topic Re: how to enable hardware compression on hp dat40? in StoreEver Tape Storage

how to enable hardware compression on hp dat40?

cheuk — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:44:34 GMT

could anyone help please?
thanks

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Re: how to enable hardware compression on hp dat40?

Ivan Ferreira — Wed, 16 May 2007 11:20:07 GMT

HArdware compression normally is enabled by using the correct device special file in the device configuration of Data Protector.

Windows devices ends with "C" to indicate compression, for example scsi2:0:1:1C.
Unix devices vary depending from versions and distributions.

Re: how to enable hardware compression on hp dat40?

cheuk — Thu, 17 May 2007 07:22:19 GMT

how to check the device file on windows server 2000 please?
thanks

Re: how to enable hardware compression on hp dat40?

cheuk — Thu, 17 May 2007 07:26:39 GMT

the tapeware show hardware compression is enabled but when i try to backup 26g with 2:1 40g tape..it stops at 20g
i have tried all compression mode with tapeware(none/standard/system/both)

does anyone know what the problem is?
thanks

Re: how to enable hardware compression on hp dat40?

Scott McIntosh_2 — Thu, 17 May 2007 09:16:33 GMT

What is tapeware and why are you using that?

Did you checkmark the Hardware Compression checkbox in the drive configuration in Data Protector?

Thanks,
Scott
HP Support

Re: how to enable hardware compression on hp dat40?

cheuk — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:02:18 GMT

tapeware is in the dat40 driver cd
it is a backup problem
is it wrong?
what is Data Protector?

Re: how to enable hardware compression on hp dat40?

Scott McIntosh_2 — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:07:47 GMT

This is the Data Protector forum. If you are not using the Data Protector backup software, you should be asking your question elsewhere. Likely the tape devices forum under Storage.

Thanks,
Scott
HP Support

Re: how to enable hardware compression on hp dat40?

cheuk — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:11:31 GMT

oh
where can i get Data Protector?
thanks

Re: how to enable hardware compression on hp dat40?

Scott McIntosh_2 — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:08:55 GMT

I would assume from whoever you buy HP product. You can go to www.hp.com/go/dataprotector and there's a How to Buy at the top right if you have no reseller relation currently.

Data Protector is not TapeWare (oh, that's the Yosemite product, which we do actually resell as Data Protector Express, which has absolutely nothing whatever in common with Data Protector except that it's a backup product). Data Protector is not a small scope freebie like BackupExec or TapeWare.

Thanks,
Scott
HP Support