Brian,

You said manual dump, the amcheck succeeded ?

Did you find any files in the client's /tmp/amanda/ directory ?
Do you see any errors in /var/adm/{messages|SYSLOG} ?
The client's xinetd files are properly configured to activate
the service ? The client's .amandahosts file is properly setup ?

Even if the client == server this must be done.

On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 04:28:00PM -0400, LaValley, Brian E wrote:
> I have just decided to give AMANDA a try and am learning as I go. I have
> gotten as far as trying a manual amdump, but it seems the estimate is
> failing and nothing gets backed up. What could this be?
> 
> 
> The email report follows, and the amdump log is attached.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------
> 
> These dumps were to tape DailySet1-A02.
> The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape.
> The next new tape already labelled is: DailySet1-A01.
> 
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
>   blavalley- hdc5 lev 0 FAILED [disk hdc5, all estimate failed]
>   blavalley- hdc1 lev 0 FAILED [disk hdc1, all estimate failed]
> 
> 
> STATISTICS:
>                           Total       Full      Daily
>                         --------   --------   --------
> Estimate Time (hrs:min)    0:00
> Run Time (hrs:min)         0:03
> Dump Time (hrs:min)        0:00       0:00       0:00
> Output Size (meg)           0.0        0.0        0.0
> Original Size (meg)         0.0        0.0        0.0
> Avg Compressed Size (%)     --         --         -- 
> Filesystems Dumped            0          0          0
> Avg Dump Rate (k/s)         --         --         -- 
> 
> Tape Time (hrs:min)        0:00       0:00       0:00
> Tape Size (meg)             0.0        0.0        0.0
> Tape Used (%)               0.0        0.0        0.0
> Filesystems Taped             0          0          0
> Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s)     --         --         -- 
> 
> USAGE BY TAPE:
>   Label               Time      Size      %    Nb
>   DailySet1-A02       0:00       0.0    0.0     0
> 
> 
> NOTES:
>   planner: Adding new disk blavalley-l:hdc1.
>   planner: Adding new disk blavalley-l:hdc5.
>   driver: WARNING: got empty schedule from planner
>   taper: tape DailySet1-A02 kb 0 fm 0 [OK]
> 
> 
> DUMP SUMMARY:
>                                      DUMPER STATS            TAPER STATS 
> HOSTNAME     DISK        L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS  KB/s MMM:SS  KB/s
> -------------------------- --------------------------------- ------------
> blavalley-l  hdc1        0 FAILED ---------------------------------------
> blavalley-l  hdc5        0 FAILED ---------------------------------------
> 
> (brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.4p3)
>  <<amdump.1>> 
> 


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