--On Sunday, May 08, 2005 16:23:44 +0100 Chuck Amadi <chuck AT smtl.co DOT uk> 
wrote:

> Hi I get this error when I run amcheck.
> 
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> Holding disk /dumps/amanda: 137245600 KB disk space available, that's
> plenty
> ERROR: cannot overwrite active tape DailySet101
>        (expecting a new tape)

This tells you that the tape currently in the drive won't be used since
it contains recent data (within tapecycle-1 tapes I believe), and because
it is also asking for a new tape instead of a labeled tape, you haven't
yet labeled tapecycle number of tapes.
   If this is a new setup and you're stll just testing, you could amrmtape
that tape and relabel it until you're ready to go into production, but
this is a separate issue from your current problem below.

> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> Server check took 0.013 seconds
>  
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> WARNING: server.domain.co.uk: selfcheck request timed out.  Host down?
> Client check: 1 host checked in 30.002 seconds, 1 problem found
> 
> Have I got to create a file in /etc/xinit.d/amidxtape

Only on the server, not on all the clients.

> 
> As I haven't got this file or any other relating to amanda in xinit.d .

That's why you're getting the 'selfcheck timeout' error.  You need one for
amanda on each client (and on the server in the usual case of it also being
a client), and one for amandaidx and amidxtape on the server.


Frank

> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Chuck
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