Martin wrote:

> Paul Bijnens wrote:
> 
>>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...)
>>
> 
> I've been trying to do a manual restore as well, just in case an
> amrecover/amrestore is not possible. Paul, you say that it is possible 
to
> skip over backup images by using the fsf parameter. That's true, but is
> there any way of determining WHERE a particular image is stored on tape? 
I
> did a few dd grabs, but the images I get back don't really match any
> definable order (disklist, email-output). Is there a way to (quickly) 
tell
> what order the images are in?

Here's a little script I came across that will list out all fs on an 
amanda tape.

#!/bin/sh

TAPEDEV=<non-rewinding tape device>

while mt -f $TAPEDEV fsf 1 ; do
  dd if=$TAPEDEV bs=32k count=1 | head -1
  sleep 1
done

mt -f $TAPEDEV rewind

#
# end of script
#


If you just attempt an amrestore of a non-existent fs, it will essentially 
do the same.


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toby bluhm
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