Hi,

I am using amanda to only backup the tape server host (for now), but I
am receiving an error message in my amreport emails:

FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
  192.168.26 /dev/hda5 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump]
  192.168.26 /dev/hda8 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump]


amcheck runs fine.

Amanda Tape Server Host Check
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Holding disk /home/amanda/dumps: 7789536 KB disk space available,
that's plenty
amcheck-server: slot 8: date 20040706 label DailySet248 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 9: date 20040628 label DailySet249 (exact label
match)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
Tape DailySet249 label ok
NOTE: index dir /usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet2/index: does not exist
Server check took 288.042 seconds

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
Client check: 1 host checked in 0.104 seconds, 0 problems found


running amflush the next day shows "no file to flush"
amrecover does not work either:

AMRECOVER Version 2.4.3b3. Contacting server on 192.168.26.100 ...
amrecover: cannot connect to 192.168.26.100: Connection refused

could the two problems be related?

thanks for the advice.
Ed