On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 11:13:18AM -0500, jessica blackburn wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Err, amrecover is a recovery tool (hence the name) not a backup tool.
> > > 
> > > i'm a bit frazzeled and met to say recover.  do you have any ideas as to
> > > why its not working?
> > 
> > Please post your responses below the quoted text -- it makes it easier to 
> > follow the conversation.  And please keep all responses on the list, so 
> > that others can chime in.
> > 
> > As for why it's not working, do what the error message tells you to do: 
> > "check amidxtaped.debug file on hccweb".  It should be in /tmp/amanda and 
> > may have a time stamp in the middle of the file name.  Post the contents 
> > of that file.
> 
> here is my debug
> 
...
> amidxtaped: time 0.001: Ready to execv amrestore with:
> path = /usr/sbin/amrestore
> argv[0] = "amrestore"
> argv[1] = "-h"
> argv[2] = "-p"
> argv[3] = "file:/backup/"
> argv[4] = "^hccweb$"
> argv[5] = "^/TestNT/test$"
> argv[6] = "20031229"
> amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error

Can you access your file tapes using things like the amtape command?
Does it show you the correct tape is loaded and has a good header?

If that can not be done, no reason to try other things.

When amrecover said "load ..... now" did you actually load the
correct file tape before answering "y"?
That message is not so much a question but a directive.

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