Would I need to copy this file to the client I backed-up or do I simply
perform the restore command from the backup server itself?

I'd wish to extract every directory within the backup every time, as opposed
to a specific directory. How would I do this?



-----Original Message-----
From: fgarcia AT cie.com DOT mx [mailto:fgarcia AT cie.com DOT mx] 
Sent: 07 January 2004 10:37
To: Dean Pullen
Cc: 'Paul Bijnens'; amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: Using amrestore

If it is a dump file you could type

restore -f webserver04._dev_sda3.20040107.0 -x<whatever directory you would
like to extract>

Dean Pullen wrote:

>Yes I receive a few messages (when not using the pipe flag)
>
>I also get a webserver04._dev_sda3.20040107.0 file within the working
>directory. Which is obviously what I'm retrieving from the tape drive.
>
>So what do I do with this file?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Bijnens [mailto:paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com] 
>Sent: 07 January 2004 15:52
>To: Dean Pullen
>Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
>Subject: Re: Using amrestore
>
>Dean Pullen wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Using just:
>>amrestore /dev/nst0 webserver04
>>
>>Everything seems to complete with no visible errors.
>>How do I make sure that 'webserver04' /dev/sda3 (the partition I backed
>>    
>>
>up)
>  
>
>>has now been restored?!
>>    
>>
>
>First read the man page, and look at the examples in it.
>"amrestore" itself does not restore your disk.  It just pulls
>the image from the tape and stores it in the current directory
>(or with -p pipes it to stdout).  You need to restore it with
>restore or gnutar, whichever program you used to make the backup.
>
>While reading the tape, it show messages for all the images skipped,
>and it shows a message when it extract the image(s) for webserver04.
>Did you see any message like that?
>
>One important point is that you need to REWIND the tape before starting
>amrestore, or you need to MANUALLY position the tape to the beginning
>of your backup image using commands like 'mt ... fsf 123'.
>If using amanda 2.4.4 or later you may add "-f 123" to rewind and
>skip forward automatically (using the correct number...)
>
>
>  
>