On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 06:44:02PM -0500, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > > What I'd like to find out, and I just haven't man'ed it yet, is if I can > perform a view/list of dumped files, and maybe restore one or two > files/directories to test, without having to restore everything.
I would still recommend restoring a full volume of average size if you haven't done so previously. I'd even spend the time on a script to compare checksums between what was restored and the source. "restore -ivf /dev/tape" -- interactive mode -- is a nice way to walk through the backup and select a few files or directories to restore for comparison. I used to use it all the time to fulfill user requests, in places I wasn't using Amanda or Networker. There is a "-t" option for restore, at least on BSD, so you can probably dump a listing of what's on the tape or dump file if that's what you're after. If you're at LISA, there's probably a session or three on this very topic... --S. _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
