amandad emails me this:
NOTES:
  planner: Adding new disk cc501:/export/h4.
  driver: WARNING: got empty schedule from planner
  taper: tape cc501-002 kb 0 fm 0 [OK]

amandad successfully dumps my W2K boxes. I'm having problems configuring it to 
dump my Unix boxes now.

/tmp/amanda/amandad.somenum on the client gives me this:
amandad: time 1020.909: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds
amandad: time 1020.909: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying
amandad: time 1030.909: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds
amandad: time 1030.909: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying
amandad: time 1040.909: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds
amandad: time 1040.909: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying
amandad: time 1050.909: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds
amandad: time 1050.909: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying
amandad: time 1060.909: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds
amandad: time 1060.909: waiting for ack: timeout, giving up!
amandad: time 1060.909: pid 20342 finish time Thu May 13 09:21:12 2004

/etc/services on the client:
#Amanda
amanda          10080/udp                       # amanda backup services
amandaidx       10082/tcp
amidxtape       10083/tcp

/etc/inetd.conf on the client:

#Amanda
amanda dgram udp wait amanda /sontools/local/amanda/libexec/amandad amandad
amandaidx stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/libexec/amindexd amindexd
amidxtape stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/libexec/amidxtaped amidxtaped

amandahosts (same result on both client and server):
ypcat passwd | grep amanda
amanda::87:87:amanda backup user:/var/spool/amanda:/bin/false
# cat /var/spool/amanda/.amandahosts
royal.inse.lucent.com amanda

amcheck -c cc501 reports no problems.

Thanks for any hints as to my misconfiguration.