Amanda-Users

Re: Restore error - centos 3/amanda-2.4.5 server - centos4/amanda-2.4.5 client

2005-12-01 11:18:56
Subject: Re: Restore error - centos 3/amanda-2.4.5 server - centos4/amanda-2.4.5 client
From: Tom Brown <tom.brown AT goodtechnology DOT com>
To: Ian Turner <ian AT zmanda DOT com>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:15:09 +0000

What OS and dump version was the data backed up from? What OS and dump version are you trying to restore to?

In general, the dump type (xfsdump, vdump, etc.) and sometimes even the version must be the same for backup and restore. This is an unfortunate consequence of Amanda's use of native tools.

server that ran the backup
Linux 2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp
dump 0.4b37

client that got backed up
Linux 2.6.9-22.ELsmp
dump 0.4b39

and i can confirm that even on the server that did the backup i get the same garbage when trying to restore - Is the dump version difference the issue do you think?