This may be a stupid question, but let's start with the basics. Do you have the amanda client software set up on localhost? It looks like the amanda server is failing to establish a connection with the client. If "localhost" means what I think it does, the network should not be a problem :).
I had an office-sized amanda setup to manage at my previous job. When adding any new client, I would get real frustrated trying to get it "connected". Inevitably, just before I was ready to give up, the connection would suddenly work. Hang in there.
Andrew Robinson
Craig White wrote:
Replying to my own message... chown a+s /usr/sbin/amcheck still gives me the message about it not being setuid also - figured out that the tapedevice is commented out so I got that working and now /usr/sbin/amlabel works properly. so my problem is that it still doesn't back up... output of mail from the command amdump DailySet1 Subject: DailySet1 AMANDA MAIL REPORT FOR August 5, 2003 These dumps were to tape DailySet11. The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape. FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: localhost /home lev 0 FAILED [Request to localhost timed out.] STATISTICS: Total Full Daily -------- -------- -------- Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:00 Run Time (hrs:min) 0:01 Dump Time (hrs:min) 0:00 0:00 0:00 Output Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Original Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Avg Compressed Size (%) -- -- -- Filesystems Dumped 0 0 0 Avg Dump Rate (k/s) -- -- -- Tape Time (hrs:min) 0:00 0:00 0:00 Tape Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tape Used (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Filesystems Taped 0 0 0 Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) -- -- -- NOTES: planner: Adding new disk localhost:/home. driver: WARNING: got empty schedule from planner taper: tape DailySet11 kb 0 fm 0 [OK] DUMP SUMMARY: DUMPER STATS TAPER STATS HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s -------------------------- --------------------------------- ------------ localhost /home 0 FAILED --------------------------------------- (brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.2p2) ------------ On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 22:13, Craig White wrote:struggling with Amanda - I know that I am really really close... mail sent by the command /usr/sbin/amcheck -m DailySet1 Subject: DailySet1 AMANDA PROBLEM: FIX BEFORE RUN, IF POSSIBLE Amanda Tape Server Host Check ----------------------------- WARNING: program /usr/sbin/amcheck: not setuid-root WARNING: tapedev is /dev/null, dumps will be thrown away Holding disk /tmp: 950124 KB disk space available, that's plenty NOTE: skipping tape checks NOTE: info dir /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo: does not exist NOTE: it will be created on the next run NOTE: index dir /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/index/localhost: does not exist Server check took 0.037 seconds Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check -------------------------------- WARNING: localhost: selfcheck request timed out. Host down? Client check: 1 host checked in 30.025 seconds, 1 problem found (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2p2) I have read/re-read/re-read/docs & website at Amanda.org and guess I need to figure out how to: set /usr/sbin/amcheck to setuid root set the tape device to /dev/nst0 It shouldn't be this difficult but I am not getting it - any suggestions? Craig
