> It seems that for some reason amrecover thinks that all these > backups were done to tape "WEEKLY03", although they most definitely > were not. Whatever it is, it explains why amrecover doesn't show > older backups. It thinks they have been overwritten. > > Now I have to figure out *why* amanda thinks that all backups were > done to the same tape...
Did you already use "amadmin find"? "amadmin WEEKLY find heerold.raad.tartu.ee /\$" should list all your weekly backups Amanda thinks of being on tape. $ amadmin be find apollo /\$ Warning: no log files found for tape BE00 written 2002-02-26 Scanning /dumps/amanda... 20020226: found Amanda directory. date host disk lv tape or file file status 2002-02-09 apollo / 1 BE02 3 OK 2002-02-10 apollo / 1 BE03 28 OK 2002-02-11 apollo / 1 BE05 7 OK 2002-02-12 apollo / 1 BE07 17 OK 2002-02-13 apollo / 1 BE09 6 OK 2002-02-14 apollo / 1 BE13 6 OK 2002-02-15 apollo / 1 BE14 6 OK 2002-02-16 apollo / 0 BE16 16 OK 2002-02-17 apollo / 1 BE18 5 OK 2002-02-18 apollo / 1 BE19 26 OK 2002-02-19 apollo / 1 BE21 22 OK 2002-02-20 apollo / 1 BE22 19 OK 2002-02-21 apollo / 0 BE23 31 OK 2002-02-22 apollo / 1 BE24 9 OK 2002-02-23 apollo / 1 BE25 6 OK 2002-02-24 apollo / 1 BE26 6 OK 2002-02-25 apollo / 1 BE27 5 OK