Setup: all RedHat 8 shop, Amanda 2.4.4p1 locally compiled, HP DAT-4 changer on "server", some files which need to be recovered to "client". ambackup runs fine on "server": amverify as well as manual 'tar -tzvf' shows that the backups are fine. amrecover on server successfully runs and restores files to the server.
I start amrecover on client in the usual way; "add" and "extract". amrecover tells me I need tape 1. ssh to server, use amtape to manually load tape needed. Tell amrecover to continue with extraction. amrecover gives following answer: Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? y EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on server. amrecover: short block 0 bytes Checking amidxtaped.debug file on server shows it believes amdump/amrecover to be running because /var/opt/amanda/daily/log exists. Well, of course it does, and it contains the single line INFO amidxtaped amidxtaped Quitting amrecover causes the creation of an amindexd.debug file in /tmp/amanda which contains a list of the contents of the desired backup file on the correct tape. So what is going on here? On a related topic, and one which I've searched in vain on the FAQ-O-Matic and every place else for the answer: what exactly do I put in amanda.conf to have amrecover automatically change to the correct tape? -- Stephen Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Cal State Northridge