jkonecn AT green-mfg DOT com wrote:

Can someone help me out on how to restore
amanda.conf from tape?  I can't see any way to do it.

Basically: on the amanda server


$ cd /tmp
$ mkdir restore-tmp; cd restore-tmp
     # we restore in a safe place so that we don't overwrite
     # anyting useful

$ su            # we need to be root to restore

        # now insert the correct tape (you do have tapelabel?)
        # with a recent level 0 (or some incremental if you
        # know it is there)
        # if not look through the mail reports to find
        # a recent level 0 of the "server /disk/entry"
        # You may also zgrep the index-files manually.

# mt -t /dev/st0 rewind         # each time you make a mistake in
                                # next (two) commands:-)

        # eventually do "mt fsf ..." to speed up the restore

# amrestore -p /dev/nst0 servername '/disk/list/entry$'  |
         gtar -xpvf - ./path/to/amanda.conf


        # Note that the disklistentry is a pattern, not a string
        # use "restore" instead of gtar if you make backups with dump


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