Hmm.....

what about running

amdump DailySet1

to actually let amnda do her work, get the dump for your /etc dir
and put it to tape before you try to find a dump which has never
been done until now?
Christoph


chris weisiger wrote:

I am able to use the following commands for amanda properly:
amlabel
amtape
amcheck

but...i am unable to write to a tape(never used tape backup before, so i dont know exactly how to read the log files properly)......i am wanting to backup the server that amanda is running on so do i need amanda-client rpm installed also...if so i have it installed...

this is the only thing i have in my disklist file

bs1.domain.name /etc comp-root-tar

i added the following to .amandahosts file:

bs1.domain.name amanda

i can telnet to ports 10082 and 10083  but NOT 10080

and when i run amcheck DailySet1 this is the output:

Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
Holding disk /data: 66999148 KB disk space available, using 66998124 KB

amcheck-server: slot 3: date 20030924 label DailySet14 (first labelstr match)

NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
Tape DailySet14 label ok
NOTE: info dir /usr/adm/amanda/normal/database: does not exist
NOTE: it will be created on the next run
NOTE: index dir /usr/adm/amanda/normal/index: does not exist
Server check took 28.989 seconds

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
Client check: 1 host checked in 0.039 seconds, 0 problems found

(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.3)

when i run the following:

su amanda -c "amadmin DailySet1 find bs1"
bash: /root/.bashrc: Permission denied

the following is returned: by the way "/data" is the main holding disk

Scanning /data...
 lost+found: skipping cruft directory, perhaps you should delete it.

No dump to list

So is there anything i overlooked or havent completed yet to write to a tape?

btw also
these services i  have running for amanda
amanda
amandaidx
amidxtape

and i stopped iptables also

Thanks