On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 02:17:57PM -0700, Mike Delaney wrote:
> On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 11:13:01AM -0800, LaVonna Sydow wrote:
> > I am trying to configure amanda on a Solaris 10 server that will backup 
> > only itself. When I run amcheck, I get:
> > selfcheck request timed out. Host down?
> > 
> > svcs shows:
> > 
> > online 11:05:10 svc:/network/amidxtape/tcp:default
> > online 11:05:10 svc:/network/amandaidx/tcp:default
> > maintenance 11:07:05 svc:/network/amanda/udp:default
> >
> > svcs -x shows:
> > 
> > svc:/network/amanda/udp:default (amanda)
> > State: maintenance since Fri May 06 12:12:48 2005
> > Reason: Restarter svc:/network/inetd:default gave no explanation.
> > See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-9C
> > Impact: This service is not running.
> 
> Two possibilities come to mind:
>       a.) Something in the service definition for svc:/network/amanda/udp
>               is broken.  Check and compare the output from running
>               inetadm -l against the three services.
> 
>       b.) You've discovered a bug in the new inetd implementation.
>               Follow the instructions in the URL above and chase it
>               down with Sun.
> 
> If this: <http://forum.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=24302> is you, then
> I don't see anything obvious wrong with the service definition.

Does a pre-packaged version of amanda come on the Sol 10 companion CD?
Possibly installing in /opt/sfw/...

I ask thinking that if they do, they might also have smf definitions
for amanda that you can compare to your own.

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