Hello - I've been working w/ linux for many years, but have never had the occasion to work with any sort of tape backup software on the platform until now, so I'm pretty clueless about how to access/configure/etc tape devices. Here's my current setup:
I have a Dell Powervault 120T hanging off of an Adaptec SCSI card. The card is recognized by the OS, as well as the tape changer. Here's how the device shows up in proc: host root # cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: QUANTUM Model: ATLAS10K2-TY367L Rev: DA40 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 Vendor: ADIC Model: FastStor DLT Rev: D116 Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 Vendor: QUANTUM Model: DLT7000 Rev: 2561 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 The tape device is a 6-tape changer, but only 5 tapes are accessible from the front of the device, so I'm only planning on using 5 tapes. Are there any "beginner's guides" out there that could hold my hand for a few days until I get my head around amanda? BTW, I'm running gentoo linux, a 2.6.7 kernel, and amanda 2.4.4_p3. Thanks! -Erik Anderson
