On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 11:19:54AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've restored amanda file systems in the past from tape using amrestore. > However, I switched from tapes to vtapes several months ago and am trying > to restore a file system. > > According to the FAQs and posts I saw searching various archives, one > wants to use amrecover intead of amrestore for vtapes. >
Misconception. Either amrestore or amrecover can be used with real or virtual tapes. Typically amrecover is used for an interactive recovery session where a limited number of specific files or directories will be recovered. amrestore is more suited to entire DLE restoration. The docs you were reading were probably focused on a common reason for switching to vtapes, or using vtapes and real tapes in combination. Real tapes are often used for offsite/archive storage. Vtapes, with their high performance, random access, are often the choice for "I just deleted a file" type recovery. jl -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
