
Part II. About Tapes and Changers
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About Tapes and Changers



Tape-Drives and Tape-Changers

AMANDA is able to use a wide range of Tape-Drives and Tape-Changers. This
section contains information on the concept of the tapetypes as well as
information on how to make use of your tape-changer by using the appropriate
changer-scripts.
Table of Contents


  7._Tapetypes

  8._AMANDA_Tape_Changer_Support


        Introduction

        Specifying_a_tape_changer_in_amanda.conf

        Device-specific_tapechanger_script

        Slot_names_and_the_"current"_slot

        Operator_interface

        How_amdump_interacts_with_the_tape_changer

        Builtin_tape-changers


              chg-multi_(formerly_chg-generic)

              chg-manual_(formerly_no-changer)

              chg-mtx_(formerly_hp-changer)

              chg-zd-mtx

              chg-scsi-chio_(formerly_seagate-changer,_then_chg-chio)

              chg-scsi_(new_interface,_try_to_drive_a_robot_with_direct_scsi
              commands)

              chg-chio

              chg-chs

              chg-rth

              chg-juke

              chg-rait

              chg-disk

              chg-iomega

              chg-null



  9._chg-scsi


        Command_line_options

        Notes_about_changer.conf

        AMANDA's_actual_usage_of_chg-scsi

        Configuration_notes

        Hacking_notes


  10._RAIT_(Redundant_Array_of_Inexpensive_Tape)_Support


        What_is_a_RAIT?

        Using_a_RAIT

        Disaster_Recovery


  11._Printing_of_Labels


        The_New_Feature

        Labels_provided

        History

        How_it_works


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