I know I'm missing something simple here; but I have beat my head
against this for hours. Here's the deal:

I have a RHEL 4 machine 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL (Slightly older kernel due to
Apple XServe SCSI Drivers). I have installed Amanda 2.5.2p1 server, it
works; several other clients have connected & I've been happily backing
them up for weeks. But, I have never gotten this machine to back ITSELF
up!

Here's the error message, I'm sure you've seen it a thousand times:
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
Holding disk /data/amanda/dumps: 4538211200 KB disk space available,
using 4538108800 KB
slot 7: read label `DailySet1-07', date `20080225'
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
Tape DailySet1-07 label ok
NOTE: host info dir /etc/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo/myserver.mydomain does
not exist
NOTE: it will be created on the next run.
Server check took 0.085 seconds

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
WARNING: myserver.mydomain: selfcheck request failed: timeout waiting
for ACK
Client check: 5 hosts checked in 30.097 seconds, 1 problem found


Likewise, trying to run "amrestore as root, ", I get:

# amrecover
AMRECOVER Version 2.5.2p1. Contacting server on myserver.mydomain ...
[request failed: timeout waiting for ACK]



I checked /etc/hosts. Itself is there. i.e.,

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
1.2.3.4 myserver.mydomain               myserver     <-- I know these
are correct even though I obscured it in this e-mail. (They match the
correct IP, anyway.)
.
.
Etc.

I'm guessing /etc/hosts.allow doesn't need to be touched, since my other
server didn't.

I checked /etc/services. It does have the following:

#grep amanda /etc/services
amanda          10080/tcp                       # amanda backup services
amanda          10080/udp                       # amanda backup services
kamanda         10081/tcp                       # amanda backup services
(Kerberos)
kamanda         10081/udp                       # amanda backup services
(Kerberos)
amandaidx       10082/tcp                       # amanda backup services
amidxtape       10083/tcp                       # amanda backup services

Amanda was installed on the client using the username "amandabackup". 

I checked /home/amandabackup/.amandahosts; it looks like this:


Myserver.mydomain amandabackup
amandahost amanda
amandahost.localdomain Amanda

This directly matches my OTHER Linux RHEL machine that works!

Uuugh! Any ideas?

WAB