sorry, by "scp" i meant "rsh" in my original message ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luc Dewavrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 10:55 AM Subject: Problem with tar on boot disk
> Hello, > > I have setup Amanda server ( 2.4.2-p2) on Redhat Linux 7.2 with > 10 Amanda clients running on Redhat 5.1 -> 7.2. > Backups and restores with Amanda utilities work really fine. > Backups are tar compressed on client side; > > I have tried a "bare level" restoration from a boot disk using > this command: > # scp -n mybackupserver ' amrestore -p /dev/ntape 192.168.0.100 /boot' | > tar -xvf - > > Amanda finds the archive on the tape and writes it to standard output. > The standard output is piped to my local tar program. > The problem is that tar extraction creates a lot of unexepected directories > like > "072315522404" or "07345503322" ... in which i can find the content of my > tar file. > > I supposed that it is because the tar program on my boot disk is not a Gnu > tar. > The boot disk i use is tomrstbt and i have also tried with Redhat 7.2 rescue > disk > => same problem. > > Is it a known issue ? Any idea how i could fix it? > Have you ever tried bare level restoration on Linux with Amanda? > Should i use another boot disk and which one? > > I was wondering if it was possible to use remote tar ( the one on my Amanda > server) > with scp command to extract files locally. > > Thanx in advance for your answers, > Luc > > >
