Re: question (if tape server crash)

Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 12 February 2003 21:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the tape server is crashed, and I reinstall Amanda, can the NEW tape server recognize previous backup tapes and retrive the files? It looks unlikely. As Martin Hepworth aludes to, one must have a backup of th

Re: question (if tape server crash)

On Wednesday 12 February 2003 21:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >If the tape server is crashed, and I reinstall Amanda, can the > NEW tape server >recognize previous backup tapes and retrive the files? >It looks unlikely. >How solve this problem? > >Thanks advanced! > >David As Martin Hepworth alud

Re: question (if tape server crash)

Hi! > If the tape server is crashed, and I reinstall Amanda, can the NEW tape > server > recognize previous backup tapes and retrive the files? > It looks unlikely. Why do you think it looks unlikely? The backups done by Amanda are in dump or tar format, and I don't see why you couldn't read t

Re: question (if tape server crash)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the tape server is crashed, and I reinstall Amanda, can the NEW tape server recognize previous backup tapes and retrive the files? It looks unlikely. This is just one of the strengths of Amanda. You don't need Amanda software to do a restore. A shell, dd, and dump

Re: question (if tape server crash)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the tape server is crashed, and I reinstall Amanda, can the NEW tape server recognize previous backup tapes and retrive the files? It looks unlikely. How solve this problem? Thanks advanced! David David Hopefully you're backing up the tape server and specif

question (if tape server crash)

If the tape server is crashed, and I reinstall Amanda, can the NEW tape server recognize previous backup tapes and retrive the files? It looks unlikely. How solve this problem? Thanks advanced! David