the EXB-8505, doesn't produce
useful informaton. See, it just writes zeroes out to tape, which the
drive will happily compress for a _long_ time. Instead, you should
manually set the parameters based on the size tape you're using, and the
mode you're using. Note that if you set the size too large, and ever
actually hit the end of the tape, the tape coordinator will get confused
and the dump will fail. Luckily, we've never had this problem, since
we've always been able to fit our entire cell on a single tape.
Hopefully someone else can give you reasonable settings.
-- Jeffrey T. Hutzelman (N3NHS) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
President and System Administrator
Carnegie Mellon University Computer Club
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