On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 11:15:21PM +0200, Charles Stroom wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have recently installed Amanda version 2.5.1b1 on my SuSE 10.0 PC,
> via an binary rpm.  After some struggling, I start to understand
> how it works and backups are being made.
> 
...
> 
> Another question I have is why I should keep my ethernet card up
> to run the backup.  My home PC is an Amanda server-client machine,
> connected to a small home network with an ADSL router and a mail
> server on an old PC, but the backup is done on this single home PC.
> But if I bring the ethernet card down, amdump cannot connect to the
> server and fails.  Of course, as recommended, my .amandahosts does
> not contain "localhost", but is:
> 
> corrente.localnet   root amindexd amidxtaped
> corrente.localnet   amandabackup amdump
> 
> Should I include "localhost"?
> 

You only have the amanda server as a client to backup, correct?
And it will not be on the (a) network all the time.

Sounds to me like you have found
the exception to the rule
"you shouldn't use localhost".


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