Check the debug files in /tmp/amanda and see what is happening on the
client side.  If it isn't erroring out, check to see how long the planner
is taking and extend it in your configuration to allow that much time.

On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 09:43:19PM +0100, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to figure out why "amcheck" returns OK every time for a 
> specific client but the actual dump fails in the planner stage:
> planner: [Request to <client FQDN> timed out.]
> 
> This started when the client was upgraded from FreeBSD 4.10 to 5.3RC1, 
> but strangest of all is that SOME dumps work and I cannot for my life 
> undertand why. No changes where made to the amanda server or general 
> configuration.
> 
> Is there a way I could simulate an actual dump instead of using amcheck?
> 
> There are no traces on the client in /tmp from the actual run but the 
> amcheck logs are all OK.
> The "sysctl net.inet.udp.maxdgram=63535" parameter is set.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> Per olof

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