Amanda-Users

Re: Leaving backups on disk vs. using file driver

2006-09-28 17:33:02
Subject: Re: Leaving backups on disk vs. using file driver
From: Ian Turner <ian AT zmanda DOT com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert AT linux-m68k DOT org>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:25:29 -0400
On Thursday 28 September 2006 11:54, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Amanda only keeps track of what was written to `tape'. You cannot restore
> from the holding disk without resorting to a manual restore.

This was true a long time ago, but no more. Today you can restore from the 
holding disk using amrestore, amfetchdump, and amrecover.

--Ian
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