On 2006-03-19 00:58, Nathanel wrote:

Now I have to remove manually a log file “rm /var/lib/amanda/Weekly/log” and replace the tape to run “/usr/sbin/amflush Weekly” from the shell.

The fact that the "log" file is still there means that Amanda is
still running, or has crashed without being able to clean up.
When finished Amanda renames the file "log" to log.date.X".
Normally, you have run "amcleanup" when Amanda has crashed (there
are other files that need to be renamed/cleaned too).

Does "ps -fu amanda" show some processes?
If yes, What are they doing?  (strace -p PID)
If not, is there any core dump in /tmp/amanda ?  Backtrace?

Which version are you running?


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