> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Bijnens [mailto:Paul.Bijnens AT xplanation DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 12:06 PM
> To: Lee, Raymond
> Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: Loading tape during amrecover
>
>
> On 2007-04-05 17:06, Lee, Raymond wrote:
> > 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.
>
> That doc is a bit dated... There is also in amanda.conf:
>
> amrecover_changer string
> Default: "". Amrecover will use the changer if you use 'settape
> <string>' and that string is the same as the amrecover_changer
> setting.
>
> So, in plain english, this means: invent a string (I use "changer")
> that you give a to amrecover when it asks for the tapedev, and the
> server (which does have access to the config file!) will interpret
> it to use the changer that is configured in amanda.conf, instead of
> a simple tapedev.
>
>
> http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Restoring_files#Using_amrecover
>
>
Ah, I see. Thanks for setting me straight, Paul. It worked great. I
guess I should be going to the wiki for any documentation.
Thanks,
Ray
>
> >
> >
> >> -----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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