----- Original Message ----- From: "John R. Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mr Igor Vertiletsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 6:52 PM Subject: Re: "I know this message..." help restore entire system
> >... the system is configured as amanda client and has only one > >partition / (root). ... > >Anyway, my question is: how do I restore the entire > >system (in case I need to rplace or rebuild hard > >drive)? I have recent full dumps of the server. > > Amanda does not provide "from bare metal" restore features. If it > crashes hard you'll need to get the client up enough (e.g. from your > original OS distribution materials) to get on the network and then you > can pull back the dump images and blat over the top of things. The kickstart config file works wonders when rebuilding. That will get the bare metal install then use Amanda to restore the data. Works for me but I would like to hear from others on this. hth, Lewis Watson
