in answer to 2) then recover with no -t flag always recovers to the last 
backup. If the last backup was not a full backup it will recover all files 
needed from the last full and then add the files changed (and backed up ) 
since the last full. basically it works the same as the gui.

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:56:47 +0200, Kenneth Holter <kenneho.ndu AT GMAIL DOT 
COM> 
wrote:

>Hi.
>
>
>We have successfully devised our own disaster recovery plan based on your
>excellent outline. Thank you for the useful input.
>
>I have, however, a couple of follup-up questions:
>1) How do you go about collecting necessary information (such as partition
>layout, LVM, networking, etc) for the backup'ed servers? I guess there
>exists scripts or applications that can periodically collect such
>information and store it somewhere "safe".
>2) How can one ensure that when running the "recover" command, one 
retrieves
>the last backup (including incremental updates) as opposed to merely the
>last full backup?
>
>
>Regards,
>
>kenneho

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