On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 02:32:41PM +0100, John Clement wrote:
> >From what I understand amrecover runs from the client machine, and I'd
> rather run the restores on the server, then move what I have to back to
> the client manually.
> 
> Moving on from this a little though, I've used an existing dumptype
> (from before I started here) and if I try to restore anything I get the
> following message:
> 
> ===
> % /usr/sbin/amrestore -p /dev/nst0 autonomy.deanst.rroom.net
> /mnt_f/Websites | tar -xvf -
> 
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> Error 32 (Broken pipe) offset 32768+32768, wrote 0
> amrestore: pipe reader has quit in middle of file. 
> ===
> 
> The DLE:
> autonomy.deanst.rroom.net       /mnt_f/Websites
> comp-root-tar-win
> 
> And the dump type:
> define dumptype comp-root-tar-win {
>     root-tar
>     comment "Root partitions with compression"
>     compress client fast
>     index
> }
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> jc
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org 
> > [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Jon LaBadie
> > Sent: 04 May 2006 15:05
> > To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> > Subject: Re: Backing up sub directories and interactive restores
> > 
> > On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 11:13:20AM +0100, John Clement wrote:
> > > I've previously seen Amanda installed in such a way that 
> > you could run 
> > > something like
> > > 
> > > amrestore -p /dev/nst0 host /filesystem | restore ivf -
> > > 
> > > Which gives a basic shell on the tape so you can restore individual 
> > > items.
> > 
> > Is there a reason you are unable to use amrecover?
> > 

I presume the comment at the top was in response to this question.
Top posting makes following a discussing so difficult.

Use of amrecover is not limited to the client.  It could be run
from the server or from a third-party client.  Where there 'might'
be a limitation is the availability of the correct tools.  For
example a backup made with ufsdump from a Solaris host could not
be recovered to a linux client because it lacks ufsrestore.  But
to another Solaris client it should be fine.  Or if both used
guntar it should be fine.

Just clutching at straws, the error message says something about
an error at 32k+32k.  Might these dumps have been created with
a tape block size different than the standard 32k?


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