Hi all, I Admin several LANs and I use Amanda to do the server backups on each. I've been running Amanda for over a year, relatively problem free.
Lately I've been tasked with restoring some files from my backup archives, and so far, I've been unable to. Here's the procedure I use: Find the tape, then run amrestore /dev/nst0 hosta /usr/local/share which results in the dump file for that volume being copied to the current working directory (this part works fine). But, when I try to restore individual files from that dump archive, I can't. I use an interactive restore to mark the files I want for extraction. Then I run extract command, and it gives me this error: Tape error while skipping over inode (whatever inode number) Do you wish to continue [y, n]? If you select yes it gives you the same error about 10 times and then it switches to this error: Error re-syncing to tape. Do you wish to continue [y, n] I don't understand why this is happening. If I run an fsck on the volume that was dumped to file, I get no errors. Yet all my backups seem to be useless. Can anyone suggest what might be causing the problem? Here's my system config System 1: Dual P3-500, 1 GB RAM, Gigabit NIC OS: Linux-2.2.18, Amanda 2.4.1p1 Tape Device: Quantum DLT-7000 Tape type: Sony DLT-IV tape If there's any more info I should post, tell me. Thanks, Stephen
