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Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Jon LaBadie schrieb:

>>  - may not be space to restore large DLEs
> 
> Could be caught by "testrestore_tmpdir_size" ...
> 
>>  - assuming the restore is done to the original client;
>>    right now the client is only asked to supply things to
>>    the server, this would be putting data to the client,
>>    and substantial security considerations arise

To say nothing of possibly scribbling all over your web sites and zone
files.

Wouldn't restoring a few randomly selected files to the (now empty)
holding disk deal with these probs? The planner could pick which ones as
part of its process. Then they could be kept around after the write to
tape and compared to the restored bits.

>>  - assuming the restore is done to the server;
>>    the tools used to create the dump may not exist on
>>    the server or be in different locations

> An amanda-admin has to know if he wants to do these tests, and after
> that he has to provide ressources (diskspace ...) and software (binaries
> like tar, dump, gzip ...) on the machine he wants to perform these tests.

It'd never occurred to me there might be such a thing as a write-only
backup server before. And I always restore to the server anyway -- it's
in the same room as the tape drive...

- --
Glenn English
ghe AT slsware DOT com

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