nature of the problem is that sendsize failed because the linux client wants
to write in a file /etc/amandates, which was a directory on our system. The
error message never made it to amdump.1 log.
The fault was detected by running sendsize manually
Gerrit Hommersom
>
>>>When introducing the Linux system in the scheme, the backup
>fails in the
>>>planning stage with the following message.
>>
>>What does "amcheck -cl <config>" have to say?
>>
>amcheck -cl does not reveal anomalies as the following log shows: the
>missing curinfo and index files are because this machine was
>never backed up
>under amanda.
>
>../prog/amanda> amcheck -cl Tape-2
>Amanda Tape Server Host Check
>-----------------------------
>Holding disk /disk5/amanda: 9947964 KB disk space available,
>that's plenty
>NOTE: skipping tape checks
>NOTE: info dir ....amanda/Tape-2/curinfo/linux1.aaa.aaa.aaa:
>does not exist
>NOTE: index dir ....amanda/Tape-2/index/linux1.aaa.aaa.aaa:
>does not exist
>Server check took 0.009 seconds
>
>Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>--------------------------------
>Client check: 2 hosts checked in 0.090 seconds, 0 problems found
>
>(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2)
>Gerrit Hommersom
>>
>>John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>
