Amanda correct hostname resolution

Hello. I am new to amanda, so please forgive any newbie questions. Ihave done my best to RTFM for all of the docs I can find googlingamanda. My question relates to the hostname lookup performed by amanda -I have put the correct machine name/IP in /etc/hosts. There is no DNSresolution for this machine (or many other machines that I will bebacking up). How do I correct this error and get amanda to resolvehostnames correctly (from my /etc/hosts file)?


TIA,
Santiago

Yes, the machine resolves to /etc/hosts first.

[root@backup root]# ping scratchy
PING scratchy (xxx.xxx.195.18) from 10.0.0.10 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from scratchy (xxx.xxx.195.18): icmp_seq=1 ttl=254 time=0.652 ms
64 bytes from scratchy (xxx.xxx.195.18): icmp_seq=2 ttl=254 time=0.286 ms

[root@backup root]# su amanda -c "amcheck Daily"
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
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Holding disk /dumps/amanda: 218906388 KB disk space available, that's plenty
ERROR: /dev/nst0: No such file or directory
       (expecting a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
NOTE: info dir /usr/local/var/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo: does not exist
NOTE: it will be created on the next run
Server check took 0.018 seconds

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
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ERROR: scratchy: [addr xxx.xxx.195.20: hostname lookup failed]
Client check: 1 host checked in 0.061 seconds, 1 problem found

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