On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 at 4:13pm, Gilles Bourcy wrote

>         Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>         --------------------------------
>         WARNING: jorasses: selfcheck request timed out.  Host down?
>         Client check: 1 host checked in 30.132 seconds, 1 problem found
> 
> Any idea why the backup client host is not recognized ?
> Thanks in advance.

This is a very common startup roadbump.  Have you gone through this?

http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/16.html

Look for firewalls, make sure your (x)inetd entries are right and that 
amanda is listening, etc...

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University