On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 10:00:01AM -0600, Doyle Collings wrote: > I was doing some amanda testing and labeled a tape. Afterwards I > backed up to the tape using tar not amanda. I used the following > syntax tar -c -b 4096 -f /dev/nst0 /mnt/mail/logancty. I am unable to > even list the files on the tape using tar -t /dev/nst0. We have found > that we are able to list files if the tapes have not been labeled by > Amanda. Amanda is not loaded on the server. >
What did you do between labeling the tape with amanda and adding the tar image to the tape. If you did not remove the tape and reinsert it (which would cause a rewind) or if you did not rewind it using something like the mt(1) command after the labeling, then the tape was positioned after the tape file containing the amanda label. I.e. it was the second file on the tape. Later you probably did rewind it and asked tar to restore from the beginning of the tape, the first tape file, i.e. from the amanda label. Tar would not like that. If this is an accurate picture of what was done, to recover you would have to rewind and reposition the tape to the second file using mt(1). Then use tar. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 12027 Creekbend Drive (703) 787-0884 Reston, VA 20194 (703) 787-0922 (fax)
