Use this to get a list of tapes in the virtual changer:
-bash-3.00$ amtape disk show amtape: scanning all 25 slots in tape-changer rack: slot 1: date 20060503163324 label disk-1 slot 2: date 20060503165145 label disk-2 slot 3: date 20060504120909 label disk-3 slot 4: date 20060504121020 label disk-4 slot 5: date X label disk-5 slot 6: date X label disk-6 slot 7: date X label disk-7 slot 8: date X label disk-8 slot 9: date X label disk-9 slot 10: date X label disk-10 slot 11: date X label disk-11 slot 12: date X label disk-12 slot 13: date X label disk-13 slot 14: date X label disk-14 slot 15: date X label disk-15 slot 16: date X label disk-16 slot 17: date X label disk-17 slot 18: date X label disk-18 slot 19: date X label disk-19 slot 20: date X label disk-20 slot 21: date X label disk-21 slot 22: date X label disk-22 slot 23: date X label disk-23 slot 24: date X label disk-24 slot 25: date 20060503123041 label disk-25
Use this to load the tape in to the tape drive:
-bash-3.00$ amtape disk slot 4 amtape: changed to slot 4 on file://var/lib/amanda/vtapes/disk -bash-3.00$
Rewind the tape:
ammt -f file://var/lib/amanda/vtapes/disk rewind
Use this to get the table of contents of the tape including hostname, file system, dumptype, date, and backup level:
-bash-3.00$ ammt -f file://var/lib/amanda/vtapes/disk fsf 1 -bash-3.00$ amdd if=file://var/lib/amanda/vtapes/disk bs=32k count=1 AMANDA: FILE 20060504121020 ppragin.zmanda.com /etc lev 1 comp .gz program /bin/tar To restore, position tape at start of file and run: dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | /bin/tar -f - ...