Hello all,

I have 2 directories that I'm trying to backup ...both directories are live and 
constantly running (P.s:- running a website off them).. I have tried to backup 
them up but amanda keeps giving me a time out error...
Here is a the report I get from one of the directories (webdir)

To: backup@sys1
Subject: DailySet5 AMANDA MAIL REPORT FOR October 1, 2008
Message-Id: <E1Kl95S-0001rl-CB@sys1>
From: backup <backup@sys1>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:18:22 -0400

Hostname: sys1
Org     : DailySet5
Config  : DailySet5
Date    : October 1, 2008

These dumps were to tape DailySet50-07.
The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape.
The next new tape already labelled is: DailySet50-08.

FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
  localhost  /home1/webdir  lev 0  FAILED [disk /home1/webdir, all estimate 
timed out]
  planner: ERROR Request to localhost failed: timeout waiting for REP


STATISTICS:
                          Total       Full      Incr.
                        --------   --------   --------
Estimate Time (hrs:min)    0:15
Run Time (hrs:min)         0:15
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

Chunks Taped                  0          0          0
Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s)     --         --         -- 

USAGE BY TAPE:
  Label               Time      Size      %    Nb    Nc
  DailySet50-07       0:00        0K    0.0     0     0


NOTES:
  planner: disk localhost:/home1/webdir, estimate of level 0 timed out.
  driver: WARNING: got empty schedule from planner
  taper: tape DailySet50-07 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
-------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------
localhost    -/webdir 0 FAILED --------------------------------------------

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