OK …. If you looked at it before giving it the second tape, then I’ll agree with you. Drat! I hope I don’t run into that bug. Deb
> On Dec 23, 2015, at 1:19 PM, Chris Hoogendyk <[email protected]> wrote: > > I typically have multiple terminal windows open. While I was doing the > recover from one window, I was following the process and the contents of the > directory from other windows. After it had finished with the first tape (the > full backup), the recovered directory was empty. Then I gave it the second > tape (incremental backup), and after it finished with that the directory was > still empty. I would assume that those two processes are logically separate > -- the first should work the same whether I ask for the second or not. > > > On 12/23/15 1:41 PM, Debra S Baddorf wrote: >> Since this seems to revolve around a restore that needs two tapes, what >> happens if you >> specify the two tapes SEPARATELY, does anyone know? >> >> mkdir /tmp/A >> mkdir /tmp/B >> cd /tmp/A >> amrecover> setdate “2015-11-29” <<<— new line I’ve inserted >> amrecover> add "2015_02_04 (E)” >> Added dir "/jmnavarr/2015_02_04 (E)/" at date 2015-11-29-23-30-01 >> do the recover from this tape >> >> exit; >> cd /tmp/B >> amrecover> setdate “2015-12-04” <<<— new line I’ve inserted >> amrecover> add "2015_02_04 (E) >> ”Added dir "/jmnavarr/2015_02_04 (E)/" at date 2015-12-04-23-30-02 >> do the am recover >> exit >> >> Might this work better? Has anyone tried this, and does it work around >> the bug perhaps? >> >> Deb Baddorf >> >> >>> On Dec 23, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Alan Hodgson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Tuesday, December 22, 2015 03:42:33 PM you wrote: >>>> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >>>> Subject: amrecover seems to work but just leaves empty directory >>>> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:58:08 -0500 >>>> From: Chris Hoogendyk <[email protected]> >>>> To: AMANDA users <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I am trying to use amrecover to retrieve a directory that a user >>>> accidentally deleted. amrecover shows substantial contents via ls at the >>>> date that I'm recovering from. It requests the tape and spends a good bit >>>> of time working on it. When it is done, the folder that it recovered is >>>> empty. >>>> >>>> I have tried it from two different time periods that involved two different >>>> full backup tapes. >>>> >>>> I have no idea what is happening or how to figure it out. >>>> >>>> Here is part of my session: >>> There's a bug in recent versions of tar that might be biting you. I don't >>> think a fixed version has even been released. There was some discussion of >>> this >>> on the list I think last year. >>> >>> You can work around this by pulling the whole image off of tape with >>> amrestore >>> and untar it manually to find the files you need to restore. >>> >>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2014-09/msg00006.html >> > > -- > --------------- > > Chris Hoogendyk > > - > O__ ---- Systems Administrator > c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments > (*) \(*) -- 317 Morrill Science Center > ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst > > <[email protected]> > > --------------- > > Erdös 4 >
