On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 08:22 -0700, Paddy Sreenivasan wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Tim Johnson J. > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Silly question that I am sure someone has seen, > > but I could not see an answer on the wiki's for. > > > > While doing a restore of the backups for a windows machine > > (backup via the zmanada client install) the restore fails with > > a /bin/tar.exe error. > > > > In the header of the backup AMANDA: FILE it specifies "/bin/tar.exe -f -" > > without the "x" option: > > > > dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | /bin/tar.exe -f - ... > > > > > > > > > > I can take the backup via command line and extract the file by adding > > the "x" to the tar command. > > Windows client uses zip format. This command will not work. Please > follow directions from > http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Zmanda_Windows_Client#Restoring_files_to_the_Windows_client
It sounds like you are using the older Windows client that uses Cygwin and thus tar. Don't know why it seems the x is missing nor how one would manually put it back. There are 3 newer versions of this client however if an upgrade is worth a shot. Paul > > Paddy > > Is there any options on the client (2.5.1.2) to change it to allow using > > the "x" tar option so the backups of the windows machine will function with > > amrestore. > > > > > > Thanks for any input. > > > > > -- Design Engineer Zmanda, Inc. http://www.zmanda.com/
