On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 11:44, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 11:13:18AM -0500, jessica blackburn wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Err, amrecover is a recovery tool (hence the name) not a backup tool. > > > > > > > > i'm a bit frazzeled and met to say recover. do you have any ideas as to > > > > why its not working? > > > > > > Please post your responses below the quoted text -- it makes it easier to > > > follow the conversation. And please keep all responses on the list, so > > > that others can chime in. > > > > > > As for why it's not working, do what the error message tells you to do: > > > "check amidxtaped.debug file on hccweb". It should be in /tmp/amanda and > > > may have a time stamp in the middle of the file name. Post the contents > > > of that file. > > > > here is my debug > > > ... > > amidxtaped: time 0.001: Ready to execv amrestore with: > > path = /usr/sbin/amrestore > > argv[0] = "amrestore" > > argv[1] = "-h" > > argv[2] = "-p" > > argv[3] = "file:/backup/" > > argv[4] = "^hccweb$" > > argv[5] = "^/TestNT/test$" > > argv[6] = "20031229" > > amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error > > Can you access your file tapes using things like the amtape command? > Does it show you the correct tape is loaded and has a good header? > > If that can not be done, no reason to try other things. > > When amrecover said "load ..... now" did you actually load the > correct file tape before answering "y"? > That message is not so much a question but a directive.
yes i can use the amtape command and i am also sure that the correct tape is loaded. the most recent error that i am now getting is as follows: FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS: /-- hccweb /TestNT/test lev 0 STRANGE sendbackup: start [hccweb:/TestNT/test level 0] sendbackup: info BACKUP=/bin/tar sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/bin/tar -f... - sendbackup: info end ? gtar: ./ccc.mp3: file changed as we read it | Total bytes written: 2027520 (1.9MB, 990kB/s) sendbackup: size 1980 sendbackup: end \-------- this happens when i run an amdump.