on  Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:32:29 EDT
Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Correct (at least, for now; later I will add my mail server as well)

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

I changed all occurence of "corrente.localnet" to "localhost" in
.amandahost, disklist and amanda-client.conf, but now amcheck
complains that it cannot connect and times out.

Well, it is not that important, I can live with the situation as
it is.  Thanks anyhow

> 
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Charles

email: charles at stremen dot xs4all dot nl