Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-14 Thread Todd Kover
> (and is the FOM gone for good?) no, it should be back up now. -Todd

Meaning of "bump"

2005-01-14 Thread Erik P. Olsen
Hi, I am running Fedora Core 3 which comes with amanda installed and I have just started to set it up. In amanda.conf "bumpsize", "bumpmult" and "bumpdays" should be specified. My problem is that I don't know exactly what this "bump" and the associated "level" mean. Would someone please explain t

Re: DLT tape streaming and amanda blocksize

2005-01-14 Thread Dan Rich
Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Hi, Jon, on Freitag, 14. Jänner 2005 at 20:44 you wrote to amanda-users: JL> It is not a patch, its a feature. JL> But it must be specified at configure time, then compiled. JL> Check the amanda man page for "blocksize". To be precise, please check the latest version of

Re: DLT tape streaming and amanda blocksize

2005-01-14 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Jon, on Freitag, 14. Jänner 2005 at 20:44 you wrote to amanda-users: JL> It is not a patch, its a feature. JL> But it must be specified at configure time, then compiled. JL> Check the amanda man page for "blocksize". To be precise, please check the latest version of the amanda.8-manpage at

Re: DLT tape streaming and amanda blocksize

2005-01-14 Thread Andreas Sundstrom
Dan Rich wrote: I have a DLT IV drive that I cannot get to stream with amanda. With a little bit of experimentation, I have found that it will stream with tar if I set the block size to 128KB. However, amanda only seems to support block sizes of 32kb. The constant rewind/seek motion of the ta

Re: DLT tape streaming and amanda blocksize

2005-01-14 Thread Glenn English
On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 11:23 -0800, Dan Rich wrote: > I have a DLT IV drive that I cannot get to stream with amanda. I ran into the same problem. I solved it (inelegantly, but solved with no source code futzing) by running the backup with no tape in the drive, then later running amflush when the

Re: DLT tape streaming and amanda blocksize

2005-01-14 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 11:23:19AM -0800, Dan Rich wrote: > I have a DLT IV drive that I cannot get to stream with amanda. With a > little bit of experimentation, I have found that it will stream with tar if > I set the block size to 128KB. However, amanda only seems to support block > sizes o

DLT tape streaming and amanda blocksize

2005-01-14 Thread Dan Rich
I have a DLT IV drive that I cannot get to stream with amanda. With a little bit of experimentation, I have found that it will stream with tar if I set the block size to 128KB. However, amanda only seems to support block sizes of 32kb. The constant rewind/seek motion of the tape is rough on b

Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-14 Thread Alexander Jolk
Will Lowe wrote: > > > To get your barcode reader working, install mtx. > > Hmm, and use which changer script? chg-zd-mtx? That's what I use, and it works fine. Just follow the instructions inside the changer.conf file to get it working. Alex -- Alexander Jolk / BUF Compagni

Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-14 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 at 8:39am, Will Lowe wrote > > To get your barcode reader working, install mtx. > > Hmm, and use which changer script? chg-zd-mtx? I've got barcodes set > up and mtx seems to find them: Yep, that's what I use. > Storage Changer /dev/sg1:1 Drives, 23 Slots ( 0 Import/Export

Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-14 Thread Will Lowe
> To get your barcode reader working, install mtx. Hmm, and use which changer script? chg-zd-mtx? I've got barcodes set up and mtx seems to find them: Storage Changer /dev/sg1:1 Drives, 23 Slots ( 0 Import/Export ) Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 7 Loaded):VolumeTag = 07 S

Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-14 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 at 8:09pm, Will Lowe wrote > Thanks! But I was looking for information on what amanda uses the > barcode reader in the robot for, and how to make the tapechanger > scripts do it -- not on how to print labels. As you label tapes, amanda will populate a file named $CONFIG/CHAN