Hi All,



We use Amanda 2.5.0p2 in our backup setup. We have the same host acting
as the amanda backup server as well as the client. The OS on the backup 
server/client host is RHEL3. The setup has been
working reasonably OK for the last 2 years. 

I am facing problems in backups for the last 2 days. The error message that I 
get in the email message is as follows:

FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
  <hostname>  /vol/vol1/home  lev 2  FAILED [data write: Broken pipe]
  <hostname>  /vol/vol1/home  lev 2  FAILED [data write: Broken pipe

I see the following text in the /var/log/amanda/<config_name>/amdump file

gzip: stdout: Connection timed out
dumper: kill compress command
driver: state time 29736.268 free kps: 1759 space: 284000 taper: idle 
idle-dumpers: 3 qlen tapeq: 0 runq: 0 roomq: 0 wakeup: 0 driver-idle: no-dumpers
dumper: kill index command
driver: interface-state time 29736.268 if : free 359 if LE0: free 400 if LOCAL:
free 1000
driver: hdisk-state time 29736.268 hdisk 0: free 284000 dumpers 1
driver: result time 29736.268 from dumper0: FAILED 00-00002 [data write: Broken
pipe]
driver: send-cmd time 29736.268 to chunker0: FAILED 00-00002
driver: state time 35868.133 free kps: 1759 space: 284000 taper: idle 
idle-dumpers: 3 qlen tapeq: 0 runq: 0 roomq: 0 wakeup: 0 driver-idle: no-dumpers
driver: interface-state time 35868.133 if : free 359 if LE0: free 400 if LOCAL:
free 1000
driver: hdisk-state time 35868.133 hdisk 0: free 284000 dumpers 1
driver: result time 35868.133 from chunker0: PARTIAL 00-00002 60480 [sec 
14769.366 kb 60480 kps 4.1]
driver: finished-cmd time 35868.133 chunker0 chunked <hostname>:/vol/vol1/home


Any help or suggestions in debugging this problem are appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Yogesh