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List:       amanda-users
Subject:    Re: Dec OSF
From:       "John R. Jackson" <jrj () gandalf ! cc ! purdue ! edu>
Date:       1998-11-30 21:10:32
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>...  Is there a
>verify program for amanda that will check this for next time?

Sort of.  Get the latest version of Amanda and try amverify.  It now
attempts to deal with all dump types.

If you use GNU tar for the backups, it should do a pretty good job of
verifying whether a restore will work.  If not, there are some caveats:

  * It has to use the vendor restore program on the machine running
    amverify.  If the dump image is from another OS, it will only be
    able to tell you the tape is readable (via dd), not that the
    internal structure is valid.

  * In any case, the vendor restore programs are pitiful at checking
    internal consistency.  All they do is dump the directory information,
    which is all at the front of the image, and they don't look at the
    data portion at all.  So a good result doesn't mean the image will
    work with a "real" restore.  Amverify will, however, read the whole
    image and make sure the tape itself is at least OK.

>				- Bob

John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, jrj@purdue.edu

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