Yes I receive a few messages (when not using the pipe flag) I also get a webserver04._dev_sda3.20040107.0 file within the working directory. Which is obviously what I'm retrieving from the tape drive.
So what do I do with this file? -----Original Message----- From: Paul Bijnens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 January 2004 15:52 To: Dean Pullen Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Using amrestore Dean Pullen wrote: > Using just: > amrestore /dev/nst0 webserver04 > > Everything seems to complete with no visible errors. > How do I make sure that 'webserver04' /dev/sda3 (the partition I backed up) > has now been restored?! First read the man page, and look at the examples in it. "amrestore" itself does not restore your disk. It just pulls the image from the tape and stores it in the current directory (or with -p pipes it to stdout). You need to restore it with restore or gnutar, whichever program you used to make the backup. While reading the tape, it show messages for all the images skipped, and it shows a message when it extract the image(s) for webserver04. Did you see any message like that? One important point is that you need to REWIND the tape before starting amrestore, or you need to MANUALLY position the tape to the beginning of your backup image using commands like 'mt ... fsf 123'. If using amanda 2.4.4 or later you may add "-f 123" to rewind and skip forward automatically (using the correct number...) -- Paul Bijnens, Xplanation Tel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512 http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************** * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, F6, * * quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * * kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * ***********************************************************************
