Re: Density codes

2003-03-07 Thread Steve Loughran
from `mt densities` on RH7.3... dunno if this helps any... fixed my DLT7000 problems with this list though == Some SCSI tape density codes: code explanation code explanation 0x00 default 0x20 QIC-6GB 0x01 NRZI (800 bpi)

Re: Win32 Backup?

2003-03-06 Thread Steve Loughran
> One way I have done it is to use MS's backup program to backup to a > samba share on a freebsd box. MS backup will happily backup to a samba > share. Then I just backup all that stuff using amanda. beware of backing up via NT Backup to a samba share, always verify the contents of the file. I ra

Re: Amanda 2.4.4 + Cygwin = loss of hair...

2003-03-05 Thread Steve Loughran
> Hi! I have it on Win2K -- not XP. However, in my experience, the > inetd -d option doesn't do anything for you -- all that it does is > allow you to see that something is, indeed, asking for amanda. inetd -d is shwoing something... rather a lot of something... > Does it work if you run it as

Amanda 2.4.4 + Cygwin = loss of hair...

2003-03-05 Thread Steve Loughran
.. I have spent most of today banging my head against this... and when I wasnt banging my head, I was trawling the web (with no result that helps) Has anyone got this setup running correctly? Many thanks in advance for any help... -- Steve ----- Stev

Re: Dump size calculator

2003-01-19 Thread Steve Loughran
http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html ??? Steve - Original Message - From: "Barry Callahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 3:40 AM Subject: Dump size calculator > Last week, I stumbled across a webpage that had a discussion on how big > t

Re: Trouble tar'ing large filesystems

2003-01-15 Thread Steve Loughran
amanda cannot backup filesystems that are larger than the size of the tapes, it cannot split backup streams across multiple tapes. Steve > Hi > I backup onto DDS-2 tapes, so have a limitation of about 3-4GB per tape. > The no of tapes is set to 2, so I should be able to backup 6-8GB per run. > Ho

Re: index tee cannot write [Connection timed out] ??

2002-12-20 Thread Steve Loughran
firewall software (dont ask!) that I`ll be chasing up my support people about. Anyway, its working fine now Steve - Original Message - From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Steve Loughran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday,

index tee cannot write [Connection timed out] ??

2002-12-19 Thread Steve Loughran
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planner and 10BaseT hosts

2002-12-16 Thread Steve Loughran
t; in the config file? Also, what are the recommendations for the "dumporder" value? Any help you can give me with this would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance. -- Steve ----- Steve Loughran, Network Infrastructure Manager Sony Co

Re: Re:Large partitions (2 Gigabyte +)

2002-11-28 Thread Steve Loughran
http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-12.html read the section under the heading "Configuring the Holding Disk". You can set chunksize to >2Gb and the backup will be split up into chucks of less than size into the holding disk, but will be put onto tape as one continuous image (i.e. the chunks will