Hi,

I had the same problem a little while ago and it seemed I was using an
outdated version of tar on the particular client... Maybe you should try
updating tar? It solved my problems...

Martin

> I am running Amanda on a RH9 box.  I have indexing
> turned on in my amanda.conf and the index file is
> created during amdump. I can unzip the file and view
> it with no problems.
>
> However, whenever I run an amrecover, I get "No index
> records for disk for specified date".  I've set the
> date, host, and disk, but can't get this feature to
> work.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Here is an example of the error:
> # amrecover normal
> AMRECOVER Version 2.4.3. Contacting server on
> localhost ...
> 220 Linx AMANDA index server (2.4.3) ready.
> 200 Access OK
> Setting restore date to today (2003-10-09)
> 200 Working date set to 2003-10-09.
> 200 Config set to normal.
> 501 No index records for host: Linx. Invalid?
> Trying host Linx ...
> 501 No index records for host: Linx. Invalid?
> Trying host localhost.localdomain ...
> 501 No index records for host: localhost.localdomain.
> Invalid?
> Trying host localhost ...
> 501 No index records for host: localhost. Invalid?
> amrecover> sethost linx
> 200 Dump host set to linx.
> amrecover> ls
> Must select a disk before listing files
> amrecover> setdisk /home
> Scanning /var/tmp...
> 200 Disk set to /home.
> No index records for disk for specified date
> If date correct, notify system administrator
> amrecover>
>