Gene,
Yes, the index file does exist, and I have two good backups to attempt to
restore from. However, in checking the Index files, I noticed that the actual
files had a different date on them (august 5th) while all the directories have
august 11th. This is bothering me because that shouldn't happen. Would Amanda
backup only the directories if the tape becomes full? Either way, I have the
tape from August 5th, and when I do a Setdate 2005-05-08, everything shows up
in the index file as it should. I just can't restore files from
it...directories work great...LOL.
Any help is greatly apprecaited Gene,
Steve
--- Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net> wrote:
> On Thursday 29 September 2005 22:21, Steve H wrote:
> >I checked the amanda.conf file, and yes, I am indexing.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Steve
>
> I'll be up for a little bit yet. Does the index file exist?
> >
> >--- Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net> wrote:
> >> On Thursday 29 September 2005 21:26, Steve H wrote:
> >> >I am on a Red Hat 9 box. Pervious tar verion was 1.13, just upgraded
> >> > to 1.15 and it didn't fix the issue. What do you mean by indexing
> >> > DLE?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >Steve
> >>
> >> I think he was referring to the DLE (DiskList Entry) pointing to a
> >> dumptype that had a line saying "index yes".
> >>
> >> You can set this once in the global section of your amanda.conf as
> >> long as the final dumptype chosen does an "include global"
> >>
> >> >--- Vera <dobryanskaya AT adelphia DOT net> wrote:
> >> >> I do not remember exactly what was a reason for this error, but I
> >> >> saw it before :-)
> >> >>
> >> >> 1. Are you indexing this DLE?
> >> >> 2. What OS are you using? FC3 distributive had tar 1.14 with a bug
> >> >> - > check the amrecover log file and if error happens at the "tar"
> >> >> point, then simple upgrade your tar RPM or reinstall it from
> >> >> sources
> >> >>
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "Steve H" <big_dog_steve AT yahoo DOT com>
> >> >> To: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 5:42 PM
> >> >> Subject: Using amrecover - strange happenings
> >> >>
> >> >> > Guys,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I would appreciate some help with this one, as it's freaking me
> >> >> > out. I have
> >> >> > been getting backups for a while now of a particular host and
> >> >> > file system. I
> >> >> > have tested the recovery before and it worked great.
> >> >> > This time, I put the necessary tape in, and run amrecover and
> >> >> > it will only
> >> >> > restore the directories. The files will not restore, and I keep
> >> >> > getting the
> >> >> > error:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ./laptopBackups/Documents and Settings/My Documents/
> >> >> > tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
> >> >> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> >> >> > extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 2
> >> >> > Continue [?/Y/n]?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > so I started looking at the actual index for that and their are
> >> >> > no files listed
> >> >> > in the index, only directories.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I started checking the dates, and it seems like the directories
> >> >> > have been backed up, and they all have the same date of backup,
> >> >> > but the actual documents
> >> >> > have a different date. It's like they were backed up once, but
> >> >> > never got backed up again.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Does this have to do with the tape rotation? what am I missing?
> >> >> > I have the
> >> >> > tape that lists the documents, and it even lists them when I
> >> >> > browse the tape
> >> >> > with amrecover, but I can't extract them, I get the error above.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Please help,
> >> >> > Steve
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
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> >> --
> >> Cheers, Gene
> >> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> >> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> >> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> >> 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
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> >
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> --
> Cheers, Gene
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
> Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above
> message by Gene Heskett are:
> Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
>
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