-----Original Message-----
From: George [mailto:gkofoed AT rogers DOT com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 5:54 PM
To: Matt Emmott
Subject: Re: HOST DOWN error connecting to new client
Matt Emmott wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just compiled and installed Amanda 2.5.0p2 as a client on a Red Hat
> Enterprise ES 4 machine. Our server (which has been running for years)
> is a Red Hat 8 machine running Amanda 2.4.2p2. I've modified the
> disklist file in the archive section of our server to only back up the
> new server, named owl, via the following line:
>
> owl /home/path/to/files user-tar
>
> However, when I try to run /usr/sbin/amcheck Archive, I get the
> following error:
>
> ===============================================================
>
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
>
> -----------------------------
>
> Holding disk /usr/amandatmp: 10851752 KB disk space available, that's
> plenty
>
> ERROR: label DailySet103 doesn't match labelstr "^archive[0-9][0-9]*$"
>
> (expecting tape archive09 or a new tape)
>
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
>
> NOTE: info dir /var/lib/amanda/Archive/curinfo/owl: does not exist
>
> NOTE: index dir /var/lib/amanda/Archive/index/owl: does not exist
>
> Server check took 18.177 seconds
>
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>
> --------------------------------
>
> WARNING: owl: selfcheck request timed out. Host down?
>
> Client check: 1 host checked in 29.998 seconds, 1 problem found
>
> ===============================================================
>
> This was just a test run, so the bad tape error is ok, and I assume
> the info and index errors are ok, since a backup has never been run.
> The problem is with the Host Down error. I've enabled Amanda in
> xinetd.d, and restarted xinetd. a chkconfig --list tells me that
> Amanda is up and running. There is no firewall on the server, and
> hosts.deny is empty.
>
> What else can I look at to figure out why this isn't connecting?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
==================
Hi Matt;
A couple of things to check:
- check the amanda tmp (/tmp/amanda or /var/log/amanda) directory on the
client for any log files or diagnostics (selfcheck.<date>.debug or
amandad.<date>.debug). If there are no such files in your amanda temp
directory, then your client is not "hearing" any comms from the server;
- make sure that the xinetd setup for amanda is not disabled (default).
My RHEL clients have the following entry
service amanda {
disable = no
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = amanda
group = disk
server = /usr/lib/amanda/amandad
}
- within the amanda xinetd config, the "server" statement must include
the correct path to the "amandad" binary. Emphasis on "correct", I've
been bitten by this one more than once.
- ensure there's an entry in /etc/services for amandad. My clients have
the following (I suspect this is your problem):
amanda 10080/tcp # amanda backup services
amanda 10080/udp # amanda backup services
If you make any changes to the xinetd config or /etc/services, ensure
you restart xinetd. Hope this helps!
George
Hi George,
I have 2 .debug files in /tmp/amanda. Here's the output of the newest one:
======================================
amandad: debug 1 pid 27781 ruid 501 euid 501: start at Tue Jun 6 17:04:31
2006
amandad: version 2.5.0p2
amandad: build: VERSION="Amanda-2.5.0p2"
amandad: BUILT_DATE="Thu May 11 15:53:13 EDT 2006"
amandad: BUILT_MACH="Linux owl 2.6.9-5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 5
19:30:39 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux"
amandad: CC="gcc"
amandad: CONFIGURE_COMMAND="'./configure' '--with-user=amanda'
'--with-group=amanda'"
amandad: paths: bindir="/usr/local/bin" sbindir="/usr/local/sbin"
amandad: libexecdir="/usr/local/libexec" mandir="/usr/local/man"
amandad: AMANDA_TMPDIR="/tmp/amanda" AMANDA_DBGDIR="/tmp/amanda"
amandad: CONFIG_DIR="/usr/local/etc/amanda" DEV_PREFIX="/dev/"
amandad: RDEV_PREFIX="/dev/" DUMP="/sbin/dump"
amandad: RESTORE="/sbin/restore" VDUMP=UNDEF VRESTORE=UNDEF
amandad: XFSDUMP=UNDEF XFSRESTORE=UNDEF VXDUMP=UNDEF VXRESTORE=UNDEF
amandad: SAMBA_CLIENT="/usr/bin/smbclient" GNUTAR="/bin/gtar"
amandad: COMPRESS_PATH="/bin/gzip" UNCOMPRESS_PATH="/bin/gzip"
amandad: LPRCMD="/usr/bin/lpr" MAILER="/usr/bin/Mail"
amandad: listed_incr_dir="/usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists"
amandad: defs: DEFAULT_SERVER="owl" DEFAULT_CONFIG="DailySet1"
amandad: DEFAULT_TAPE_SERVER="owl" DEFAULT_TAPE_DEVICE="null:"
amandad: HAVE_MMAP HAVE_SYSVSHM LOCKING=POSIX_FCNTL SETPGRP_VOID
amandad: DEBUG_CODE AMANDA_DEBUG_DAYS=4 BSD_SECURITY RSH_SECURITY
amandad: USE_AMANDAHOSTS CLIENT_LOGIN="amanda" FORCE_USERID HAVE_GZIP
amandad: COMPRESS_SUFFIX=".gz" COMPRESS_FAST_OPT="--fast"
amandad: COMPRESS_BEST_OPT="--best" UNCOMPRESS_OPT="-dc"
amandad: time 29.954: pid 27781 finish time Tue Jun 6 17:05:01 2006
======================================
My xinetd setup for Amanda appears to be correct, and the path specified in
the server section does exist.
/etc/services has several entries for Amanda. They are:
amanda 10080/tcp # amanda backup services
amanda 10080/udp # amanda backup services
kamanda 10081/tcp # amanda backup services
(Kerberos)
kamanda 10081/udp # amanda backup services
(Kerberos)
amandaidx 10082/tcp # amanda backup services
amidxtape 10083/tcp # amanda backup services
Any other ideas?
Thanks!
Matt
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