I have (on another system) tar (GNU tar) 1.13 but I do not know
if this will allow dump and restore properly.

I see in the amanda page that the format of -t is different then
expected and causes issues with amrecover, but if I run amrestore
I can render that a non-issue for my site.

Does anyone know if this version of gtar is sufficient for amdump
and amrestore to work properly ?  ** This gtar is apparently from
the Sun freeware kit.

thanks,

Brian


On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 02:52:50PM -0400, Brian Cuttler wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 01:47:47PM -0500, dustin AT zmanda DOT com wrote:
> > On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 02:32:13PM -0400, Brian Cuttler wrote:
> > > 
> > > Sorry, hate to ask this, but one of my DLE's has outgrown the
> > > tape drive and I want to divide it into multiple TAR-DLE entries
> > > but I'm having trouble finding an installable version of gtar 
> > > that is a correct version for Amanda and my OS.
> > > 
> > > I'm running Solaris 9 and believe that I should use one of
> > > gtar  1.13.19, 1.13.25, 1.15.1 per 
> > 
> > The 1.15 series is preferred; see
> >   http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Installation#Dependencies
> 
> Newer being better, but is there a binary available that I can
> install on my Solaris 9 system, if so, where can I download it from ?
> 
> > > Unfortunately the box is being a FW, and the replacement system
> > > with the new (much larger) tape is not online yet.
> > 
> > I'm not sure what you mean?
> 
> Alternatives to tar would be backing up from a different server
> or using the new tape drive on the replacement platform, both
> options being prohibited for various reasons. There was also the
> missed opportunity not to have created a partition so large that
> the tape drive couldn't handle it...but I must not have spoken
> loudly enough in that particular meeting.
> 
> 
> > Dustin
> > 
> > -- 
> >         Dustin J. Mitchell
> >         Storage Software Engineer, Zmanda, Inc.
> >         http://www.zmanda.com/
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