|
Dear all,
Thanks for all your help.
I upgraded to Fedora Core 2 and got all my e-mails backs.
What I did, whcih I will be submitting a patch to the RESTORE doc is:
Installed the amanda RPM and used amrestore i.e.:
amrestore /dev/nst0 hostname '/etc$'
which searched for that partition.
I got the latest level 0, then level 1 for /etc and /home
Then used "tar -xvpf filename" to get all the files.
Much, much easier than mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1 and using dd.
Thoughts?
Gavin.
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Bijnens
[mailto:paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com]
Sent: Fri 02/07/2004 09:40
To: Gavin Henry
Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: Rebuilding my backup server
Gavin Henry wrote:
> Disaster
strikes!!!
>
> My Red Hat 8.0 backup server hard drive has died,
and I need some advice in rebuilding it.
>
> I have all the
backups tapes and I have backup up /etc /home /var and a few other
things.
>
> My question is, "How do I get all the configuration
files back from the tapes without having
> Amanda
installed?
>
> Any tips would be great!!!
Tip one:
stay calm.
Tip two: Read docs/RESTORE.
In short: As root
do:
use basic unix commands to position tape like:
mt -f
/dev/nst0 fsf 1
use basic dd to read the 32k header of each file on
tape:
dd if=/dev/rmt/0n bs=32k count=1
And notice it
contains the command you need to type to restore
that backup
image:
(position again using mt above, and cd to the correct
top
directory!)
dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k
skip=1 | gzip -d | gtar -xpvf -
--
Paul Bijnens,
Xplanation
Tel +32 16 397.511
Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven,
BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512
http://www.xplanation.com/
email:
Paul.Bijnens AT xplanation DOT com
***********************************************************************
*
I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, F6,
*
* quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close,
bye, /bye, *
* stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect,
halt, abort, hangup, *
* PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e,
F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, *
* kill -9 1, Alt-F4,
Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ...
*
* ... "Are you sure?" ... YES
... Phew ... I'm
out
*
***********************************************************************
|
