so how do i rewind the tape?

Frank Smith wrote:

--On Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:53:22 -0500 chris weisiger <chrisw AT neill 
DOT net> wrote:

This is what is in amidxtaped.debug file:

amidxtaped: debug 1 pid 16204 ruid 33 euid 33: start at Thu Sep 25 12:15:38 2003
amidxtaped: version 2.4.3
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > SECURITY USER root
amidxtaped: time 0.000: bsd security: remote host bs1.domain.name user root 
local user amanda
amidxtaped: time 0.001: amandahosts security check passed
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > 6
amidxtaped: time 0.001: amrestore_nargs=6
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > -h
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > -p
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > DailySet13
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > ^bs1.domain.name$
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > ^/testData$
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > 20030925
amidxtaped: time 0.001: Ready to execv amrestore with:
path = /usr/sbin/amrestore
argv[0] = "amrestore"
argv[1] = "-h"
argv[2] = "-p"
argv[3] = "DailySet13"
argv[4] = "^bs1.domain.name$"
argv[5] = "^/testData$"
argv[6] = "20030925"
amrestore: could not stat DailySet13
amidxtaped: time 0.007: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2
amidxtaped: could not stat DailySet13
amidxtaped: time 0.007: could not stat DailySet13
amidxtaped: time 0.007: pid 16204 finish time Thu Sep 25 12:15:38 2003

DailySet13 tape is in the drive

Was the tape rewound first (as it needs to be), or was it sitting
at the end after the last backup?  Looks like its not able to read
the header, probably because you're not at the begining of the tape.

and this is how a copy of my amrecover session

[root@bs1 amanda]# amrecover -C DailySet1 -s bs1.domain.name -t bs1.domain.name 
-d /dev/nst0
AMRECOVER Version 2.4.3. Contacting server on bs1.domain.name ...
220 bs1 AMANDA index server (2.4.3) ready.
200 Access OK
Setting restore date to today (2003-09-25)
200 Working date set to 2003-09-25.
200 Config set to DailySet1.
501 No index records for host: bs1. Invalid?
Trying host bs1.domain.name ...
200 Dump host set to bs1.domain.name.
Trying disk /var ...
Trying disk hda6 ...
Can't determine disk and mount point from $CWD '/var/lib/amanda'  <-- I dont 
understand this error here

Amanda defaults the DLE to recover to be the directory you're in
when you run it, so if your cwd is /var/lib/amanda, it looks for
a DLE that contains it.  If you're restoring to a different directory
(as you are, and is often a good idea, especially when testing), then
you just need to use the setdisk command to pick the DLE you want and
just ignore the warning.

Frank

amrecover> help
valid commands are:

add path1 ...     - add to extraction list (shell wildcards)
addx path1 ...    - add to extraction list (regular expressions)
cd directory      - change cwd on virtual file system (shell wildcards)
cdx directory     - change cwd on virtual file system (regular expressions)
clear             - clear extraction list
delete path1 ...  - delete from extraction list (shell wildcards)
deletex path1 ... - delete from extraction list (regular expressions)
extract           - extract selected files from tapes
exit
help
history           - show dump history of disk
list [filename]   - show extraction list, optionally writing to file
lcd directory     - change cwd on local file system
ls                - list directory on virtual file system
lpwd              - show cwd on local file system
mode              - show the method used to extract SMB shares
pwd               - show cwd on virtual file system
quit
listdisk [diskdevice] - list disks
setdate {YYYY-MM-DD|--MM-DD|---DD} - set date of look
setdisk diskname [mountpoint] - select disk on dump host
sethost host      - select dump host
settape [host:][device|default] - select tape server and/or device
setmode smb|tar   - select the method used to extract SMB shares

amrecover> setdisk /testData
Scanning /data...
 lost+found: skipping cruft directory, perhaps you should delete it.
200 Disk set to /testData.
amrecover> sethost bs1.domain.name
200 Dump host set to bs1.domain.name.
amrecover> settape DailySet13
Using tape "DailySet13" from server bs1.domain.name.
amrecover> cd /testData/
/testData
amrecover> ls
2003-09-25 .
2003-09-25 File1
2003-09-25 File2
amrecover> add File*
Added /File1
Added /File2
amrecover> extract

Extracting files using tape drive DailySet13 on host bs1.domain.name.
The following tapes are needed: DailySet13

Restoring files into directory /testData
Continue [?/Y/n]? Y

Extracting files using tape drive DailySet13 on host bs1.domain.name.
Load tape DailySet13 now
Continue [?/Y/n/t]? Y
EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on bs1.domain.name.
amrecover: short block 0 bytes
UNKNOWN file
amrecover: Can't read file header
extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1
Continue [?/Y/n]? Y
amrecover>




Frank Smith wrote:

--On Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:44:58 -0500 chris weisiger <chrisw AT neill 
DOT net> wrote:

here is the error i get when i go through the process of restoring something

amrecover> setdisk /testData

AGAIN: /data is a seperate partition that is used as the main holding disk

Scanning /data...
lost+found: skipping cruft directory, perhaps you should delete it.
200 Disk set to /testData.
amrecover> ls
2003-09-25 .
2003-09-25 File1
2003-09-25 File2
amrecover> add File1
Added /File1
amrecover> extract

Extracting files using tape drive 0 on host bs1.
The following tapes are needed: DailySet13

Restoring files into directory /var/lib/amanda
Continue [?/Y/n]? Y

Extracting files using tape drive 0 on host bs1.
Load tape DailySet13 now
Continue [?/Y/n/t]? Y
EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on bs1.

Is the tape DailySet13 in the drive?
What's in amidxtaped.debug file on bs1 ?

Frank

amrecover: short block 0 bytes
UNKNOWN file
amrecover: Can't read file header
extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1
Continue [?/Y/n]?