Re: Which archive utility to use?

[Bernhard R. Erdmann]

> Being able to restore using 'standard' UNIX utilities is important to
> my overall backup strategy so can I use tar to restore from a tape
> made with amanda?  If not, will dump work better?  I'm not prejudiced
> either way.

Use dd to grab the images off the tape, see
http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-24.html