3 .\" Author: Alan M. McIvor <alan@kauri.auck.irl.cri.nz>
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6 .\" Manual: System Administration Commands
7 .\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1p2
10 .TH "AMRECOVER" "8" "11/05/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p2" "System Administration Commands"
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22 amrecover \- \fIAmanda\fR 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] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]...
29 browses the database of
31 index files to determine which tapes contain files to recover\&. Furthermore, it is able to recover files\&.
33 In order to restore files in place, you must invoke
35 from the root of the backed up filesystem, or use
37 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\&.
39 Amrecover will read the
40 \fBamanda\-client\&.conf\fR
42 \fIconfig\fR\fB/amanda\-client\&.conf\fR
43 file\&. If no configuration name is supplied on the command line, Amrecover will try the compiled\-in default configuration ,usually
48 man page for more details about
56 .nr an-no-space-flag 1
64 The Default values are those set at compile\-time\&. Use
66 to recover client\-encrypted or client\-custom\-compressed tapes\&.
76 \fB\-s index\-server\fR
78 Host that runs the index daemon\&.
81 \fB\-t tape\-server\fR
83 Host that runs the tape server daemon\&.
86 \fB\-d tape\-device\fR
88 Tape device to use on the tape server host\&.
91 \fB\-o\fR \fIclientconfigoption\fR
93 See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
99 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
102 The purpose of browsing the database is to build up a
104 of files to be extracted from the backup system\&. The following commands are available:
106 \fBsethost hostname\fR
108 Specifies which host to look at backup files for (default: the local host)\&.
111 \fBsetdate YYYY\-MM\-DD\-HH\-MM[\-SS] | YYYY\-MM\-DD\fR
113 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\&.
121 1996\-07\-01 was a level 0 backup
122 1996\-07\-02 through 1996\-07\-05 were level 1 backups
123 1996\-07\-06 through 1997\-07\-08 were level 2 backups
130 \fBsetdate 1997\-07\-08\-00\fR
131 would yield files from the following days:
137 1997\-07\-08 (the latest level 2 backup)
138 1997\-07\-05 (the latest level 1 backup)
139 1997\-07\-01 (the latest level 0 backup)
145 Only the most recent version of a file will be presented\&.
147 The following abbreviated date specifications are accepted:
151 dates in the current year
156 dates in the current month of the current year
160 \fBsetdisk\fR \fIdiskname\fR [\fImountpoint\fR]
162 Specifies which disk to consider (default: the disk holding the working directory where
164 is started)\&. It can only be set after the host is set with
167 is the device name specified in the
170 \fBdisklist\fR(5)\&. The disk must be local to the host\&. If
172 is not specified, all pathnames will be relative to the (unknown) mount point instead of full pathnames\&.
175 \fBlisthost\fR [\fIdiskdevice\fR]
181 \fBlistdisk\fR [\fIdiskdevice\fR]
187 \fBsetdevice\fR [[\-h \fItape\-server\fR] \fItapedev\fR]
189 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\&.
191 If you want amrecover to use your changer, the
193 must be equal to the amrecover_changer setting on the server\&.
195 Since device names contain colons, you must always specify the hostname\&.
197 settape 192\&.168\&.0\&.10:file:/file1
199 You can change the tape device when amrecover ask you to load the tape:
203 Tape device: server2:/dev/nst2
205 Using tape /dev/nst2 from server server2\&.
209 \fBsetmode\fR \fImode\fR
211 Set the extraction mode for Samba shares\&. If
214 \fBsmb\fR, shares are sent to the Samba server to be restored back onto the PC\&. If
217 \fBtar\fR, they are extracted on the local machine the same way tar volumes are extracted\&.
222 Displays the extracting mode for Samba shares\&.
227 Show the backup history of the current host and disk\&. Dates, levels, tapes and file position on tape of each backup are displayed\&.
232 Display the name of the current backup working directory\&.
237 Change the backup working directory to
239 If the mount point was specified with
240 \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
242 can be a shell style wildcards\&.
249 command but allow regular expression\&.
256 working directory\&. Files will be restored under this directory, relative to the backed up filesystem\&.
269 List the contents of the current backup working directory\&. See the description of the
271 command for how the view of the directory is built up\&. The backup date is shown for each file\&.
274 \fBadd\fR \fIitem1 item2 \&.\&.\&.\fR
276 Add the specified files or directories to the restore list\&. Each item may have shell style wildcards\&.
279 \fBaddx\fR \fIitem1 item2 \&.\&.\&.\fR
281 Add the specified files or directories to the restore list\&. Each item may be a regular expression\&.
284 \fBdelete\fR \fIitem1 item2 \&.\&.\&.\fR
286 Delete the specified files or directories from the restore list\&. Each item may have shell style wildcards\&.
289 \fBdeletex\fR \fIitem1 item2 \&.\&.\&.\fR
291 Delete the specified files or directories from the restore list\&. Each item may be a regular expression\&.
294 \fBlist\fR \fIfile\fR
296 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
304 Clear the restore list\&.
309 Close the connection to the index server and exit\&.
314 Close the connection to the index server and exit\&.
319 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
321 to display the local working directory, and
328 Display a brief list of these commands\&.
332 The following shows the recovery of an old
338 syslog\&.7: No such file or directory
340 AMRECOVER Version 2\&.4\&.2\&. Contacting server on oops \&.\&.\&.
341 220 oops \fIAmanda\fR index server (2\&.4\&.2) ready\&.
342 Setting restore date to today (1997\-12\-09)
343 200 Working date set to 1997\-12\-09\&.
344 200 Config set to MyConfig\&.
345 200 Dump host set to this\-host\&.some\&.org\&.
346 $CWD \'/var/log\' is on disk \'/var\' mounted at \'/var\'\&.
347 200 Disk set to /var\&.
349 WARNING: not on root of selected filesystem, check man\-page!
351 1997\-12\-09 daemon\&.log
354 1997\-12\-08 sysidconfig\&.log
355 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.0
356 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.1
357 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.2
358 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.3
359 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.4
360 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.5
361 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.6
362 1997\-12\-08 syslog\&.7
363 amrecover> add syslog\&.7
364 Added /log/syslog\&.7
367 amrecover> lcd \&.\&.
371 Extracting files using tape drive /dev/nst0 on host 192\&.168\&.0\&.10
373 The following tapes are needed: DMP014
375 Restoring files into directory /var
380 set owner/mode for \'\&.\'? [yn] n
385 \-rw\-r\-\-r\-\- 1 root other 12678 Oct 14 16:36 syslog\&.7
388 If you do not want to overwrite existing files, create a subdirectory to run
390 from and then move the restored files afterward\&.
393 # (umask 077 ; mkdir \&.restore)
396 AMRECOVER Version 2\&.4\&.2\&. Contacting server on oops \&.\&.\&.
402 amrecover> add syslog\&.7
403 Added /log/syslog\&.7
408 Extracting files using tape drive /dev/nst0 on host 192\&.168\&.0\&.10
412 # mv \-i log/syslog\&.7 \&.\&./log/syslog\&.7\-restored
419 by hand instead of letting
423 command after browsing to display the needed tapes\&.
427 AMRECOVER Version 2\&.4\&.2\&. Contacting server on oops \&.\&.\&.
431 amrecover> add syslog syslog\&.6 syslog\&.7
433 Added /log/syslog\&.6
434 Added /log/syslog\&.7
436 TAPE DMP014 LEVEL 0 DATE 1997\-12\-08
439 TAPE DMP015 LEVEL 1 DATE 1997\-12\-09
446 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\&.
448 Tape file position zero is a label\&. The first backup image is in file position one\&.
452 AMRECOVER Version 2\&.4\&.2\&. Contacting server on oops \&.\&.\&.
455 200\- Dump history for config "MyConfig" host "this\-host\&.some\&.org" disk "/var"
456 201\- 1997\-12\-09 1 DMP015 9
457 201\- 1997\-12\-08 1 DMP014 11
458 201\- 1997\-12\-07 0 DMP013 22
459 201\- 1997\-12\-06 1 DMP012 16
460 201\- 1997\-12\-05 1 DMP011 9
461 201\- 1997\-12\-04 0 DMP010 11
462 201\- 1997\-12\-03 1 DMP009 7
463 201\- 1997\-12\-02 1 DMP008 7
464 201\- 1997\-12\-01 1 DMP007 9
465 201\- 1997\-11\-30 1 DMP006 6
476 commands will use $PAGER to display the file lists\&. Defaults to
478 if PAGER is not set\&.
481 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\&.
483 \fBAMANDA_TAPE_SERVER\fR
484 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\&.
488 \fBamanda-client.conf\fR(5),
490 \fBamfetchdump\fR(8),
492 : http://wiki.zmanda.com
495 \fBAlan M\&. McIvor\fR <\&alan@kauri\&.auck\&.irl\&.cri\&.nz\&>
497 \fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>