Gil, You wheren't by any chance using SW compression ?
You may have said earlier but I missed it if you did, if so you will need to lengthen the pipe a little bit... # dd | gunzip | ufsrestore On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 04:20:25PM -0700, Pavel Pragin wrote: > Hello, > Can you please run this and post the output: > -bash-3.00$ ammt -f /dev/rmt/0n rewind > -bash-3.00$ ammt -f /dev/rmt/0n fsf 1 > -bash-3.00$ amdd if=/dev/rmt/0n bs=32k count=1 > Pavel > > gil naveh wrote: > > >Thanks > >but I tried to strip the header as well and it gave me teh same error > >message! > > > >*/Matt Hyclak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 02:07:42PM -0700, gil naveh enlightened us: > > > Thanks for all the help, but I have a problem to restore the files. > > > When I type: > > > root@ # dd if=/dev/rmt/0n ibs=64k | ufsrestore if - > > > I recieve the following error message: > > > read: Invalid argument > > > 0+0 records in > > > 0+0 records out > > > Volume is not in dump format > > > > > > But as far as I know it should be in a dump format!!! ? because > > in the > > > Amanda.conf I defined the backup as: > > > > > > > You forgot to strip off the amanda header at the beginning of the > > file. > > Usually this is > > > > dd if=/dev/tape bs=32k skip=1 > > > > -- > > Matt Hyclak > > Department of Mathematics > > Department of Social Work > > Ohio University > > (740) 593-1263 > > > > > --- Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
