Martin wrote: > Paul Bijnens wrote: > >>One important point is that you need to REWIND the tape before starting >>amrestore, or you need to MANUALLY position the tape to the beginning >>of your backup image using commands like 'mt ... fsf 123'. >>If using amanda 2.4.4 or later you may add "-f 123" to rewind and >>skip forward automatically (using the correct number...) >> > > I've been trying to do a manual restore as well, just in case an > amrecover/amrestore is not possible. Paul, you say that it is possible to > skip over backup images by using the fsf parameter. That's true, but is > there any way of determining WHERE a particular image is stored on tape? I > did a few dd grabs, but the images I get back don't really match any > definable order (disklist, email-output). Is there a way to (quickly) tell > what order the images are in?
Here's a little script I came across that will list out all fs on an amanda tape. #!/bin/sh TAPEDEV=<non-rewinding tape device> while mt -f $TAPEDEV fsf 1 ; do dd if=$TAPEDEV bs=32k count=1 | head -1 sleep 1 done mt -f $TAPEDEV rewind # # end of script # If you just attempt an amrestore of a non-existent fs, it will essentially do the same. ----------------------------------------------------- toby bluhm philips medical systems, it support, mr development, cleveland ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED] 440-483-5323
