> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon LaBadie > Sent: 11 May 2006 17:21 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Backing up sub directories and interactive restores > > On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 02:32:41PM +0100, John Clement wrote: > > >From what I understand amrecover runs from the client machine, and > > >I'd > > rather run the restores on the server, then move what I > have to back > > to the client manually. > > > > Moving on from this a little though, I've used an existing dumptype > > (from before I started here) and if I try to restore anything I get > > the following message: > > > > === > > % /usr/sbin/amrestore -p /dev/nst0 autonomy.deanst.rroom.net > > /mnt_f/Websites | tar -xvf - > > > > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > > Error 32 (Broken pipe) offset 32768+32768, wrote 0 > > amrestore: pipe reader has quit in middle of file. > > === > > > > The DLE: > > autonomy.deanst.rroom.net /mnt_f/Websites > > comp-root-tar-win > > > > And the dump type: > > define dumptype comp-root-tar-win { > > root-tar > > comment "Root partitions with compression" > > compress client fast > > index > > } > > > > Thanks, > > > > jc > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon LaBadie > > > Sent: 04 May 2006 15:05 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Backing up sub directories and interactive restores > > > > > > On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 11:13:20AM +0100, John Clement wrote: > > > > I've previously seen Amanda installed in such a way that > > > you could run > > > > something like > > > > > > > > amrestore -p /dev/nst0 host /filesystem | restore ivf - > > > > > > > > Which gives a basic shell on the tape so you can restore > > > > individual items. > > > > > > Is there a reason you are unable to use amrecover? > > > > > I presume the comment at the top was in response to this question. > Top posting makes following a discussing so difficult. > > Use of amrecover is not limited to the client. It could be > run from the server or from a third-party client. Where there 'might' > be a limitation is the availability of the correct tools. > For example a backup made with ufsdump from a Solaris host > could not be recovered to a linux client because it lacks > ufsrestore. But to another Solaris client it should be fine. > Or if both used guntar it should be fine. >
Ahh, I may be starting to see the light (I hope). The client is W2k3 server. This means then that I need to use amrecover on that server to restore from the tape? - rather than trying to use Linux tools on the server to restore a Windows directory... > Just clutching at straws, the error message says something > about an error at 32k+32k. Might these dumps have been > created with a tape block size different than the standard 32k? > > > -- > Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 > Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax) >
