Paul Yeatman wrote:

So, as I continue to look at the problem, I haven't seen before
that an amflush is require for the directories on holding disk to
be included in a recovery yet . . . this kinda of seems to be the
case now (that is as much a question as it is a statement).  I see
in the amindexd.###.debug log that it is trying to "gzip -dc ... "
files in the amanda index directory for the disk being restored
yet these files don't exist.  For instance, the log says this is
being executed

/bin/gzip -dc '/etc/amanda/cass/index/cass246/_/20070331_6.gz' 2>/dev/null | sort > '/etc/amanda/cass/index/cass246/_/20070331_6'

yet "/etc/amanda/cass/index/cass246/_/20070331_6.gz" does not exist;
It is instead on the holding disk.  Does it not exist because I have
never run amflush?  I swear I've performed tens of recoveries that
included files on the holding disk that were (obviously) never
amflushed.  I'm so confused!

I hope you have a backup of your index files.

Jean-Louis