Here is my amanda.conf file:
 
org "DailySet1"         # your organization name for reports
mailto "amanda"         # space separated list of operators at your site
dumpuser "amanda"       # the user to run dumps under
 
inparallel 4            # maximum dumpers that will run in parallel
netusage  600 Kbps      # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, in KB per
sec
 
dumpcycle 2 weeks       # the number of days in the normal dump cycle
runspercycle 10         # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days
tapecycle 15 tapes      # the number of tapes in rotation
                        # 4 weeks (dumpcycle) times 5 tapes per week
(just
                        # the weekdays) plus a few to handle errors that
                        # need amflush and so we do not overwrite the
full
                        # backups performed at the beginning of the
previous
                        # cycle

 
bumpsize 20 Mb          # minimum savings (threshold) to bump level 1 ->
2
bumpdays 1              # minimum days at each level
bumpmult 4              # threshold = bumpsize * bumpmult^(level-1)
 
etimeout 300            # number of seconds per filesystem for
estimates.

 
runtapes 1              # number of tapes to be used in a single run of
amdump
tpchanger "chg-multi"   # the tape-changer glue script
tapedev "file:/backup/" # the no-rewind tape device to be used
changerfile "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/chg-multi.conf"
changerdev "/dev/null"
 
tapetype HARD-DISK              # what kind of tape it is (see tapetypes
below)
define tapetype HARD-DISK{
        comment "20GB Hard disk"
        length 20000 mbytes
}
 
 
labelstr "^DailySet1[0-9][0-9]*$"       # label constraint regex: all
tapes must match
 
holdingdisk hd1 {
    comment "main holding disk"
    directory "/var/tmp"        # where the holding disk is
    use 290 Mb          
 chunks
                        
    }

 
infofile "/var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo"    # database filename
logdir   "/var/lib/amanda/DailySet1"            # log directory
indexdir "/var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/index"      # index directory

 
 

 
 
define tapetype QIC-60 {
    comment "Archive Viper"
    length 60 mbytes
    filemark 100 kbytes         # don't know a better value
    speed 100 kbytes            # dito
}
 
define tapetype DEC-DLT2000 {
    comment "DEC Differential Digital Linear Tape 2000"
    length 15000 mbytes
    filemark 8 kbytes
    speed 1250 kbytes
}
 
define tapetype DLT {
    comment "DLT tape drives"
    length 20000 mbytes         # 20 Gig tapes
    filemark 2000 kbytes        # I don't know what this means
    speed 1536 kbytes           # 1.5 Mb/s
}
 
define tapetype SURESTORE-1200E {
    comment "HP AutoLoader"
    length 3900 mbytes
    filemark 100 kbytes
    speed 500 kbytes
}
 
define tapetype EXB-8500 {
    comment "Exabyte EXB-8500 drive on decent machine"
    length 4200 mbytes
    filemark 48 kbytes
    speed 474 kbytes
}
 
define tapetype EXB-8200 {
    comment "Exabyte EXB-8200 drive on decent machine"
    length 2200 mbytes
    filemark 2130 kbytes
    speed 240 kbytes
}
 
define tapetype HP-DAT {
    comment "DAT tape drives"
    # data provided by Rob Browning <rlb AT cs.utexas DOT edu>
    length 1930 mbytes
    filemark 111 kbytes
    speed 468 kbytes
}
 
define tapetype DAT {
    comment "DAT tape drives"
    length 1000 mbytes          # these numbers are not accurate
    filemark 100 kbytes         # but you get the idea
    speed 100 kbytes
}
 
define tapetype MIMSY-MEGATAPE {
    comment "Megatape (Exabyte based) drive through Emulex on Vax 8600"
    length 2200 mbytes
    filemark 2130 kbytes
    speed 170 kbytes            # limited by the Emulex bus interface,
ugh
}
 
 
--exclude-from="filename"

 
define dumptype global {
    comment "Global definitions"

}
 
define dumptype always-full {
    global
    comment "Full dump of this filesystem always"
    compress none
    priority high
    dumpcycle 0
}
 
define dumptype root-tar {
    global
    program "GNUTAR"
    comment "root partitions dumped with tar"
    compress none
    index
    exclude list "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/exclude.gtar"
    priority low
}
 
define dumptype user-tar {
    root-tar
    comment "user partitions dumped with tar"
    priority medium
}
 
define dumptype high-tar {
    root-tar
    comment "partitions dumped with tar"
    priority high
}
 
define dumptype comp-root-tar {
    root-tar
    comment "Root partitions with compression"
    compress client fast
}
 
define dumptype comp-user-tar {
    user-tar
    compress client fast
}
 
define dumptype holding-disk {
    global
    comment "The master-host holding disk itself"
    holdingdisk no # do not use the holding disk
    priority medium
}
 
define dumptype comp-user {
    global
    comment "Non-root partitions on reasonably fast machines"
    compress client fast
    priority medium
}
 
define dumptype nocomp-user {
    comp-user
    comment "Non-root partitions on slow machines"
    compress none
}
 
define dumptype comp-root {
    global
    comment "Root partitions with compression"
    compress client fast
    priority low
}
 
define dumptype nocomp-root {
    comp-root
    comment "Root partitions without compression"
    compress none
}
 
define dumptype comp-high {
    global
    comment "very important partitions on fast machines"
    compress client best
    priority high
}
 
define dumptype nocomp-high {
    comp-high
    comment "very important partitions on slow machines"
    compress none
}
 
define dumptype nocomp-test {
    global
    comment "test dump without compression, no /etc/dumpdates recording"
    compress none
    record no
    priority medium
}
 
define dumptype comp-test {
    nocomp-test
    comment "test dump with compression, no /etc/dumpdates recording"
    compress client fast
}
 

define interface local {
    comment "a local disk"
    use 1000 kbps
}
 
define interface eth0 {
    comment "10 Mbps ethernet"
    use 400 kbps
}
 



On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 19:29, Frank Smith wrote:
> --On Thursday, December 11, 2003 15:21:19 -0500 jessica blackburn <jblackburn 
> AT hirzel DOT com> wrote:
> 
> > I am very new to this amanda system and am trying to run amrecover. 
> > here is what I start with:
> > 
> > [root@hccweb RECOVER]# /usr/sbin/amrecover -C DailySet1 -s hccweb
> > AMRECOVER Version 2.4.3. Contacting server on hccweb ...
> > 220 hccweb AMANDA index server (2.4.3) ready.
> > 200 Access OK
> > Setting restore date to today (2003-12-11)
> > 200 Working date set to 2003-12-11.
> > 200 Config set to DailySet1.
> > 200 Dump host set to hccweb.
> > Trying disk / ...
> > Trying disk rootfs ...
> > Can't determine disk and mount point from $CWD '/var/tmp/RECOVER'
> > amrecover> sethost hccweb
> > 200 Dump host set to hccweb.
> > amrecover> setdisk /etc
> > Scanning /var/tmp...
> >   RECOVER: skipping cruft directory, perhaps you should delete it.
> > 200 Disk set to /etc.
> > amrecover> add syslog.conf
> > Added /syslog.conf
> > amrecover> extract
> >  
> > Extracting files using tape drive file:/backup/ on host localhost.
> > The following tapes are needed: DailySet109
> >  
> > Restoring files into directory /var/tmp/RECOVER
> > Continue [?/Y/n]? Y
> >  
> > Extracting files using tape drive file:/backup/ on host localhost.
> > Load tape DailySet109 now
> > Continue [?/Y/n/t]? Y
> > EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on localhost.
> > amrecover: short block 0 bytes
> > UNKNOWN file
> > amrecover: Can't read file header
> > extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1
> > Continue [?/Y/n]? n
> > amrecover> exit
> > 200 Good bye.
> > 
> > When I check the amidxtaped debug file this is what I get:
> > 
> > [root@hccweb amanda]# cat amidxtaped.20031211145718.debug
> > amidxtaped: debug 1 pid 3715 ruid 33 euid 33: start at Thu Dec 11
> > 14:57:18 2003
> > amidxtaped: version 2.4.3
> > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > SECURITY USER root
> > amidxtaped: time 0.000: bsd security: remote host hccweb user root local
> > user amanda
> > amidxtaped: time 0.000: amandahosts security check passed
> > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > 6
> > amidxtaped: time 0.000: amrestore_nargs=6
> > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > -h
> > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > -p
> > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > file:/file1
> > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > ^hccweb$
> > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > ^/etc$
> > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > 20031210
> > amidxtaped: time 0.000: Ready to execv amrestore with:
> > path = /usr/sbin/amrestore
> > argv[0] = "amrestore"
> > argv[1] = "-h"
> > argv[2] = "-p"
> > argv[3] = "file:/file1"
> > argv[4] = "^hccweb$"
> > argv[5] = "^/etc$"
> > argv[6] = "20031210"
> > amrestore: could not stat file:/file1
> > amidxtaped: time 0.004: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2
> > amidxtaped: could not stat file:/file1
> > amidxtaped: time 0.004: could not stat file:/file1
> > amidxtaped: time 0.004: pid 3715 finish time Thu Dec 11 14:57:18 2003
> > 
> > 
> > any suggestions??
> 
> It looks to me like Amanda thinks you are using files instead of
> tapes (or the restore needs to be done from the holdingdisk), and
> that it needs /file1 which doesn't seem to exist.
>    What does your amanda.conf look like?
> 
> Frank
> 
>