amrestore, how to use

2002-07-08 Thread Eduardo Ceva
Hi, I am trying to make a test. I want to see what is in the tape, and I also want to restore some files using amrestore. In my index directory I have these directories listed above and inside each of them I have a file called 20020704_0 _etc/ _mnt_backup_ceara_etc/ _mnt_backup_ceara_home/

amrescore X amrecover

2002-07-08 Thread Eduardo Ceva
Hi, what´s the differenceabout amrestore and amrecover can anyone explain to me? wich program should I use to extract files of a tape? thanks ceva

OnStream ADR SC30e with osst driver

2002-07-08 Thread Markus Mahlstedt
I consider to buy a OnStream ADR SC30e SCSI drive to backup a linux server (RH 7.0, kernel 2.4.9) with amanda 2.4.2p2. I learned so far that the standard linux st driver doesn't work with this drive. Instead there is a seperate osst driver that implements the command set for this drive:

New Amanda release (off-topic)

2002-07-08 Thread Jonathan R. Johnson
Dear Amanda users, I've been subscribed since April Fools Day, 2002 (rather appropriate, as regards this message). The help from lurking on this list has been enormous. My thanks to all of you, and especially to those who patiently give replies to all the FAQ's that show up. :) Our Amanda

Re: New Amanda release (off-topic)

2002-07-08 Thread Mitch Collinsworth
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Jonathan R. Johnson wrote: * * * * New Release of Amanda * * * * * Amanda Ruth Johnson * * Born June 24, 2002 24 June, 2002 * 8 lbs, 2 oz(translated out 3.7 kg * 20 in

amrecover

2002-07-08 Thread Eduardo Ceva
Hi, It´s me again, I hope that this time I don´t make a stupied question. I am trying to use amrecover and I get this [root@piaui operador]# /usr/local/sbin/amrecover config AMRECOVER Version 2.4.2p2. Contacting server on piaui ... 220 piaui AMANDA index server (2.4.2p2) ready. 200 Access

Re: amrecover

2002-07-08 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 at 3:54pm, Eduardo Ceva wrote amrecover setdisk /dev/nst0 /mnt/restore 501 No index records for disk: /dev/nst0. Invalid? Indexes are stored for each disklist entry. If, e.g., you have an entry for /home, then you would do setdisk /home. none of this works, so how can i

Re: amrecover

2002-07-08 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
Please keep all traffic on the list so it gets archived. On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 at 4:23pm, Eduardo Ceva wrote thanks Joshua, in my amanda.conf I have indexdir /usr/local/etc/amanda/index in my disklist I have # Faz backup full do /etc do proprio piaui. piaui /etc { always-full

Re: amrecover

2002-07-08 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 at 4:41pm, Eduardo Ceva wrote thanks Joshua, it works fine now, there is a way to define automatic setdisk, I mean when I type amrecover config, the setdisk is alredy seted? That works if you start amrecover in the correct directory. Of course, you probably don't want to

SMBCLIENT program not available

2002-07-08 Thread David L. Aldridge
su operator -c 'smbclient [blither]' works. Does anyone know why I would be getting this from amcheck? Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check ERROR: amnesiac.maxen.net: [This client is not configured for samba: //cwx1/W$] ERROR: amnesiac.maxen.net: [This client is not

Archival tape backup configuration help

2002-07-08 Thread Cory Visi
Ok, I have my daily tape backup set configured and working perfectly. Now I want to setup an archival (available for offsite storage) backup strategy. Here is how I want it to work: Week 1: Full backup to tapes 1 and 2 Week 3: Take tapes 1 and 2 offsite Week 5: Full backup to

Re: Archival tape backup configuration help

2002-07-08 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 04:57:07PM -0400, Cory Visi wrote: Ok, I have my daily tape backup set configured and working perfectly. Now I want to setup an archival (available for offsite storage) backup strategy. Here is how I want it to work: Week 1: Full backup to tapes 1 and 2

amrecover 2.4.3b3

2002-07-08 Thread Pinchas Lev
Hi All, I recently upgraded my amanda version to 2.4.3b3 as part of a move from solaris 2.6 to 2.8 (in particular, the upgrade seemed necessary in order to use Sun's generic sgen driver with amanda) However, I am now encountering some problems when I try to restore a file using amrecover.

Re: New Amanda release (off-topic)

2002-07-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 July 2002 14:21, Jonathan R. Johnson wrote: Dear Amanda users, I've been subscribed since April Fools Day, 2002 (rather appropriate, as regards this message). The help from lurking on this list has been enormous. My thanks to all of you, and especially to those who patiently