Hi, Jeanne,

on Montag, 04. April 2005 at 21:33 you wrote to amanda-users:

JC> I have had amanda running on a server for over a year. It backs up
JC> itself and another machine. Suddenly last week it stops backing up
JC> itself. I do not recall making any changes on this server. It is a
JC> multihomed server running SuSE 9.0.

JC> I did go to the FAQ-o-Matic and tried all the suggestions there, no joy.

What a surprise.

JC> The amcheck returns:

JC> WARNING: home2.my.domain: selfcheck request timed out.  Host down?
JC> Client check: 2 hosts checked in 29.919 seconds, 1 problem found

JC> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.p2)

AFAIK there was never a 2.4.p2 (you mean 2.4.2p2 ?).

Check your (x)inetd-setup and if (x)inetd is running at all.
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best regards,
Stefan

Stefan G. Weichinger
mailto:monitor AT oops.co DOT at