On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 11:40:06AM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is it possible to restore from an amanda tape without the database
> files and if so how is it done?
>
No, if your database is gone, you are completely lost. There is no
way to recover any data except using a very special method called
RTFM
Start here:
http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-24.html
or docs/RESTORE in the Amanda sources
or simply read the tape. Every filesystem on tape contains
restore instructions in ASCII, e.g.
root@zink:~ # dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k count=1
AMANDA: FILE 20020206 natrium-eth1 /export lev 0 comp .gz program /bin/tar
To restore, position tape at start of file and run:
dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | bin/tar -f... -
Ciao
Dietmar
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