Also sprach Gene Heskett (Fri 08 Aug 02003 at 02:16:17PM -0400): > On Friday 08 August 2003 14:00, Ean Kingston wrote: > >I've been starting to work on a DRP plan here and I've run into a > > bit of a catch-22. > > > >If the amanda index (and tape in my case) server is lost and all I > > have left is the tapes. How do I rebuild new index files for my > > tapes so that I can restore? I can't just restore the last set of > > index files from the most recent backup because they would reflect > > the state of the tapes from one day earlier (wouldn't they?). > > > >I can't find a tool that I can feed the collection of tapes so that > > it will rebuild the index files. Is there such a thing. > > Not that I'm aware of, however other amanda experts may well point you > to the correct answer. > > That said, that problem bothered me too, so now my tapesize has been > reduced by about 100megs to make room, and I have a script set that > runs after amdump has been completed. It packs up all the now > unlocked stuffs from the configs and the indexes and appends them to > the end of the tape, thereby giving me the current image of that > stuff as it exists after the dump run that made this tape is > complete. > > I've been threatening to post them, but they are as yet pretty > specific to my install, needing a lot of dressing up to make them > anywhere near universal. Currently working with a changer and a DDS2 > tape drive in it. If you think they might be helpfull though, ask.
I may find time to convert what you have to more generic application, should you care to share . . . -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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