On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 08:03:43AM -0700, Santiago wrote:
> Hello. I am new to amanda, so please forgive any newbie questions. I 
> have done my best to RTFM for all of the docs I can find googling 
> amanda. My question relates to the hostname lookup performed by amanda - 
> I have put the correct machine name/IP in /etc/hosts. There is no DNS 
> resolution for this machine (or many other machines that I will be 
> backing up). How do I correct this error and get amanda to resolve 
> hostnames 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
> -----------------------------
> 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
> --------------------------------
> ERROR: scratchy: [addr xxx.xxx.195.20: hostname lookup failed]
> Client check: 1 host checked in 0.061 seconds, 1 problem found
> 

What if you put in the IP addr or a FQDN for scratchy in the disklist?
Does amcheck find it then?
BTW amcheck "-c" will skip to that part.

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