[ale] Display list of Amanda archive contents

[J. D.]

Hey Fred,

What is the output if you run the file command on the archive?



On 8/2/10, Frederick N. Brier <fnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> I posted this question on the ZManda forums, but unfortunately have not
> received a response.  Perhaps someone on our forum has used Amanda and
> knows what file format Amanda uses.
>
> I installed Amanda on a client and a server, configuring a backup using
> the 15 minute tutorial, although I did not setup the encryption yet. The
> backup appears to work, but I wanted to make sure the exclusions were
> working and the files compressed. I cannot figure out what utility is
> used to display the contents of a backup. The backup disk area contains
> a directory:
>
>     /Backup/space/vtapes/DailySet1/slots/slot1
>
> The amarchiver command does not seem to work.
>
> Code:
>
> bash-4.1$ amarchiver --list --file 00000.DailySet1-01
> amar_read: Invalid archive header
>
> bash-4.1$ amarchiver --list --file 00003.ice.mydomain.com._var_lib_hudson.0
> amar_read: Invalid archive header
>
> The 00003.ice.mydomain.com._var_lib_hudson.0 file is backed up using a
> dumptype with "user-tar" and "compress client fast". I have also tried
> tar with and without compression, gunzip, bzip2, uncompress. None
> recognize the format. What format are the backups using? How can I list
> the contents? Thank you.
>
> Fred
>

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