On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 04:15:09PM +0000, Tom Brown wrote:
> 
> >What OS and dump version was the data backed up from? What OS and dump 
> >version are you trying to restore to?
> >
> >In general, the dump type (xfsdump, vdump, etc.) and sometimes even the 
> >version must be the same for backup and restore. This is an unfortunate 
> >consequence of Amanda's use of native tools.
> 
> server that ran the backup
> Linux 2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp
> dump 0.4b37
> 
> client that got backed up
> Linux 2.6.9-22.ELsmp
> dump 0.4b39
> 
> and i can confirm that even on the server that did the backup i get the 
> same garbage when trying to restore - Is the dump version difference the 
> issue do you think?
> 

I wonder about the info in your original post, "Input block size is 32".
If that is related to the amanda blocksize, it is normally 32KB.
Is the program just implying "KB" or might there be a blocksize mismatch
between how it was dumps and how it is being recovered?

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