On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 at 3:04pm, ktb wrote

> This is my first attempt at getting Amanda to work.  I'm to the point
> where I have backed up one of the client machines to the server.  Now
> I'm trying to access this backup from the client machine.  The command I
> am using on the client is -
> 
> # amrecover -C test -s oz.domain.edu -t giles.domain.edu -d /dev/nst1
> 
> "oz" is the client, "giles" is the server
> 
> When I run the command the following error is issued -
> 
> AMRECOVER Version 2.4.2p2. Contacting server on oz.domain.edu ...
> amrecover: cannot connect to oz.domain.edu: Connection refused
> 
> Obviously the client is trying to contact itself. It has no server
> software installed so it belches.  I have used the -t option to tell
> amrecover where the server is.  I have also used the ./configure option

giles is the index server as well as the tape server.  That's really all 
you need to specify.

Shouldn't whedon be the server, btw?  ;)

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

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