On Monday 22 March 2010, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Sunday 21 March 2010, Steve Wray wrote: >>> Hi there >>> >>> I'm preparing some documentation on our backup/restore process. >>> >>> Some time ago I linked to amanda documentation on how to extract from >>> tapes without using any amanda tools or indexes. >>> >>> This link was: >>> >>> http://www.amanda.org/docs/using.html#restoring_without_amanda >>> >>> and is now broken. >>> >>> This isn't quite what I'm after as it uses amrestore: >>> >>> http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Recover_Lost_Amanda_Configuratio >>>n >>> >>> >>> Can anyone point me at the current correct link please? >>> >>> Thanks! >> >> cd to /tmp, then dd the first block of the tape to std out. You will see >> a command line that will recover that file to /tmp. Repeat till out of >> tape. I keep the amanda printouts, so I know which tape has the last >> level0 backup of the amanda stuff, and pull that out first. It will >> probably be 3 or 4 tapes to get it all, but once you've pulled the >> config, then get the indexes & put both back where they go. Next get the >> directory you built amanda in, probably /home and copy that back. cd to >> /home/amanda (if amanda is the user that built and installed it, and do >> another install as root. >> >> That ought to get you enough to run amrecover at which point load it up >> with the full monty and stand by to give it the tapes it asks for. > >Or, you can be a bit more preemptive. > >I have a script that runs after the Amanda backup is done and copies all >the Amanda home directory to another server. This includes all the >configuration and indexes. You can do this with just about any mechanism >you're comfortable with -- cpio, tar, scp, rsync, ... whatever. Each of >my Amanda servers sends everything over to another Amanda server. Sort >of a round robin. I use a script with a combination of find and cpio to >achieve a sequence of full and incremental backups that are kept for a > week. > >Without something like the above, you end up being a backup behind on >things like the indexes. Backups of the Amanda home directory that are >on tape can't include the latest changes to the Amanda indexes made as >backups that go on that tape are being collected. > >I've also tried just reading the Amanda tapes directly. It works even if >it is a little tedious. In my case the sequence of commands involves >ufsrestore, but that too is documented on the tape itself in the first >record. > Exactly why I wrote GenesAmandaHelper, Chris. So we're both on the same wavelength there. So we both have last nights indexes saved and usable.
-- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) It's union rules. There's nothing we can do about it. Sorry.
