Hi, I had the same problem a little while ago and it seemed I was using an outdated version of tar on the particular client... Maybe you should try updating tar? It solved my problems...
Martin > I am running Amanda on a RH9 box. I have indexing > turned on in my amanda.conf and the index file is > created during amdump. I can unzip the file and view > it with no problems. > > However, whenever I run an amrecover, I get "No index > records for disk for specified date". I've set the > date, host, and disk, but can't get this feature to > work. > > Thanks for the help. > > Here is an example of the error: > # amrecover normal > AMRECOVER Version 2.4.3. Contacting server on > localhost ... > 220 Linx AMANDA index server (2.4.3) ready. > 200 Access OK > Setting restore date to today (2003-10-09) > 200 Working date set to 2003-10-09. > 200 Config set to normal. > 501 No index records for host: Linx. Invalid? > Trying host Linx ... > 501 No index records for host: Linx. Invalid? > Trying host localhost.localdomain ... > 501 No index records for host: localhost.localdomain. > Invalid? > Trying host localhost ... > 501 No index records for host: localhost. Invalid? > amrecover> sethost linx > 200 Dump host set to linx. > amrecover> ls > Must select a disk before listing files > amrecover> setdisk /home > Scanning /var/tmp... > 200 Disk set to /home. > No index records for disk for specified date > If date correct, notify system administrator > amrecover> >
