On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 08:37:05PM +0200, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a complete amanda generated backup consisting of eight daily1-8 > tapes (SLR100). > Now I need to look into these tapes. How do I do that? > Alternatively I could also restore the complete set, I have enough > space. > I have no idea how to use amanda, all quick attempts ended up in missing > log files. > I only have the tapes, nothing else. > > Any help appreciated (I won't dive deep into amanda, I just want to > restore the data)
Amanda doesn't have to be present to use the tapes. Each dump (generally a file system) is saved on the tape as a separate file. There is also an administrative file placed at the start of the tape. At the start of each dump file on the tape there is also a 32KB header that says what was dumped and how to recover it. Basically it follows the scheme 1. move the tape to the beginning of the dump file mt <device options> rewind mt <device options> fsf <some file number> 2. use dd to extract the 32KB header dd if=<tape device> of=<any file name> bs=32k count=1 reading the header will tell you what file system is in the dump file and what commands can be used to extract it. Repeat step 1 and modify step 2 according to the header Besure you use a "no rewinding" device in your mt and dd commands. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)