Would I need to copy this file to the client I backed-up or do I simply perform the restore command from the backup server itself?
I'd wish to extract every directory within the backup every time, as opposed to a specific directory. How would I do this? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 January 2004 10:37 To: Dean Pullen Cc: 'Paul Bijnens'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Using amrestore If it is a dump file you could type restore -f webserver04._dev_sda3.20040107.0 -x<whatever directory you would like to extract> Dean Pullen wrote: >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...) > > > >
