Sorry I'm back so soon with more Qs - I guess getting stuck into the restores is giving me a lot to think about!
How can one find out the number of filemarks on the tape? (assuming worst case no amanda info and best case) -Do I need to know this? (see below) ----- Layout: How is Amanda writing to the tape? -I have part_size 200G -Blocksize 1024k -TAR Does this mean I have this layout(?): | 1024k | Start of DLE or DLE up to 200GB in 1024k blocks | 1024k | DLE or continuation of DLE, 200GB in 1024k blocks | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> | HEADER | AMANDA DUMP (UNDERSTOOD BY TAR) | HEADER | AMANDA DUMP (UNDERSTOOD BY TAR ) | Now for a real world test - the DLE is bigger than 500GB .. let's say its 555GB. So that'd mean 3 parts which can be understood by tar. To restore this I need to join those 3 first? Then use tar? I've not found an example of this yet. thanks David -------------------- David Simpson - Computing Support Officer IBME - Institute of Biomedical Engineering Old Road Campus Research Building Oxford, OX3 7DQ Tel: 01865 617697 ext: 17697
