Replying to my own messgae is bad form, I know, but I left out the fact that when I run amverify on the tape(s0 in question, they recognize that the dumps were created by vxfdump.
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 09:59:13AM -0500, stan wrote: > I;m having problems getting a backup restored. Here's the scenario. > > Tape server machine Debian GNU link "testing", running Amanda 2.4.3b4 > > Client machine HP-UX 10.20 running Amanda 2.4.2p1, and with VXFS filesystems > (I think this is important). > > I'm running amrecover on the client, and all is going OK, up until the > host starts reading the tape. Then I get an error about :not a dump tape". > So, when I look in the amrecover debug file on the client, I find it's > trying to execute /sbin/restore. This is wrong, it should be trying to > execute /usr/sbin/vxrestore. > > Have I built the client incorrectly? How can I fix this problem? > > -- > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > > -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin