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6 .\" Manual: System Administration Commands
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10 .TH "AMRECOVER" "8" "10/18/2010" "Amanda 3\&.2\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
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22 amrecover \- Amanda index database browser
24 .HP \w'\fBamrecover\fR\ 'u
25 \fBamrecover\fR [\-C\ \fIconfig\fR] [\-s\ \fIindex\-server\fR] [\-t\ \fItape\-server\fR] [\-d\ \fItape\-device\fR] [\-h\ \fIhostname\fR] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]...
29 browses the database of Amanda index files to determine which tapes contain files to recover\&. Furthermore, it is able to recover files\&.
31 In order to restore files in place, you must invoke
33 from the root of the backed up filesystem, or use
35 to move into that directory, otherwise a directory tree that resembles the backed up filesystem will be created in the current directory\&. See the examples below for details\&.
37 Amrecover will read the
38 \fBamanda\-client\&.conf\fR
40 \fIconfig\fR\fB/amanda\-client\&.conf\fR
41 file\&. If no configuration name is supplied on the command line, Amrecover will try the compiled\-in default configuration ,usually
46 man page for more details about Amanda\&.
53 .nr an-no-space-flag 1
61 The Default values are those set at compile\-time\&. Use
63 to recover client\-encrypted or client\-custom\-compressed tapes\&.
69 Amanda configuration\&.
72 \fB\-s index\-server\fR
74 Host that runs the index daemon\&.
77 \fB\-t tape\-server\fR
79 Host that runs the tape server daemon\&.
82 \fB\-d tape\-device\fR
84 Tape device to use on the tape server host\&.
89 Hostname to begin restoring; defaults to the system\'s hostname\&.
92 \fB\-o\fR \fIclientconfigoption\fR
94 See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
100 connects to the index server and then presents a command line prompt\&. Usage is similar to an ftp client\&. The GNU readline library is used to provide command line history and editing if it was built in to
103 The purpose of browsing the database is to build up a
105 of files to be extracted from the backup system\&. The following commands are available:
107 \fBsethost hostname\fR
109 Specifies which host to look at backup files for (default: the local host)\&.
112 \fBsetdate YYYY\-MM\-DD\-HH\-MM[\-SS] | YYYY\-MM\-DD\fR
114 Set the restore time (default: now)\&. File listing commands only return information on backup images for this day, for the day before with the next lower dump level, and so on, until the most recent level 0 backup on or before the specified date is encountered\&.
122 1996\-07\-01 was a level 0 backup
123 1996\-07\-02 through 1996\-07\-05 were level 1 backups
124 1996\-07\-06 through 1997\-07\-08 were level 2 backups
131 \fBsetdate 1997\-07\-08\-00\fR
132 would yield files from the following days:
138 1997\-07\-08 (the latest level 2 backup)
139 1997\-07\-05 (the latest level 1 backup)
140 1997\-07\-01 (the latest level 0 backup)
146 Only the most recent version of a file will be presented\&.
148 The following abbreviated date specifications are accepted:
152 dates in the current year
157 dates in the current month of the current year
161 \fBsetdisk\fR \fIdiskname\fR [\fImountpoint\fR]
163 Specifies which disk to consider (default: the disk holding the working directory where
165 is started)\&. It can only be set after the host is set with
168 is the device name specified in the
171 \fBdisklist\fR(5)\&. The disk must be local to the host\&. If
173 is not specified, all pathnames will be relative to the (unknown) mount point instead of full pathnames\&.
176 \fBlisthost\fR [\fIdiskdevice\fR]
182 \fBlistdisk\fR [\fIdiskdevice\fR]
194 \fBsetproperty\fR [\fBappend\fR] [\fBpriority\fR] \fIname\fR [\fIvalue\fR \&.\&.\&.]
203 to the values already set for this property\&. Without
204 \fIvalue\fR, the property is unset\&. The
206 keyword is unused, it is present for ease of copy/paste from application definition\&.
209 \fBsetdevice\fR [[\-h \fItape\-server\fR] \fItapedev\fR]
211 Specifies the host to use as the tape server, and which of its tape devices to use\&. If the server is omitted, the server name reverts to the configure\-time default\&. If the tape device is omitted, the default is used\&.
213 If you want amrecover to use your changer, the
216 \fBamrecover\-changer\fR
217 setting on the server\&.
219 Since device names contain colons, you must always specify the hostname\&.
221 settape 192\&.168\&.0\&.10:file:/file1
223 You can change the tape device when amrecover ask you to load the tape:
227 Tape device: server2:/dev/nst2
229 Using tape /dev/nst2 from server server2\&.
233 \fBsetmode\fR \fImode\fR
235 Set the extraction mode for Samba shares\&. If
238 \fBsmb\fR, shares are sent to the Samba server to be restored back onto the PC\&. If
241 \fBtar\fR, they are extracted on the local machine the same way tar volumes are extracted\&.
246 Displays the extracting mode for Samba shares\&.
251 Show the backup history of the current host and disk\&. Dates, levels, tapes and file position on tape of each backup are displayed\&.
256 Display the name of the current backup working directory\&.
261 Change the backup working directory to
263 If the mount point was specified with
264 \fBsetdisk\fR, this can be a full pathname or it can be relative to the current backup working directory\&. If the mount point was not specified, paths are relative to the mount point if they start with "/", otherwise they are relative to the current backup working directory\&. The
266 can be a shell style wildcards\&.
273 command but allow regular expression\&.
280 working directory\&. Files will be restored under this directory, relative to the backed up filesystem\&.
293 List the contents of the current backup working directory\&. See the description of the
295 command for how the view of the directory is built up\&. The backup date is shown for each file\&.
298 \fBadd\fR \fIitem1 item2 \&.\&.\&.\fR
300 Add the specified files or directories to the restore list\&. Each item may have shell style wildcards\&.
303 \fBaddx\fR \fIitem1 item2 \&.\&.\&.\fR
305 Add the specified files or directories to the restore list\&. Each item may be a regular expression\&.
308 \fBdelete\fR \fIitem1 item2 \&.\&.\&.\fR
310 Delete the specified files or directories from the restore list\&. Each item may have shell style wildcards\&.
313 \fBdeletex\fR \fIitem1 item2 \&.\&.\&.\fR
315 Delete the specified files or directories from the restore list\&. Each item may be a regular expression\&.
318 \fBlist\fR \fIfile\fR
320 Display the contents of the restore list\&. If a file name is specified, the restore list is written to that file\&. This can be used to manually extract the files from the Amanda tapes with
326 Clear the restore list\&.
331 Close the connection to the index server and exit\&.
336 Close the connection to the index server and exit\&.
341 Start the extract sequence (see the examples below)\&. Make sure the local working directory is the root of the backed up filesystem, or another directory that will behave like that\&. Use
343 to display the local working directory, and
350 Display a brief list of these commands\&.
354 The following shows the recovery of an old
360 syslog\&.7: No such file or directory
362 AMRECOVER Version 2\&.4\&.2\&. Contacting server on oops \&.\&.\&.
363 220 oops Amanda index server (2\&.4\&.2) ready\&.
364 Setting restore date to today (1997\-12\-09)
365 200 Working date set to 1997\-12\-09\&.
366 200 Config set to MyConfig\&.
367 200 Dump host set to this\-host\&.some\&.org\&.
368 $CWD \'/var/log\' is on disk \'/var\' mounted at \'/var\'\&.
369 200 Disk set to /var\&.
371 WARNING: not on root of selected filesystem, check man\-page!
373 1997\-12\-09 daemon\&.log
376 1997\-12\-08 sysidconfig\&.log
377 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.0
378 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.1
379 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.2
380 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.3
381 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.4
382 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.5
383 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.6
384 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.7
385 amrecover> add syslog\&.7
386 Added /log/syslog\&.7
389 amrecover> lcd \&.\&.
393 Extracting files using tape drive /dev/nst0 on host 192\&.168\&.0\&.10
395 The following tapes are needed: DMP014
397 Restoring files into directory /var
402 set owner/mode for \'\&.\'? [yn] n
407 \-rw\-r\-\-r\-\- 1 root other 12678 Oct 14 16:36 syslog\&.7
410 If you do not want to overwrite existing files, create a subdirectory to run
412 from and then move the restored files afterward\&.
415 # (umask 077 ; mkdir \&.restore)
418 AMRECOVER Version 2\&.4\&.2\&. Contacting server on oops \&.\&.\&.
424 amrecover> add syslog\&.7
425 Added /log/syslog\&.7
430 Extracting files using tape drive /dev/nst0 on host 192\&.168\&.0\&.10
434 # mv \-i log/syslog\&.7 \&.\&./log/syslog\&.7\-restored
441 by hand instead of letting
445 command after browsing to display the needed tapes\&.
449 AMRECOVER Version 2\&.4\&.2\&. Contacting server on oops \&.\&.\&.
453 amrecover> add syslog syslog\&.6 syslog\&.7
455 Added /log/syslog\&.6
456 Added /log/syslog\&.7
458 TAPE DMP014 LEVEL 0 DATE 1997\-12\-08
461 TAPE DMP015 LEVEL 1 DATE 1997\-12\-09
468 command shows each tape that has a backup of the current disk along with the date of the backup, the level, the tape label and the file position on the tape\&. All active tapes are listed, not just back to the most recent full dump\&.
470 Tape file position zero is a label\&. The first backup image is in file position one\&.
474 AMRECOVER Version 2\&.4\&.2\&. Contacting server on oops \&.\&.\&.
477 200\- Dump history for config "MyConfig" host "this\-host\&.some\&.org" disk "/var"
478 201\- 1997\-12\-09 1 DMP015 9
479 201\- 1997\-12\-08 1 DMP014 11
480 201\- 1997\-12\-07 0 DMP013 22
481 201\- 1997\-12\-06 1 DMP012 16
482 201\- 1997\-12\-05 1 DMP011 9
483 201\- 1997\-12\-04 0 DMP010 11
484 201\- 1997\-12\-03 1 DMP009 7
485 201\- 1997\-12\-02 1 DMP008 7
486 201\- 1997\-12\-01 1 DMP007 9
487 201\- 1997\-11\-30 1 DMP006 6
498 commands will use $PAGER to display the file lists\&. Defaults to
500 if PAGER is not set\&.
503 If set, $AMANDA_SERVER will be used as index\-server\&. The value will take precedence over the compiled default, but will be overridden by the \-s switch\&.
505 \fBAMANDA_TAPE_SERVER\fR
506 If set, $AMANDA_TAPE_SERVER will be used as tape\-server\&. The value will take precedence over the compiled default, but will be overridden by the \-t switch\&.
510 \fBamanda-client.conf\fR(5),
512 \fBamfetchdump\fR(8),
516 : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
519 \fBAlan M\&. McIvor\fR <\&alan@kauri\&.auck\&.irl\&.cri\&.nz\&>
521 \fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>