On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 11:19:54AM -0400, up AT 3 DOT am wrote:
> 
> I've restored amanda file systems in the past from tape using amrestore.
> However, I switched from tapes to vtapes several months ago and am trying
> to restore a file system.
> 
> According to the FAQs and posts I saw searching various archives, one
> wants to use amrecover intead of amrestore for vtapes.
> 

Misconception.  Either amrestore or amrecover can be used with
real or virtual tapes.  Typically amrecover is used for an
interactive recovery session where a limited number of specific
files or directories will be recovered.  amrestore is more
suited to entire DLE restoration.

The docs you were reading were probably focused on a common
reason for switching to vtapes, or using vtapes and real tapes
in combination.  Real tapes are often used for offsite/archive
storage.  Vtapes, with their high performance, random access,
are often the choice for "I just deleted a file" type recovery.

jl
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