Hi!  I installed amanda on a Debian Woody system, and everything appears
to be configured properly.  amcheck -lstw runs without incident.

However, I am victim to what appears to be the most common problem:

        selfcheck request timed out.  Host down?

I have scoured the Faq-O-Matic, and I list below the results of all the
suggested fixes.

What do you think?


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# sudo -u backup amcheck -lstw DailySet1
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
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Holding disk /space: 1294188 KB disk space available, that's plenty
Tape backup.003 is writable
Tape backup.003 label ok
NOTE: info dir /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo: does not exist
NOTE: it will be created on the next run
Server check took 0.077 seconds

(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2p2)

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# sudo -u backup amcheck -c DailySet1

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
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WARNING: 192.168.123.150: selfcheck request timed out.  Host down?
Client check: 1 host checked in 30.024 seconds, 1 problem found

(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2p2)

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# find /tmp/amanda
/tmp/amanda
/tmp/amanda/amcheck.20030701093517.debug
/tmp/amanda/amcheck.20030701093730.debug
/tmp/amanda/amcheck.20030701093853.debug
/tmp/amanda/amcheck.20030701094157.debug
/tmp/amanda/amcheck.20030701094626.debug
/tmp/amanda/amandad.20030701095200.debug
/tmp/amanda/amcheck.20030701095919.debug
/tmp/amanda/amcheck.20030701100359.debug

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# grep amanda /etc/services
amanda          10080/udp                       # amanda backup services
kamanda         10081/tcp                       # amanda backup services 
(Kerberos)
kamanda         10081/udp                       # amanda backup services 
(Kerberos)
amandaidx       10082/tcp                       # amanda backup services
amidxtape       10083/tcp                       # amanda backup services

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# grep amanda /etc/inetd.conf
amanda dgram udp wait backup /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/amanda/amandad
amandaidx stream tcp nowait backup /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd
amidxtape stream tcp nowait backup /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped

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# kill -HUP 351

# ps aux | grep inetd
root       351  0.0  0.0  1256  544 ?        S    01:30   0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd

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# su - backup
backup@Bragi:~$ /usr/lib/amanda/amandad
backup@Bragi:~$ exit
logout

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# cat /etc/amandahosts
# localhost backup
192.168.123.150 backup
# bragi.private.network backup

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# grep -v '^\([# ]\|$\)' /etc/amanda/DailySet1/disklist
192.168.123.150 sda1 comp-root
192.168.123.150 sda4 comp-user

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mds
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