For RedHat 9
Try the following command as root

chkconfig amanda on

The client aspect of amanda (run via xinetd) is disabled by default! 
The above command turns it on. If that fails then check to see if it 
works after you issue the command 
        service iptables stop
        In which case it is a firewall issue.

Thanks
Clement Onime

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Lucio.yahoo wrote:

> > What does 'amcheck DailySet1' say?
> 
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> Holding disk /var/tmp: 30819288 KB disk space available, using 25576408 KB
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> Tape DailySet1n4 label ok
> 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 8.201 seconds
> 
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> WARNING: localhost: selfcheck request timed out.  Host down?
> Client check: 1 host checked in 29.995 seconds, 1 problem found
> 
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.3)
> 
> Wow! It has found a problem on the client host (wich is phisically the 
> server, 
> btw). But, why this problem? What am I missing?
> 
> >
> > How about 'amstatus DailySet1 --file logdir/amdump.1'?  (where ever
> > your "logdir" is...)
> >
> 
> # amstatus DailySet1 --file /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1
> Using /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1
> 
> 
> SUMMARY          part     real estimated
>                           size      size
> partition       :   0
> estimated       :   0                  0k
> flush           :   0        0k
> failed          :   0                  0k           (  0.00%)
> wait for dumping:   0                  0k           (  0.00%)
> dumping to tape :   0                  0k           (  0.00%)
> dumping         :   0        0k        0k (  0.00%) (  0.00%)
> dumped          :   0        0k        0k (  0.00%) (  0.00%)
> wait for writing:   0        0k        0k (  0.00%) (  0.00%)
> wait to flush   :   0        0k        0k (100.00%) (  0.00%)
> writing to tape :   0        0k        0k (  0.00%) (  0.00%)
> failed to tape  :   0        0k        0k (  0.00%) (  0.00%)
> taped           :   0        0k        0k (  0.00%) (  0.00%)
> all dumpers active
> taper idle
> 
> Can you see anything strange here?
> 
> > How about 'amreport DailySet1 -l logdir/log.20030625.0 -f /tmp/foo'
> > (again, logdir and whatever the appropriate logfile name is).
> 
> Please refer to my reply to Dietmar Goldbeck for this.
> 
> >
> > How about /tmp/amanda/* on the client and server?
> 
> *** amtrmidx.debug ***
> could not open index directory 
> "/var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/index/localhost/_dev_md0/"amtrmidx: pid 4997
> 
> # The first missing subdir is localhost
> 
> There are lots of other debug files down there, I've checked only a few but 
> the one above seems the only interesting one (along with the others from the 
> same process).
> 
>