I'm currently using Amanda 2.4.2, running on a FreeBSD server, with a DLT
autoloader, backing up a mixture of FreeBSD and Linux machines. Amanda
itself is running fine, the clients are all getting backed up and I've been
able to restore some files. My question is: what happens if I were to
Not too long ago, I had some questions about recovering files, most
importantly, rebuilding a crashed machine using backups.
The most straightforward method appears to be to reinstall the operating
system, use native utilities (tar or dump) or install amanda utilities, then
restore the files.