Amanda-Users

Re: What's the link between a file/DLE and the tape name?

2003-04-08 09:40:55
Subject: Re: What's the link between a file/DLE and the tape name?
From: Mitch Collinsworth <mitch AT collinsworth DOT info>
To: Toralf Lund <toralf AT procaptura DOT com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 08:20:48 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Toralf Lund wrote:

> How exactly does amrecover etc. determine on what tape a particular file
> was stored?

A complete list of files backed up and at what dump level is stored
in the index database during each amdump run.  This can then be
consulted at restore time to determine which tape(s) are needed.

-Mitch