On Friday 08 August 2003 19:16, Gene Heskett wrote: > >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.
This has been mentioned before and what I, and a number of others do, is keep a copy of the indices, config file etc. on a different disk / server / building / planet - up to you how far you choose to go. If you use a commercial offsite service, or even a homebrew offsite service, you could also put all that data on a CD-R (or CD-RW) and put it with the tapes. -- Niall
