Replying to my own messgae is bad form, I know, but I left out the fact
that when I run amverify on the tape(s0 in question, they recognize that
the dumps were created by vxfdump.

On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 09:59:13AM -0500, stan wrote:
> I;m having problems getting a backup restored. Here's the scenario.
> 
> Tape server machine Debian GNU link "testing", running Amanda 2.4.3b4
> 
> Client machine HP-UX 10.20 running Amanda 2.4.2p1, and with VXFS filesystems
> (I think this is  important).
> 
> I'm running amrecover on the client, and all is going OK, up until the
> host starts reading the tape. Then I get an error about :not a dump tape".
> So, when I look in the amrecover debug file on the client, I find it's
> trying to execute /sbin/restore. This is wrong, it should be trying to
> execute /usr/sbin/vxrestore. 
> 
> Have I built the client incorrectly? How can I fix this problem?
> 
> -- 
> "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
> neither liberty nor safety."
>                                               -- Benjamin Franklin
> 
> 

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