* McGraw, Robert P <rmcgraw AT purdue DOT edu> [20070831 14:07]:
> I am running amanda 2.5.2p1 on a Solaris sparc host.
> 
> Below is output from an amrecover run.
> 
>       amrecover> add tidyview-1.13.tar.gz
>       Added file /rmcgraw/tidyview-1.13.tar.gz
>       amrecover> extract
> 
>       Extracting files using tape drive /dev/rmt/1bn on host zorn.
> 
>       The following tapes are needed: D00011
> 
>       Restoring files into directory /local/Amanda/amanda-2.5.2p1
>       Continue [?/Y/n]?
> 
> In the above line it shows "tape drive/dev/rmt/1bn" as my tape drive yet my
> amanda.conf has "tapedev "/dev/rmt/1cbn". Should the tape drive show as what
> is in amanda.conf? If not where is the tape drive value retrieved from?

I believe the client's amanda-client.conf will bypasses the default value
on the server's amanda.conf. Otherwize you have to specify the tapedev
on the command line when invoking amrecover.

hth
jf

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
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