Hello I am tetsing the different restore options that are available. I have started with the ones documented in amanda package. Could anyone explain the results below: -
a) From the backup server , I ran command below . The backup image gets stored in the current working directory. [EMAIL PROTECTED] restoredir]$ amrestore /dev/st0 osama / 1.. amrestore: 0: skipping start of tape: date 20030318 label DailySet15 2.. amrestore: 1: skipping osama.hda5.20030318.0 3.. amrestore: 2: skipping osama.hda1.20030318.0 4.. amrestore: 3: restoring osama._.20030318.0 5.. amrestore: 4: skipping start of tape: date 20030318 label DailySet15 6.. amrestore: 5: skipping osama.hda5.20030318.0 7.. amrestore: 6: skipping osama.hda1.20030318.0 8.. amrestore: 7: restoring osama._.20030318.0 9.. amrestore: 8: skipping start of tape: date 20030318 label DailySet15 10.. amrestore: 9: skipping osama.hda5.20030318.0 11.. amrestore: 10: skipping osama.hda1.20030318.0 12.. amrestore: 11: restoring osama._.20030318.0 13.. amrestore: 12: skipping start of tape: date 20030318 label DailySet15 14.. amrestore: 13: skipping osama.hda5.20030318.0 15.. amrestore: 14: skipping osama.hda1.20030318.0 16.. amrestore: 15: restoring osama._.20030318.0 17.. amrestore: 17: skipping osama.hda5.20030318.0 18.. amrestore: 18: skipping osama.hda1.20030318.0 19.. amrestore: 19: restoring osama._.20030318.0 The above carried on until I manually stopped the operation. Please note that the size of the backup image increased as well. b) From the client machine , I ran the following command :- rsh -n -l amanda backup.terrasky.mu /usr/local/sbin/amrestore -p /dev/st0 osama / | restore -iv -b 2 -f - and I could restore some files chosen at random. If I modify the command above as follows : - rsh -n -l amanda backup.terrasky.mu /usr/local/sbin/amrestore /dev/nst0 osama / the backup image is not stored in the current working directory. thanks in advance for comments/explanations. Madhvi