Hi All, I recently upgraded my amanda version to 2.4.3b3 as part of a move from solaris 2.6 to 2.8 (in particular, the upgrade seemed necessary in order to use Sun's generic sgen driver with amanda) However, I am now encountering some problems when I try to restore a file using amrecover. First of all amrecover does not seem to pick up my tape device from the existing configuration. In the new version is it mandatory to do a settape every time I restore. When I then proceed to restore, I get the following error at the console:
Load tape WkDaySet1-12 now Continue? [Y/n/t]: Y EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on lenox. amrecover: short block 0 bytes UNKNOWN file amrecover: Can't read file header extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1 My amidxtaped.debug file reads like this amidxtaped: debug 1 pid 4945 ruid 105 euid 105 start time Mon Jul 8 16:58:33 20 02 amidxtaped: version 2.4.3b3 > SECURITY USER root bsd security: remote host lenox user root local user amanda amandahosts security check passed > 6 amrestore_nargs=6 > -h > -p > /dev/rmt/0n > lenox > ^/dev/dsk/c2t5d0s0$ > 20020707 Ready to execv amrestore with: path = /usr/local/sbin/amrestore argv[0] = "amrestore" argv[1] = "-h" argv[2] = "-p" argv[3] = "/dev/rmt/0n" argv[4] = "lenox" argv[5] = "^/dev/dsk/c2t5d0s0$" argv[6] = "20020707" amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset amrestore: 0: reached end of information amidxtaped: amrestore terminated normally with status: 1 Rewinding tape: done amidxtaped: pid 4945 finish time Mon Jul 8 16:59:45 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ Also, amrecover suddenly demands that I run it as root, why? I greatly appreciate your help, -> Pinchas Lev
