I have a little more involved version of the common "Host Down"
problem. Everything seems to be fine on the client, except the server
never hears it. These two systems are only separated by a dumb hub
(i.e. no firewall or router between them), they are both Linux (2.2.17
for the server and 2.0.36 on the client), and amandad and selfcheck are
definitely running on the client. Yet I still get the selfcheck
timeout.
Below are the configuration specifics and outputs for the client
(griffin) and the server (hippo). Can anyone see where I've gone
wrong. I appreciate any help you can give me.
Thanks!
--Roger
=========== Client:/etc/services
amanda 10080/udp
=========== Client:/inted.conf
amanda dgram udp wait amanda /usr/local/libexec/amandad amandad
=========== Client:/home/amanda/.amandahosts
hippo.conceptualintegrity.com amanda
=========== Server:/../disklist
griffin.conceptualintegrity.com /etc user-tar eth0
======================
=========== Server output:
[amanda@hippo test]$ amcheck -c test
Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
WARNING: griffin.conceptualintegrity.com: selfcheck request timed out.
Host dow
n?
Client check: 1 host checked in 30.172 seconds, 1 problem found
(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2)
=========== Client:/tmp/amanda/amandad.debug
amandad: debug 1 pid 3302 ruid 1014 euid 1014 start time Mon Oct 23
23:56:13 2000
amandad: version 2.5.0
amandad: build: VERSION="Amanda-2.5.0"
amandad: BUILT_DATE="Mon Oct 23 23:42:57 MDT 2000"
amandad: BUILT_MACH="Linux griffin.ConceptualIntegrity.com 2.0.36
#1 Tue Oct 13 22:17:11 EDT 1998 i586 unknown"
amandad: CC="gcc"
amandad: paths: bindir="/usr/local/bin" sbindir="/usr/local/sbin"
amandad: libexecdir="/usr/local/libexec" mandir="/usr/local/man"
amandad: AMANDA_TMPDIR="/tmp/amanda" AMANDA_DBGDIR="/tmp/amanda"
amandad: CONFIG_DIR="/usr/local/etc/amanda" DEV_PREFIX="/dev/"
amandad: RDEV_PREFIX="/dev/" SAMBA_CLIENT="/usr/bin/smbclient"
amandad: GNUTAR="/usr/bin/gtar" COMPRESS_PATH="/bin/gzip"
amandad: UNCOMPRESS_PATH="/bin/gzip" MAILER="/usr/bin/Mail"
amandad: listed_incr_dir="/usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists"
amandad: defs: DEFAULT_SERVER="griffin.ConceptualIntegrity.com"
amandad: DEFAULT_CONFIG="DailySet1"
amandad: DEFAULT_TAPE_SERVER="hippo.conceptualintegrity.com"
amandad: DEFAULT_TAPE_DEVICE="/dev/null" HAVE_MMAP HAVE_SYSVSHM
amandad: LOCKING=POSIX_FCNTL SETPGRP_VOID DEBUG_CODE BSD_SECURITY
amandad: RSH_SECURITY USE_AMANDAHOSTS CLIENT_LOGIN="amanda"
amandad: FORCE_USERID HAVE_GZIP COMPRESS_SUFFIX=".gz"
amandad: COMPRESS_FAST_OPT="--fast" COMPRESS_BEST_OPT="--best"
amandad: UNCOMPRESS_OPT="-dc"
amandad: creating new service: /usr/local/libexec/selfcheck OPTIONS ;
GNUTAR /etc 0 OPTIONS
|;bsd-auth;index;exclude-list=/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar;
amandad: creating new service: /usr/local/libexec/selfcheck OPTIONS ;
GNUTAR /etc 0 OPTIONS
|;bsd-auth;index;exclude-list=/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar;
amandad: creating new service: /usr/local/libexec/selfcheck OPTIONS ;
GNUTAR /etc 0 OPTIONS
|;bsd-auth;index;exclude-list=/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar;
amandad: pid 3302 finish time Mon Oct 23 23:56:44 2000
=========== Client:/tmp/amanda/selfcheck.debug
selfcheck: debug 1 pid 3305 ruid 1014 euid 1014 start time Mon Oct 23
23:56:33 2000
/usr/local/libexec/selfcheck: version 2.5.0
checking disk /etc: device /etc: OK
selfcheck: pid 3305 finish time Mon Oct 23 23:56:33 2000
Using John's "patented list of other things to check on the client side
for 'Host Down'"
* Are there any system log messages from inetd about
amanda or
amandad?
Odd... no,but then this is a very old Linux installation (our CVS
server, so I'm not upgrading it!).
* Are the Amanda services in /etc/services or your NIS
map?
Yes
* Is there a line in /etc/inetd.conf to start amandad?
Yes
* If you just added the line to /etc/inetd.conf, did
you send a HUP
signal to inetd?
Yes
* Is /tmp/amanda/amandad*debug getting updated?
Yes
* Is the access time on the amandad executable getting
updated (ls -lu)?
Yes
* If you run the amandad program by hand as the Amanda
user on the
client, what happens? It should sit for about 30
seconds and then
terminate.
Yes
