[Amanda-users] Restoring amanda tapes without amanda

[rory_f]

sf karel wrote:
> On Nov 27, 2008, at 4:49 PM, rory_f wrote:
> 
> 
> > 
> > As amanda uses tar, you surely can restore a tape (or a portion of  
> > a tape, perhaps just a dle?) using the command line 'tar' command,  
> > right ?
> > 
> 
> no, amanda doesn't always use tar. See the latter part of the AMANDA  
> chapter from "Backup and Recovery" for the commands to use "mt" and  
> "dd" to extract files from the tapes and then use tar from the  
> command line if that is how the backup was made.
> 
> http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Amanda_chapter_in_Backup_and_Recovery
i always do my runs with gnutar and i always observe tar processes on my 
machines when taping is going on so im sure my backups use tar.

thanks for the link

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Re: [Amanda-users] Restoring amanda tapes without amanda

[sf karel]

On Nov 27, 2008, at 4:49 PM, rory_f wrote:



As amanda uses tar, you surely can restore a tape (or a portion of  
a tape, perhaps just a dle?) using the command line 'tar' command,  
right ?


no, amanda doesn't always use tar. See the latter part of the AMANDA  
chapter from "Backup and Recovery" for the commands to use "mt" and  
"dd" to extract files from the tapes and then use tar from the  
command line if that is how the backup was made.


http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Amanda_chapter_in_Backup_and_Recovery

[Amanda-users] Restoring amanda tapes without amanda

[rory_f]

As amanda uses tar, you surely can restore a tape (or a portion of a tape, 
perhaps just a dle?) using the command line 'tar' command, right ?

Is it just the same as a normal extract ?  tar -xvf /dev/nst0 ?

Or do you have to do other things to ensure this works properly.

Nothing is wrong with my amanda configuration, but It's something i want to 
document for my own reference :)

Rory

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Release of Amanda-2.6.1b1

[Jean-Louis Martineau]

Hello,

The Amanda core team is pleased to announce the first beta release of 
Amanda 2.6.1, the 2.6.1b1 release.


Source tarballs are available from

   * http://www.amanda.org
   * https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=120

Binaries for many systems are available from

   * http://www.zmanda.com/download-amanda.php

Documentation can be found at

   * http://wiki.zmanda.com


Here's a list of the changes for release 2.6.1b1(from the NEWS file):
Look at the ReleaseNotes and ChangeLog file for more details.

   * Application API: Allow to easily write wrappers around any backup
 program, see the 'amanda-applications' man page.
 o amgtar: Use GNU tar, it is a lot more configurable than the
   GNUTAR program. See 'amgtar' man page.
 o amstar: Use star to do a backup, it work only on a
   partition. See'amstar' man page.
   * Script API: Allow to run script before and after amanda process,
 see the 'amanda-scripts' man page.
 o amzfs-snapshot: Do a snapshot of a ZFS filesystem, then
   'amgtar'application will backup the snapshot. See
   'amzfs-snapshot' man page.
 o script-email: Simple script to send email. see
   'script-email' man page.
   * Changer API v2.0: perl-based changer interface supporting
 concurrent use of multiple devices and changers.
 o currently operating in "compatibility mode," calling old
   changershell scripts.
 o under active development.
   * Xfer API: generic library to move and filter data with maximal
 efficiency
 o can read from and write to arbitrary devices, files, etc.
 o only used in some applications.
   * Amanda archive format: A simple archive format that an application
 canuse to create backup image.
   * 'amarchiver' program to manipulate file in amanda archive format.
   * Many improvements to report better error message to user.
   * amtape subcommands 'slot prev' and 'slot last' are removed.
   * Dozens more perl libraries, with more stable interfaces.
   * Many bugs fixed and improvement.
   * amgetconf '--client' option to retrieve config from
 amanda-client.conf on a client.
   * Amanda configuration file changes
 o new application-tool section
 o new script-tool section
 o new device section
 o new changer section


Jean-Louis martineau