I went trough the same yesterday... turned out I didn't have amanda-client installed on the client AT ALL none the less!!!
Obviously make sure you have amanda and amanda-client installed on the client, make sure you have an entry for your server in ~amanda/.amandahosts (or ~/operator... depending on your install) and make sure you have inet.d or xinetd configured for amanda. Good luck Rick On Sunday 26 January 2003 18:06, Lee, David, arvato services wrote: > I install amanda in our systems. > The tape server runs RHAT Linux 7.3 > The client hosts are linux and Sun Solaris. > I got the following error when run 'amcheck' vs a Sun host (sun4u sparc > SUNW,Ultra-5_10): > I login the tape server as 'amanda'. > > ./amcheck DailySet1 > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > WARNING: gitpocs02: selfcheck request timed out. Host down? > Client check: 1 host checked in 30.000 seconds, 1 problem found > > I check couple of places on the Sun host: > 'rsh' setup > /etc/services > /etc/inetd.conf > > They are Okey. > > I also check the setup on the tape server. They are Okey also. > > Do you have any suggestion? > Is amanda-2.4.3.tar.gz works on Sun host? > > ( I am able to run 'amcheck' vs a linux client host without any problem) > > Thanks! > > David -- Riccardo Parola Internet Manager Standard Printing & Web http://www.standardprinting.net
