On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 02:38:03PM -0700, Brian Maxwell enlightened us:
> I'm sorry to be so bothersome, but I'm having another problem, and after 
> looking through all of the documentation I could find, I can't solve it. 
> 
> In my disklist file, I've defined a new client, named lucy. I set up the 
> amanda client package on lucy according to the directions in the 
> documentation. 
> 
> Here is the contents of the .amandahosts file on lucy:
> odus amanda
> 
> That is the only configuration file I set up on lucy. Should there be 
> others?
> 
> When I run amcheck back on odus (the backup server), I get this:
> 
> odus 31 /home3/local/etc/amanda/normal> amcheck normal
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> Holding disk /home3/amanda/holding: 7297619 KB disk space available, using 
> 7195219 KB
> slot 3: read label `normal104', date `X'
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> Tape normal104 label ok
> NOTE: conf info dir /usr/local/var/amanda/normal/curinfo does not exist
> NOTE: it will be created on the next run.
> NOTE: index dir /usr/local/var/amanda/normal/index does not exist
> NOTE: it will be created on the next run.
> Server check took 0.528 seconds
> 
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> WARNING: lucy: selfcheck request failed: timeout waiting for ACK
> Client check: 2 hosts checked in 30.162 seconds, 1 problem found
> 
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.5.1)
> 
> Odus and lucy appear in the disklist file like this:
> 
> odus /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s5 hard-disk-dump # tools (/opt)
> lucy /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7 hard-disk-dump # gmls (/export/home)
> 
> Does anyone have any idea why amanda on odus can't talk to amanda on lucy?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 

Did you place the correct entries in (x)inetd and restart (x)inetd?

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics 
Department of Social Work
Ohio University
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