Amanda-Users

Re: WARNING: hostxxx: selfcheck request timed out. Host down?

2005-10-05 08:27:51
Subject: Re: WARNING: hostxxx: selfcheck request timed out. Host down?
From: Matt Hyclak <hyclak AT math.ohiou DOT edu>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 08:14:08 -0400
On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 07:53:26AM -0400, Scott R. Burns enlightened us:
> Is the error report reporting the FQDN or a shorter name. Try putting the
> name it is reporting in the .amandahosts.
> 

If it was a problem with .amandahosts, it would most likely be returning a
"Permission Denied from Host" error, not a timeout.

Are there any firewalls in between or on either the client or server?

Can you watch a tcpdump of the traffic to see what is being exchanged?

-- 
Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics 
Department of Social Work
Ohio University
(740) 593-1263