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A virtual tape. Amanda vtapes emulate a tape drive and a changer with a directory tree on the server's hard drives. Amanda utilities such as {{man|8|amrmtape}} and {{man|8|amtape}} operate on vtapes just as they do on physical tapes. | A virtual tape, a kind of [[volume]]. Amanda vtapes emulate a tape drive and a changer with a directory tree on the server's hard drives. Amanda utilities such as {{man|8|amrmtape}} and {{man|8|amtape}} operate on vtapes just as they do on physical tapes. | ||
See also: [[FAQ:What's the difference between a vtape and VFS device?]] and [[How To:Set Up Virtual Tapes]]. | See also: [[FAQ:What's the difference between a vtape and VFS device?]] and [[How To:Set Up Virtual Tapes]]. | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 1 January 2011
A virtual tape, a kind of volume. Amanda vtapes emulate a tape drive and a changer with a directory tree on the server's hard drives. Amanda utilities such as amrmtape(8) and amtape(8) operate on vtapes just as they do on physical tapes.
See also: FAQ:What's the difference between a vtape and VFS device? and How To:Set Up Virtual Tapes.