i did that too. i just didnt put it in the mail. sorry. ----- Original Message ---- From: Christoph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Cc: Sascha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 12:56:22 PM Subject: Re: amanda/tar deletes files
Sascha schrieb: > no, thats what i get: > > $ cd / > $ sudo amrecover daily > AMRECOVER Version 2.4.4. ... > ... > 200 Disk set to /. > amrecover> cd home/sascha > /home/luser/nobelprizedata > amrecover> ls > 2005-04-01 . > 2005-04-01 test1 > 2005-04-01 test2 > 2005-04-01 test3 > amrecover> add . > ... > amrecover> extract > [...Load tape etc. etc....] > tar: deleting file ./test1 > tar: deleting file ./test2 > tar: deleting file ./test3 > amrecover> exit > $ ls > . > .. > > what i do a ls on the amrecover> then i can the files on the tape. but when i > extract the files tar deletes the files I guess you missed the step called "setdate", without it amrecover restores the dir to the state seen at the latest backup of this dir, not to the date you want it. And at the time last backup of this dir was run, these files where already deleted, weren't they? Christoph > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Paul Bijnens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Sascha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 10:42:33 AM > Subject: Re: amanda/tar deletes files > > On 2007-02-12 10:03, Sascha wrote: >> we are using amanda 2.4.4 on debian sarge for about a year and had >> never problems with it. since two weeks amanda cant recover certain >> files from tape. it just show "tar: deleting files xyz". but i know that >> these files are on the tape because i can see them on the amanda "shell" >> with ls. it also seems that amanda deletes the files on the file server >> from which it backups the files. what could be the problem? cant find >> any hints in the log files. thats very annoying when we need to recover >> files every day. btw tar version is 1.16-2. > > > Are you seeing this behaviour: > > http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Why_does_amrecover_erase_files%3F > > Or is it something else? > > Also, I have no experience with tar-1.16-2, but read some reports > that it is not yet good enough for production use with Amanda. > Don't know the exact problems, though. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/
