--On Thursday, December 11, 2003 15:21:19 -0500 jessica blackburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am very new to this amanda system and am trying to run amrecover. > here is what I start with: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] RECOVER]# /usr/sbin/amrecover -C DailySet1 -s hccweb > AMRECOVER Version 2.4.3. Contacting server on hccweb ... > 220 hccweb AMANDA index server (2.4.3) ready. > 200 Access OK > Setting restore date to today (2003-12-11) > 200 Working date set to 2003-12-11. > 200 Config set to DailySet1. > 200 Dump host set to hccweb. > Trying disk / ... > Trying disk rootfs ... > Can't determine disk and mount point from $CWD '/var/tmp/RECOVER' > amrecover> sethost hccweb > 200 Dump host set to hccweb. > amrecover> setdisk /etc > Scanning /var/tmp... > RECOVER: skipping cruft directory, perhaps you should delete it. > 200 Disk set to /etc. > amrecover> add syslog.conf > Added /syslog.conf > amrecover> extract > > Extracting files using tape drive file:/backup/ on host localhost. > The following tapes are needed: DailySet109 > > Restoring files into directory /var/tmp/RECOVER > Continue [?/Y/n]? Y > > Extracting files using tape drive file:/backup/ on host localhost. > Load tape DailySet109 now > Continue [?/Y/n/t]? Y > EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on localhost. > amrecover: short block 0 bytes > UNKNOWN file > amrecover: Can't read file header > extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1 > Continue [?/Y/n]? n > amrecover> exit > 200 Good bye. > > When I check the amidxtaped debug file this is what I get: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] amanda]# cat amidxtaped.20031211145718.debug > amidxtaped: debug 1 pid 3715 ruid 33 euid 33: start at Thu Dec 11 > 14:57:18 2003 > amidxtaped: version 2.4.3 > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > SECURITY USER root > amidxtaped: time 0.000: bsd security: remote host hccweb user root local > user amanda > amidxtaped: time 0.000: amandahosts security check passed > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > 6 > amidxtaped: time 0.000: amrestore_nargs=6 > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > -h > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > -p > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > file:/file1 > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > ^hccweb$ > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > ^/etc$ > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > 20031210 > amidxtaped: time 0.000: Ready to execv amrestore with: > path = /usr/sbin/amrestore > argv[0] = "amrestore" > argv[1] = "-h" > argv[2] = "-p" > argv[3] = "file:/file1" > argv[4] = "^hccweb$" > argv[5] = "^/etc$" > argv[6] = "20031210" > amrestore: could not stat file:/file1 > amidxtaped: time 0.004: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2 > amidxtaped: could not stat file:/file1 > amidxtaped: time 0.004: could not stat file:/file1 > amidxtaped: time 0.004: pid 3715 finish time Thu Dec 11 14:57:18 2003 > > > any suggestions?? It looks to me like Amanda thinks you are using files instead of tapes (or the restore needs to be done from the holdingdisk), and that it needs /file1 which doesn't seem to exist. What does your amanda.conf look like? Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501