Gavin Henry wrote:
Disaster strikes!!!
My Red Hat 8.0 backup server hard drive has died, and I need some advice in rebuilding it.
I have all the backups tapes and I have backup up /etc /home /var and a few other things.
My question is, "How do I get all the configuration files back from the tapes without having Amanda installed?
Any tips would be great!!!
Tip one: stay calm. Tip two: Read docs/RESTORE.
In short: As root do: use basic unix commands to position tape like: mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1 use basic dd to read the 32k header of each file on tape: dd if=/dev/rmt/0n bs=32k count=1 And notice it contains the command you need to type to restore that backup image: (position again using mt above, and cd to the correct top directory!) dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k skip=1 | gzip -d | gtar -xpvf -
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