I have installed Amanda 2.4.2p2 on a SuSE 8.0 box. The machine is server
and client.

When I run amcheck I get the following result 

Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
Holding disk /local/amanda: 14267972 KB disk space available, that's
plenty
ERROR: /dev/nst0: no tape online
       (expecting tape maphy-d05 or a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
NOTE: info dir /var/lib/amanda/maphy-daily/curinfo: does not exist
NOTE: it will be created on the next run
NOTE: index dir /var/lib/amanda/maphy-daily/index: does not exist
Server check took 0.043 seconds

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
WARNING: localhost: selfcheck request timed out.  Host down?
Client check: 1 host checked in 30.006 seconds, 1 problem found



This is the contents of /tmp/amanda/amcheck.*.debug:

amcheck: debug 1 pid 32167 ruid 37 euid 0 start time Sat Feb 22 19:51:29
2003
amcheck: dgram_bind: socket bound to 0.0.0.0.600
amcheck: pid 32167 finish time Sat Feb 22 19:51:59 2003



And this is /tmp/amanda/amandad.*.debug:

amandad: debug 1 pid 32171 ruid 37 euid 37 start time Sat Feb 22
19:51:29 2003
amandad: version 2.4.2p2
amandad: build: VERSION="Amanda-2.4.2p2"
amandad:        BUILT_DATE="Mon Mar 25 21:06:53 UTC 2002"
amandad:        BUILT_MACH="Linux amdsim4 2.4.17 #1 Thu Jul 12 03:34:29
GMT 2001 i686 unknown"
amandad:        CC="gcc"
amandad: paths: bindir="/usr/bin" sbindir="/usr/sbin"
amandad:        libexecdir="/usr/lib/amanda" mandir="/usr/share/man"
amandad:        AMANDA_TMPDIR="/tmp/amanda" AMANDA_DBGDIR="/tmp/amanda"
amandad:        CONFIG_DIR="/etc/amanda" DEV_PREFIX="/dev/"
amandad:        RDEV_PREFIX="/dev/" DUMP="/sbin/dump"
amandad:        RESTORE="/sbin/restore" GNUTAR="/bin/tar"
amandad:        COMPRESS_PATH="/usr/bin/gzip"
amandad:        UNCOMPRESS_PATH="/usr/bin/gzip" MAILER="/usr/bin/Mail"
amandad:        listed_incr_dir="/var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists"
amandad: defs:  DEFAULT_SERVER="localhost" DEFAULT_CONFIG="DailySet1"
amandad:        DEFAULT_TAPE_SERVER="localhost"
amandad:        DEFAULT_TAPE_DEVICE="/dev/null" HAVE_MMAP HAVE_SYSVSHM
amandad:        LOCKING=POSIX_FCNTL SETPGRP_VOID DEBUG_CODE
amandad:        AMANDA_DEBUG_DAYS=4 BSD_SECURITY USE_AMANDAHOSTS
amandad:        CLIENT_LOGIN="amanda" FORCE_USERID HAVE_GZIP
amandad:        COMPRESS_SUFFIX=".gz" COMPRESS_FAST_OPT="--fast"
amandad:        COMPRESS_BEST_OPT="--best" UNCOMPRESS_OPT="-dc"
got packet:
--------
Amanda 2.4 REQ HANDLE 000-00B90708 SEQ 1045939889
SECURITY USER amanda
SERVICE selfcheck
OPTIONS ;
GNUTAR /mirror 0 OPTIONS
|;bsd-auth;index;exclude-list=/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar;
GNUTAR /home 0 OPTIONS
|;bsd-auth;index;exclude-list=/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar;
--------

sending ack:
----
Amanda 2.4 ACK HANDLE 000-00B90708 SEQ 1045939889
----

amandad: dgram_send_addr: sendto(0.0.0.0.600) failed: Invalid argument 
amandad: sending REP packet:
----
Amanda 2.4 REP HANDLE 000-00B90708 SEQ 1045939889
ERROR [addr 0.0.0.0: hostname lookup failed]
----

amandad: dgram_send_addr: sendto(0.0.0.0.600) failed: Invalid argument 
amandad: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds
amandad: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying
amandad: dgram_send_addr: sendto(0.0.0.0.600) failed: Invalid argument 
amandad: got packet:
----
Amanda 2.4 REQ HANDLE 000-00B90708 SEQ 1045939889
SECURITY USER amanda
SERVICE selfcheck
OPTIONS ;
GNUTAR /mirror 0 OPTIONS
|;bsd-auth;index;exclude-list=/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar;
GNUTAR /home 0 OPTIONS
|;bsd-auth;index;exclude-list=/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar;
----

amandad: It's not an ack
amandad: dgram_send_addr: sendto(0.0.0.0.600) failed: Invalid argument 
amandad: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds
amandad: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying
amandad: dgram_send_addr: sendto(0.0.0.0.600) failed: Invalid argument 
amandad: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds
amandad: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying
amandad: dgram_send_addr: sendto(0.0.0.0.600) failed: Invalid argument 
amandad: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds
amandad: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying
amandad: dgram_send_addr: sendto(0.0.0.0.600) failed: Invalid argument 
amandad: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds
amandad: waiting for ack: timeout, giving up!
amandad: pid 32171 finish time Sat Feb 22 19:52:29 2003



Is this an Amanda problem at all? Any help is welcome.

Thanks,
Carsten