At 2002-05-22T20:04:14Z, Jens Rohde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Not 100% correct as I see it. If you're using index, you'll be able to > browse through your indexes and select individual files for restore. If > you not use indexes you will only be able to restore whole filesystems > with amrestore, or use the native tools such as tar or dump, combined with > mt. OK. So you *can* still use amrecover, just not in the "FTP-like" mode. > > Why would you *not* want indexing enabled? > To save diskspace for indexing on filesystems containing your OS or > similar (/usr and such). I hadn't thought of that, but it makes sense. Unless, of course, you routinely manage to delete 1 or 2 files from /usr/bin, in which case indexing would still be handy. > > Why *would* you want indexing enabled? > To be able to restore individual files with amrecover. > I can recomend John and Alexandres chapter about amanda from "Unix Backup > & Recovery" (can be found on > http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html). It's an execelent introduction > to amanda. Now that I'm at it, the whole book is recommendable. > The man-pages is also worth a read. Actually, I have the book and have perused the man pages. I just hadn't seen an explanation of indexing that adequately explained why you would use it or not. -- Kirk Strauser
