Hi again I have run the following :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ # amrecover DailySet1 -s myserver.smtl.co.uk -t myserver.smtl.co.uk AMRECOVER Version 2.4.4p2. Contacting server on nemesis.smtl.co.uk ... 220 nemesis AMANDA index server (2.4.4p2) ready. 200 Access OK Setting restore date to today (2005-09-06) 200 Working date set to 2005-09-06. Warning: no log files found for tape SMTLSet109 written 2005-08-25 Warning: no log files found for tape SMTLSet108 written 2005-08-24 Warning: no log files found for tape SMTLSet107 written 2005-08-23 Warning: no log files found for tape SMTLSet106 written 2005-08-22 Warning: no log files found for tape SMTLSet105 written 2005-08-22 Scanning /dumps/amanda... 20050707: found Amanda directory. 20050713: found Amanda directory. 20050714: found Amanda directory. 20050829: found Amanda directory. 20050905: found Amanda directory. 200 Config set to DailySet1. 501 Host myserver is not in your disklist. Trying host myserver.smtl.co.uk ... 200 Dump host set to myserver.smtl.co.uk. Trying disk / ... $CWD '/' is on disk '/' mounted at '/'. 200 Disk set to /. / amrecover> setdate 2005-09-02 200 Working date set to 2005-09-02. amrecover> ls amrecover> cd backup amrecover> ls The test-recovery file doesn't now exist I have the correct tape that was used from last friday and I expected to be able to extrat previous test a file exist and when a run add and extract it promted me to put the tape in have I missed something as I am aware that the test-recovery file doesn't exist except for on the SMTLSet103 tape that's currently in the tape server. Cheers On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 11:18 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 03:07:54PM +0100, Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator > wrote: > > Hi I had a monthly and daily script that checked if it was last friday > > of the month. > > Thus it reverts back to daily config after amcheck notes that a monthly > > tape is still in the server thus I have since the first monthly tape was > > used to backup I have been using daily tape thus data that We used on > > the friday last was a daily but when I try amrecover it doesn't tell > > which tape use for the date. I did change the dumptype paremeter from > > default "yes" TO no So I may have mos configured but the fact that > > amdump made a back up of that date I still believed I could still get > > that date data back using amrecover. > > > > Thus is there away say using amadmin to get data by the a way inserting > > that date tape. > > > > Cheers > > > > On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 09:22 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 01:28:25PM +0100, Chuck Amadi Systems > > > Administrator wrote: > > > > Hi I have just recently included a monthly backup script whereby I was > > > > advised to amend the parameters of dumptype { > > > > recored no > > > > } > > > > Thus as default was set to yes I would cause amanda confusion. > > > > Also when I tried a amrecover exercise I am now unable to recover. > > > > Basically where previously I would be told what tape to put into the > > > > server after I set > > > > setdate yyyy-mm-dd as below I was told which tape to use "Not Now" > > > > > > > > I get Setting restore date to today But I want data from last Friday > > > > which as a exercise was backed up and today we deleted the data for the > > > > test but of cause I am unable to put the correct tape in. So if possible > > > > has anyone any ideas as the only thing I can think of is the parameter I > > > > changed. > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ # amrecover -s myserver.smtl.co.uk -t > > > > myserver.smtl.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > If I recall correctly your monthly backup used a new amanda config. > > > > > > Did you tell amrecover to use that new config rather than your default? > > > > > > <soapbox> > Top posting is such a pain in continuing a conversation. > </soapbox> > > Chuck, your old posts showed this in your scripts: > > if ... > then su -c "/usr/sbin/amcheck MonthlySet" > else su -c "/usr/sbin/amcheck DailySet1" > > So you are using two amanda configs, have two sets of logs, > have two sets of indexes. One is the default, DailySet1. > > Guess which of the two configs, logs, and indexes this amrecover > command that you showed us tries to use? > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ # amrecover -s myserver.smtl.co.uk -t > > myserver.smtl.co.uk > > The default of course, you did not tell it any different. > > Unless I missed something as I did in earlier posts today :) > -- Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator Chuck Amadi The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend, United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. Email chuck.smtl.co.uk Tel: +44 1656 752820 Fax: +44 1656 752830