Re: A more comprehensive backup inventory? [WAS: re[2]: Hopefullysimple xfsrestore question]

[Bernhard Erdmann <be@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Lord wrote:
[...]
> Looks like the inventory files are not a complete listing of what is in
> various dumps, there is no fast way to work out which dump you need to
> restore from at the XFS level. Amanda may offer this type of facility,
> I really do not know.

Yes, Amanda keeps an inventory of all the filenames backed up.
Basically, it backs up a filesystem by dump and doubles the data stream.
One stream is sent over the network to a "holding disk" from which it is
dd'ed to tape and the other stream is fed to restore -t. Its output is
transferred with a second TCP connection and stored in a plain (gzipped)
textfile.