On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 05:30:14PM -0800, Stephen Walton wrote:
> I am trying a test amrestore of some files after amanda has run for a
> bit on a RedHat 8.0 system with an HP DDS-3 6-tape changer. The backups
> are fine, as are the automatic tape changes; I can get at all of my
> backups manually with dd and tar. However, amrestore is not happy.
>
> The details: I'm using amanda 2.4.3 compiled locally (no RedHat RPM
> for me). 'tapedev "0"' appears in amanda.conf since I'm using a
> changer.
You are using a changer to change the tapes.
You are still using a tape device to read and write the tapes.
> amidxtaped.*.debug reveals that amrecover, when used, exec's "amrestore
> -h -p 0" followed by the usual remaining arguments. Of course this
> fails, since there is no file or device named "0" which amrestore can
> get at.
Have you tried setting tapedev to your tape device?
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