On Thursday 23 February 2006 18:11, Wayne Thorpe wrote:
>Hello,
>
> I am attempting to get the functionality of AMANDA down and during
> the initial testing locally. I am discarding tape data by putting
> 'tapedev "null:" ' in amanda.conf. When I run amcheck, I receive
> the a "host down" message even though my backup backup client is on
> the same host as server, my system is a solaris 10:
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> [host] ~ > a! mcheck ProtoLocal
>Amanda Tape Server Host Check
>-----------------------------
>WARNING: tapedev is null:, dumps will be thrown away
>Holding disk /amanda-vtapes-local/ProtoLocal: 9375682 KB disk space
> available, that's plenty NOTE: skipping tape checks
>NOTE: info dir /usr/adm/amanda/ProtoLocal/curinfo: does not exist
>NOTE: it will be created on the next run
>Server check took 0.002 seconds
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>--------------------------------
>WARNING: localhost: selfcheck request timed out. Host down?
>Client check: 1 host checked in 30.027 seconds, 1 problem found
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4)

Why are you using localhost? It is not, and never will be, a unique
address, and amanda gets a tummy ache because of it.

Please use the FQDN of the machine, as it exists in the /etc/hosts file,
or an alias that is also listed in that file.

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> My log file reads:
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> [host] /usr/adm/amanda/ProtoLocal > more log.20060223.0
>START driver date 20060223
>DISK planner localhost /itrn1
>START planner date 20060223
>INFO planner Adding new disk localhost:/itrn1.
>START taper datestamp 20060223 label [fake-label] tape 0
>WARNING taper tapedev is null:, dumps will be thrown away
>ERROR planner Request to localhost timed out.
>FINISH planner date 20060223
>WARNING driver WARNING: got empty schedule from planner
>STATS driver startup time 30.035
>INFO taper tape [fake-label] kb 0 fm 0 [OK]
>FINISH driver date 20060223 time 30.055
> ____________________________________________
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> A portion of my dump.1 reads:
>
> [host] /usr/adm/amanda/ProtoLocal > more amdump.1
> .
> .
> .
> GETTING ESTIMATES...
>driver: started dumper0 pid 1632
>driver: started dumper1 pid 1633
>driver: started dumper2 pid 1634
>driver: started dumper3 pid 1635
>taper: pid 1631 executable taper version 2.4.4
>dumper: dgram_bind: socket bound to 0.0.0.0.753
>dumper: pid 1632 executable dumper0 version 2.4.4, using port 753
>taper: page size is 8192
>taper: buffer size is 32768
>dumper: dgram_bind: socket bound to 0.0.0.0.754
>dumper: pid 1633 executable dumper1 version 2.4.4, using port 754
>dumper: dgram_bind: socket bound to 0.0.0.0.755
> _______________________________________________
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> /etc/services reads:
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> #amanda
>amanda 10080/udp
>amandaidx 10082/tcp
>amidxtape 10083/tcp
> ________________________________________________
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> /etc/inetd.conf
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> #amanda
>amanda dgram udp wait amanda /opt/sfw/libexec/amandad amandad
>amandaidx stream tcp nowait amanda /opt/sfw/libexec/amindexd amindexd
>amidxtape stream tcp nowait amanda /opt/sfw/libexec/amidxtaped
> amidxtaped ------------------------------------------
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