On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 17:02:57 -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
> Using the official debian packages, I am accustomed to CDing to the
> desired directory, and entering "amrecover DailySet1". I go through the
> process with no issue as to which tape device to use and get a good
> extraction.
>
> Using the git package, I have to specify the tape device like so:
>
> amrecover -d chg-disk:/var/amanda/vtapes -C DailySet1
>
> If I don't specify the device, I get:
>
> root@amanda:~/tmp/amanda/home# amrecover
[...]
> Extracting files using tape drive tape:/dev/YOUR-TAPE-DEVICE-HERE on host
> localhost.
> The following tapes are needed: DailySet1-001
amrecover seems to pull the initial value of the -d setting from
the "tapedev" setting in the amanda-client.conf file.
The official Debian Amanda packages do not install a "live"
version of that file (rather, they install only some copies under
/usr/share/doc/amanda-*/ )...
... but looking at the source repository it seems the Zmanda packages'
postinst scripts copy the example file to /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf
If that's true (and especially if that file contains the line
tapedev "tape:/dev/YOUR-TAPE-DEVICE-HERE"
), then I'm guessing that commenting out that line -- or even just
renaming the file to disable it completely [*] -- will allow amrecover
to work as expected....
[*] though if you rename it, presumably it would be auto-recreated on
package upgrade
Nathan
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