Nevermind, I just RTFM'd :)

>From amanda.org:

amrestore and amrecover do not yet include any tape changer support
directly, as amrestore knows nothing about the amanda.conf files or
server-side databases. This is a deliberate decision to keep amrestore
independent, so it can be run from any host with a tape drive, even if
the original tape server host is down. To use amrestore in a
tape-changer environment, use amtape to find the right tape, then run
amrestore giving the resulting tape device name.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee, Raymond 
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 10:54 AM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Loading tape during amrecover
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using a tape changer with Amanda.  Is there a way to tell 
> it to automatically load the requested tape(s) when I'm 
> running amrecover on a client?  Just trying to eliminate the 
> need to go to the server to run amtape to load the requested tape(s).
> 
> Thanks,
> Ray
> 


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