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OSST Backup software compatibility

Using Arkeia

Add this to your tape definition file /usr/knox/arkeia/dbase/f3tape/tptypes.lst
ITEM    {
        "NAME"  "ADR30"
        "CAPACITY"      "14429"
        "THROUGHPUT"    "1000"
        "MAXUSE"        "100000"
        "SIZESEG"       "96000"
        "COMMENT"       "OnStream ADR30"
        "FORM_FACTOR" "ADR"
}

ITEM    {
        "NAME"  "ADR50"
        "CAPACITY"      "23895"
        "THROUGHPUT"    "2000"
        "MAXUSE"        "100000"
        "SIZESEG"       "96000"
        "COMMENT"       "OnStream ADR50"
        "FORM_FACTOR" "ADR"
}

ITEM    {
        "NAME"  "ADR60"
        "CAPACITY"      "28710"
        "THROUGHPUT"    "2400"
        "MAXUSE"        "100000"
        "SIZESEG"       "96000"
        "COMMENT"       "OnStream ADR2-60"
        "FORM_FACTOR" "ADR2"
}
and the following to your drive type definition file /usr/knox/arkeia/dbase/f3drv/drvtypes.lst
ITEM    {
        "NAME"  "ONSTREAM_ADR"
        "FORM_FACTOR"   "ADR"
        "TIME_BEFORE_CLEAN"     "50"
}
ITEM    {
        "NAME"  "ONSTREAM_ADR2"
        "FORM_FACTOR"   "ADR2"
        "TIME_BEFORE_CLEAN"     "50"
}

You may want to lower the THROUGHPUT for the ADR_30 to 700 in case you have a USB30 device and you may want to increase it to 2000 for a DI-30+(Fast) or SC-30/50 drive.
Note: There is some controversary whether a "BLOCK_SIZE" "32768" statement should be added to the drvtype definition or not. In theory it should be there, but in practice it seems to prevent successful restores.
Another note: I introduced a second drivetype ADR2 for the ADR-2 tapes as they are not really compatible with ADR tapes.

JP Vossen has a nice section on Backups with Linux and also a OnStream DI-30 HOWTO.

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