Am 29.01.2014 15:13, schrieb Michael Müskens: > So far running amanda-2.6.1 I used to autorestore via > > amrestore -p tobak012.intern.backup.muessi.de |tar [option] - ./ > > which is rather fine in running automatically, unattended and with no need of > an amanda-Database. > As I understand, amrestore so far only has been a wrapper for dd if=<file> > bs=32k skip=1? > Why has this simple functionality been changed? > > No offense, just wondering :)
I just tested this at the customer and we also had to do that dd/tar-piping ... why is amanda able to untar gzip-packed stuff correctly (is it still?) and does not do the same for pigz-packed stuff (which is also gzip-format afaik)? call it a feature request ;-) IMO it should not be necessary to use plain dd etc in case of a restore. As a fallback possibility, yes, but not in the normal use of the backup suite, especially not when in a hurry and/or panic because of some server crash ... opinions welcome, Stefan
