That's what I was talking about - parse the volume dump as it is being retrieved from the server. I think there is already code out there to do that. -- Nathan > -----Original Message----- > From: Mitch Collinsworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 3:49 PM > To: Neulinger, Nathan R. > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Amanda and AFS > > > On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Neulinger, Nathan R. wrote: > > > > Another nice feature of Amanda is its index, which allows > restoring > > > single files. This is something AFS backup doesn't do. > It could be > > > done in Amanda but it would take more effort. For one thing mount > > > points would need to be tracked. > > > > Probably the best way to manage this would be to have the > amanda module > > parse the volume dump as it is retrieved. Then you can > build the file index > > as you go along without actually going to file level backups. > > No. > > Amanda does not do file level backups. It currently does dump and tar > backups. But it builds an index so it can do file level restores. > > The index is built at backup time so it can be referenced as needed, > without having to spin a tape to know what's on it. You can > ask Amanda > about a specific file and it will tell you what tapes it's on. Then > you can pick the version you wish to restore and it will tell > you which > tape to load and restore the file for you. Alternatively if you lost > a disk you can just tell it to restore a whole filesystem. > > The way to accomplish this with AFS is the same as anywhere > else, build > the index at backup time so you'll have it when you need it. > > -Mitch >
