User:Dustin/Notes/Device Configuration
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Define the idea of "named" devices, vs. device specifiers:
- named device
- "LTO-3-drive-1"
- device specifier
- "tape:/dev/nst0"
Named devices can have properties associated with them:
define device tape-drive { comment "generic tape drive" device_property "BLOCK_SIZE" "32768" tapetype "LTO-3" # future addition? } define device LTO-3-drive-1 { tape-drive tapedev "tape:/dev/nst0" comment "the one on the left" } define device LTO-3-drive-2 { tape-drive tapedev "tape:/dev/nst1" comment "the one on the right" } tapedev "rait:{LTO-3-drive-1,LTO-3-drive-2}"
Changer Definitions
A bit trickier -- how does a changer "invent" a device definition and send it back to Amanda?