Mostly everyone recommended that I let the system decide on the
size/density of the tape.
I used:
ufsdump 0ubf 126 /dev/rmt/0ubn
which allowed me to get more data on the tape.
Thanks for all the replies!
Mark
> From sun-managers-relay@sunmanagers.ececs.uc.edu Tue Oct 5 14:49:31 1999
> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 12:45:57 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Mark Hargrave <hargrme@wisdom.maf.nasa.gov>
> To: sun-managers@sunmanagers.ececs.uc.edu
> Subject: Exabyte 8505XL Capacity Problem
>
> We have several Exabyte 8505XL 14GB tape drives that
> we use for system backups.
>
> According to the Exabyte web site, with a 112m tape,
> I should get 10GB on one tape. We're only getting
> about 6GB on each tape with a 0 level ufsdump.
>
> This is the command we're using:
>
> /usr/sbin/ufsdump 0dsbf 648000 13000 126 /dev/rmt/0c
>
> Am I using the correct parameters?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Mark Hargrave, Sr. Unix Systems Manager
> Lockheed Martin Michoud Space Systems
> New Orleans, LA
>
> E-Mail: hargrme@wisdom.maf.nasa.gov
> ---------------------------------------
>
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