Also sprach George Kelbley (Thu 03 Jul 02003 at 02:41:12PM -0600): > restoring w/o amrestore can be done with dd, gzip, tar, and so on, way > messy compared to amrecover (or amrestore) but its possible. That's one > of the plus's to amanda. > > Kurt Yoder wrote: > > > > Assuming you're running Linux, all you need is some form of Linux > > rescue disk. I've got a bunch of Debian installer cd's lying around > > and have used them for similar purposes before. Probably most Linux > > installer cd's can be used like this, and I'm quite certain > > something like Knoppix would include all the utilities anyone would > > need. Who knows, might even work to restore tapes made with > > non-Linux amanda servers. > > > > BTW, if restoring without an amanda server, doesn't one also need > > amrestore? The other day I tried restoring an amanda image, and had > > to run it through amrestore before I could untar it. > > > > Eric Siegerman said: > > > On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 12:17:16PM -0400, Ean Kingston wrote: > > >> Also, with hardware compression, I know I can restore the tape > > >> without having > > >> to worry about finding the right libraries and programs to do the > > >> restore. > > > > > > True. But one can work around that by backing up / uncompressed, > > > and making sure it contains a (possibly statically linked) copy > > > of gzip. Hmmm, something to add to my to-do list :-(
Am I right that amrecover is useless *without* an index? Also, using only amrestore, is it possible to get at individual files/directories, or is it only a matter of restoring the entire dump/tarball? I am curious as to a procedure of manually -- without amanda -- viewing and restoring from amanda-written tapes . . . -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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