On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 10:40:16AM -0500, Mark Stosberg wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I recently helped with a restore using Amanda's "amrecover" tool.
> > Amanda would report that files were present on the tape, but in some,
> > but not all cases, only empty directories were restored when there
> > should have been files on them. Here's some information on the
> > environment:
> >
> > Server and client software: 2.4.2p2
> > Server OS: FreeBSD 4.7
> > tar version on server: GNU Tar 1.13.25
> >
> > I did some searches through both the mail archives and couldn't find any
> > conclusive hints on what might be causing this.
>
> Is the tar on the client also a good version?
> Recovery of directories only was one problem I had with invalid tar versions.

I don't have access to the client machine related to the problem above
anymore. Or rather, I have access, but the OS was upgraded, so I can't
confirm what version of tar was running before. However, the "dump"
method is being used to create archive, so maybe "tar" isn't a factor.

I do know that some other machines in our backup system are using an
older GNU tar version 1.11.2, but again, they are using "dump" so this
might not be a factor.

> Before doing the "extract" command, when you use "list" or "list diskfilename"
> does the list of files to be extracted that is generated match what you 
> expect?

Yes, all the files are present.

Also, if it makes a difference, "amrecover" is being run from the host
machine.

Thanks!

   -mark

http://mark.stosberg.com/