On Monday 23 June 2003 17:42, Frank Smith wrote: >--On Monday, June 23, 2003 16:46:28 -0400 Jon Sippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've just finished setting up amanda here, and am making sure I >> know how to do full-volume restores with amrestore before >> "disaster" strikes and I _NEED_ to know. That said, I'm running >> into a problem: I have a level 0 dump of a filesystem from one >> server, and am trying to restore it to a different server (same >> model and drive config/partitions as the original) I am using >> amanda 2.4.4 with gnutar (and a SDLT160, if that matters) on >> Solaris8. When I run: >> >># rsh -n dcsunbackup.ncb.com /usr/local/sbin/amrestore -p >> /dev/rmt/0cn dclawson.ncb.com '\^/sybase\$' | tar t >> >> from the client, all of the files returned are listed under >> numerical directories, for example: >> >> 07674121412/./locales/us_english/mac/ctdrvlib.loc >> 07674121412/./locales/us_english/mac/ctlib.loc >> 07674121412/./locales/us_english/mac/dblib.loc >> 07674121412/./locales/us_english/mac/defncopy.loc >> 07674121412/./locales/us_english/mac/isql.loc >> 07674121412/./locales/us_english/mac/libdna.loc >> 07674121413/./locales/us_english/mac/libinsck.loc >> 07674121413/./locales/us_english/mac/libsdna.loc >> 07674121413/./locales/us_english/mac/libsri.loc >> 07674121413/./locales/us_english/mac/libtli.loc > >Indexes with really_big_number directories usually indicate >a defective version of GNU tar ( < 1.13.19, I believe).
No, AFAIK that one is innocent, but the bare 1.13 sure is guilty. In any event, he should get tar-1.13-25.tar.gz from alpha.gnu.org. >What does 'gtar --version' show (substitute whatever path >to gnutar you compiled into Amanda)? > >If that is the case, update your tar and force a full >backup as soon as possible. If you need to restore a file >before that happens, all your files are there, just mapped >into meaningless numeric directory names. I think someone >on the list had a script to help with the process, but I >assume there is still a lot of manual labor involved. > >Frank > >> The disklist entry for this filesystem is as follows: >> dclawson.ncb.com /sybase user-tar >> >> And the dumptype is straight from the amanda defaults: >> define dumptype root-tar { >> global >> program "GNUTAR" >> comment "root partitions dumped with tar" >> compress none >> index >> exclude list "/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar" >> priority low >> } >> >> define dumptype user-tar { >> root-tar >> comment "user partitions dumped with tar" >> priority medium >> } >> >> The exclude file is currently empty. So, where are all these >> directories coming from, and more importantly, how can I make them >> go away? >> >> Thanks for your help, >> Jon Sippel > >-- >Frank Smith > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator > Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online > Fax: 512-374-4501 -- Cheers, Gene AMD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 320M [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512M 99.26% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.