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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.idt.net!cdc2.cdc.net!news.texas.net!node2.frontiernet.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pen-15.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-9.sprintlink.net!re.hotwired.com!brian From: brian@fully.organic.com (Brian Behlendorf) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Looking for "smart" app for multi-tape tape drive management Date: 12 Jan 1997 01:20:45 GMT Organization: Organic Online Lines: 17 Message-ID: <5b9e9d$dns@re.hotwired.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: h32.n145.organic.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5536 Is there a slightly more user-friendly application for managing tape backups than "dump"? Something which requires a little less guesswork about the media being used, which can handle multi-tape drives (like the Archive 4586NP), etc? Right now I can't seem to get dump to be smart about automatically going to the second tape slot when it gets to the end of the first, instead of returning with an "out of space" error? I realize this partly involves the firmware of the tape drive being used, that it may be at fault, but having to guess the amount of space usable on a given tape is tricky because it can vary with compression. Are other admins using more sophisticated tools to manage their tape backup systems on BSDI? Brian -- --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- brian@organic.com www.apache.org hyperreal.com http://www.organic.com/JOBS