Best tape backup software

[yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com]

I'm trying out a tape backup solution for my server.  More of an experiment to
see how I like it than a long term plan.  Even so...

I've done a search for good utilities and haven't come across anything that
thrills me.  What I want is something that's easy to configure, hopefully with
an interface of some sort, not just command line.  I want to do a daily
rotation of tapes like I used to do in the old Jumbo 250 days - a full backup
at the beginning of the month, and incrementals daily thereafter, rotating 2 or
more tapes.  I want to get it fully scheduled so that I don't have to think
about erasing tapes at the beginning of the month, and of course there should
be some sort of notification if there are errors or when the tape is running
out of space.  Locating the most recent version of a file on a tape or backup
set should be easy and intuitive.

I am aware that many simply use tar, but for some reason feel more comfortable
with something structured - mostly because I suspect restores will be easier if
there's a program actually managing the backups.

FWIW, I've toyed the last month with taper, but the interface is buggy and it
lowers my confidence, and I've also looked at cpio.  What else is there?  I
much prefer nicely written GUIs.

TIA

Rob