On Friday 08 August 2003 19:16, Gene Heskett wrote:

> >If the amanda index (and tape in my case) server is lost and all I
> > have left is the tapes. How do I rebuild new index files for my
> > tapes so that I can restore? I can't just restore the last set of
> > index files from the most recent backup because they would reflect
> > the state of the tapes from one day earlier (wouldn't they?).
> >
> >I can't find a tool that I can feed the collection of tapes so that
> > it will rebuild the index files. Is there such a thing.
>
> Not that I'm aware of, however other amanda experts may well point you
> to the correct answer.

This has been mentioned before and what I, and a number of others do, is keep 
a copy of the indices, config file etc. on a different disk / server / 
building / planet - up to you how far you choose to go. If you use a 
commercial offsite service, or even a homebrew offsite service, you could 
also put all that data on a CD-R (or CD-RW) and put it with the tapes.


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Niall