On 2008-11-27 22:49, rory_f wrote:

As amanda uses tar, you surely can restore a tape (or a portion of a tape, 
perhaps just a dle?) using the command line 'tar' command, right ?

Is it just the same as a normal extract ?  tar -xvf /dev/nst0 ?

Or do you have to do other things to ensure this works properly.

Nothing is wrong with my amanda configuration, but It's something i want to 
document for my own reference :)

For a lot of different scenario's, including how to restore without
amanda software:

http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Restoring_files


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