On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 01:03:33AM -0800, Sascha wrote: > hey list, > > 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.
Are you setting a 'recovery date' while in amrecover or just taking the default which is the most recent. If you are trying to recover files that were lost from the file system, it is possible that the last backups you have have on tape reflect the deletion. amrecover tries to restore the directory you into which you recovering as it was at the time of the recover date. So it may be putting those files into the directory from the first loaded tape, but as the tapes from more recent backups are processed has to delete them since they had been deleted from the real directory between the two backups. That is one of the reasons PB recommended in his response that you recover into an empty temporary directory. Tar may actually delete or overwrite some new things added to the file system if you try to recover into the original source directory. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
