On Saturday 25 February 2006 15:02, Wayne Thorpe wrote:
>I was previously using the host name but the same errors happened. I
> went ahead and used localhost as a way to bypass the error. I still
> get the same results using either using 'localhost' or 'hostname.'
> Yes, network interface responding hostname is up and can be pinged.
> Do you have any suggestions in this case?

My next inspection would be to look at the amanda users ./amandahosts
file and verify its correct. It will need to resemble this:
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coyote.coyote.den amanda
coyote amanda
coyote.coyote.den root
gene.coyote.den root
gene root
shop.coyote.den root
shop root
shop.coyote.den amanda
shop amanda
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which lists both the user amanda and the user root, as being legit
accesses to the 3 machines I backup everynight, by both the machines
alias and its FQDN. Except for the firewall "gene", no dns server is
running so all local accesses are looked up in /etc/hosts. Some of
that in fact may not be required. But I was just covering all
bases. :)

And you can see that localhost, 127.0.0.1, only exists in the /etc/hosts
file.

>Gene Heskett wrote: 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 t! hough my backup backup client is on
>> the same host as server, my system is a solaris 10:
>>
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>> [host] ~ > amcheck 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.
>
>>______________________________________________________
>>
>> 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
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> /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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