I went trough the same yesterday...

turned out I didn't have amanda-client installed on the client AT ALL none the 
less!!! 

Obviously make sure you have amanda and amanda-client installed on the client, 
make sure you have an entry for your server in ~amanda/.amandahosts (or 
~/operator... depending on your install) and make sure you have inet.d or 
xinetd configured for amanda.

Good luck
Rick

On Sunday 26 January 2003 18:06, Lee, David, arvato services wrote:
> I install amanda in our systems.
> The tape server runs RHAT Linux 7.3
> The client hosts are linux and Sun Solaris.
> I got the following error when run 'amcheck' vs a Sun host (sun4u sparc
> SUNW,Ultra-5_10):
> I login the tape server as 'amanda'.
>
> ./amcheck DailySet1
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> WARNING: gitpocs02: selfcheck request timed out.  Host down?
> Client check: 1 host checked in 30.000 seconds, 1 problem found
>
> I  check couple of places on the Sun host:
>   'rsh' setup
>   /etc/services
>   /etc/inetd.conf
>
> They are Okey.
>
> I also check the setup on the tape server. They are Okey also.
>
> Do you have any suggestion?
> Is amanda-2.4.3.tar.gz works on Sun host?
>
> ( I am able to run 'amcheck' vs a linux client host without any problem)
>
> Thanks!
>
> David

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