I'm running amanda server and clients on redhat linux systems.

My tape server is a machine called "vision.csrees.usda.gov". It runs
amanda 2.4.2p2 installed from rpm on Redhat 7.1.

My new tape client is a machine called "plone" (listed below) which runs
amanda 2.4.4 installed from source on Redhat 8.0.

/usr/sbin/amcheck DailySet1 gives the green light for "plone", but
/usr/sbin/amdump produces the following failure:

FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
  plone.csre /boot lev 0 FAILED [could not connect to
plone.csrees.usda.gov]
  plone.csre / lev 0 FAILED [input: can't open: “
  plone.csre / lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed]

Why is the backup failing?

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Michael Martinez
Linux System Administrator
Marlaw Systems Technology Inc.
CSREES/ISTM/USDA
mmartinez AT csrees.usda DOT gov