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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:19:42 -0500
rory_f <amanda-forum < at > backupcentral.com> wrote:

Perhaps what i'm looking to do is guarantee the most economical way
of filling the tapes.

W ...

On 1/5/11 12:00 PM, rory_f wrote:
I want to ensure tapes are filled 100% each time where possible. I've written a script in python to look at directory, figure out size, and create a disklist which w ...

I want to ensure tapes are filled 100% each time where possible. I've written a script in python to look at directory, figure out size, and create a disklist which will ensure a round about size for e ...

Hey,

So I've noticed that sometimes Amanda will fill up a tape with more than 400gb (LTO3) - I'm assuming this is down to compression? Is there another way to limit this from happening apart from t ...

On Tuesday 09 March 2010, rory_f wrote:

Absolutely no, amanda ignores that. It is for your edification only.

One other question: Did you take note of whether or not the drive was
streaming s ...

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:55 AM, rory_f <amanda-forum < at > backupcentral.com> wrote:
One question; i don't have to run amtapetype every time i do this do i? For instance, say the speed p ...

On Tuesday 09 March 2010, rory_f wrote:

If the card is wide scsi, perhaps a cabling issue or termination issue has
caused it to fall back to scsi-II width and speeds? I have read that some
car ...

On Monday 08 March 2010, rory_f wrote:

Please do. It could be something I missed, or it could be a brand new
phenomenon to file away in my trivia file.



gene,

amanda@backup tor]$ amtape ...

On Monday 08 March 2010, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote:
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett < at > verizon.net>
wrote:
Be my guest if you have write privileges.

It ...

Gene Heskett wrote:

In your case, two things. Is it the last drive on the cable?, and is it
terminated properly? And I would certainly check the 5 volt line of the host
computer to see if its ...

On Saturday 06 March 2010, Jon LaBadie wrote:


Because the scsi buss is a transmission line, and demands a decent VSWR,
there are 2 things to remember when dealing with scsi.

1. A list of ...

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 02:57:01PM -0500, rory_f wrote:

Hey guys. Thanks

I checked my library GUI and for the tape run i was just talking about, where it was stopping around 230gb, it seems comp ...

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 02:57:01PM -0500, rory_f wrote:

Hey guys. Thanks

I checked my library GUI and for the tape run i was just talking about, where it was stopping around 230gb, it seems comp ...

Gene,

I had no idea it was that difficult to reset.

I apologize if I left the impression that I thought it
was an amanda issue, I was sure it was in the HW and
the driver, but I didn't express ...

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:17 AM, rory_f <amanda-forum < at > backupcentral.com> wrote:
i'm doing a tape run now, using the original tapetype definition, and it has filled a tape to around ...