> please post the /tmp/amanda/amrecover.xxxxxxx.debug log file from the client

It's rather big but goes something like:
amrecover: debug 1 pid 8118 ruid 0 euid 0: start at Thu Apr 27 09:31:36 2006
amrecover: bind_portrange2: trying port=910
amrecover: stream_client_privileged: connected to 155.100.158.59.10082
amrecover: stream_client_privileged: our side is 0.0.0.0.910
guess_disk: 4: "/tmp"
guess_disk: 0: 1: "/": "rootfs"
guess_disk: local_disk = 1, fsname = "rootfs"
guess_disk: 1: 5: "/proc": "/proc"
...
add_dir_list_item: Adding "2006-04-25" "0" "/home1/dumps/amanda/20060425190002/w
himsy.med.utah.edu._.0:0" "0" "/.autofsck"
add_dir_list_item: Adding "2006-04-25" "0" "/home1/dumps/amanda/20060425190002/w
himsy.med.utah.edu._.0:0" "0" "/.fonts.cache-1"
...
add_file: Pondering ditem->path="/lisa/lisa1.ppt"
add_file: Pondering ditem->path="/lisa/lisa.sav"
add_file: Pondering ditem->path="/lisa/lisa.ppt"
add_file: Pondering ditem->path="/lisa/iso.gt100"
amrecover: bind_portrange2: trying port=948
amrecover: bind_portrange2: trying port=949
amrecover: stream_client_privileged: connected to 155.100.158.59.10083
amrecover: stream_client_privileged: our side is 0.0.0.0.949
amrecover: try_socksize: receive buffer size is 65536
amrecover: bind_portrange2: trying port=949
amrecover: bind_portrange2: trying port=950
amrecover: stream_client_privileged: connected to 155.100.158.59.968
amrecover: stream_client_privileged: our side is 0.0.0.0.950
amrecover: try_socksize: receive buffer size is 65536
Exec'ing /bin/gtar with arguments:
        tar
        --numeric-owner
        -xpGvf
        -
        ./lisa/.cshrc
amrecover: Extractor child exited with status 2

amrecover: pid 8138 finish time Thu Apr 27 09:33:28 2006
amrecover: pid 8118 finish time Thu Apr 27 09:35:45 2006

> please post the /tmp/amanda/amidxtaped.xxxxxxxxx.debug and 

amidxtaped: debug 1 pid 8373 ruid 0 euid 0: start at Thu Apr 27 09:37:11 2006
amidxtaped: version 2.5.0
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > SECURITY USER root
bsd security: remote host whimsy.med.utah.edu user root local user root
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > FEATURES=fffffeff9ffeffff07
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > CONFIG=genepi
amidxtaped: time 0.040: > FSF=0
amidxtaped: time 0.040: > HEADER
amidxtaped: time 0.040: > DEVICE=/home1/dumps/amanda/20060425190002/whimsy.med.u
tah.edu._.0:0
amidxtaped: time 0.040: > HOST=^whimsy.med.utah.edu$
amidxtaped: time 0.040: > DISK=^/$
amidxtaped: time 0.040: > DATESTAMP=20060425
amidxtaped: time 0.040: > END
amidxtaped: time 0.040: Looks like we're restoring from a holding file...
amidxtaped: Restoring from changer, checking labels
amidxtaped: Locking devices
amidxtaped: Client understands split dumpfiles
amidxtaped: try_socksize: send buffer size is 65536
amidxtaped: time 0.075: bind_portrange2: trying port=988
amidxtaped: time 0.075: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.988
amidxtaped: Local port 988 set aside for data
amidxtaped: time 0.115: stream_accept: connection from 155.100.158.59.962
bsd security: remote host whimsy.med.utah.edu user root local user root
amidxtaped: Sending output to file descriptor 4
changer: got exit: 0 str: 1 6 1 
Reading /home1/dumps/amanda/20060425190002/whimsy.med.utah.edu._.0 to fd 5
amidxtaped:   0: restoring FILE: date 20060425 host whimsy.med.utah.edu disk / l
ev 0 comp .gz program /bin/gtar
amidxtaped: Search of /home1/dumps/amanda/20060425190002/whimsy.med.utah.edu._.0
 complete

amidxtaped: time 59.122: Restoration finished
amidxtaped: time 59.122: pid 8373 finish time Thu Apr 27 09:38:10 2006

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file

> amindexd.xxxxxxxx.debug log files from the server
amindexd: debug 1 pid 8347 ruid 0 euid 0: start at Thu Apr 27 09:36:22 2006
amindexd: version 2.5.0
amindexd: < 220 whimsy AMANDA index server (2.5.0) ready.
amindexd: > SECURITY USER root
bsd security: remote host whimsy.med.utah.edu user root local user root
amindexd: < 200 Access OK
amindexd: > FEATURES fffffeff9ffeffff07
amindexd: < 200 FEATURES fffffeff9ffeffff07
amindexd: > DATE 2006-04-27
amindexd: < 200 Working date set to 2006-04-27.
amindexd: > SCNF genepi
amindexd: < 200 Config set to genepi.
amindexd: > HOST whimsy.med.utah.edu
amindexd: < 200 Dump host set to whimsy.med.utah.edu.
amindexd: > DISK /
amindexd: - 2006-04-26 1 /home2/dumps/amanda/20060426190002/whimsy.med.utah.edu.
_.1 0 -1
amindexd: - 2006-04-25 0 /home1/dumps/amanda/20060425190002/whimsy.med.utah.edu.
_.0 0 -1
amindexd: - 2006-04-24 3 /home1/dumps/amanda/20060424190001/whimsy.med.utah.edu.
_.3 0 -1
...
amindexd: < 200  Opaque list of /usr/local/src/cntppl
amindexd: > TAPE
amindexd: tapedev_is amrecover_changer: /dev/changer
amindexd: < 200 /dev/changer
amindexd: ? unexpected EOF
amindexd: removing index file: /usr/adm/amanda/genepi/index/whimsy.med.utah.edu/
_/20060425_0
amindexd: removing index file: /usr/adm/amanda/genepi/index/whimsy.med.utah.edu/
_/20060426_1
amindexd: pid 8347 finish time Thu Apr 27 09:41:54 2006

Steve
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