Hi! > When amanda uses tcp instead of udp for the backup, are all of the tcp > connections made from the server to the client? > > How I I force amanda to use tcp instead of udp?
I don't think you can force amandad to use TCP, but I'm not really much of an Amanda networking expert. Amanda distribution contains a file docs/PORT.USAGE where all this is explained far better than I ever could. > I have had the backup fail during the day when I run it, but it usuaully > fails at night. I think that the estimate times vary and that when the > estimate time exceeds some firewall timeout value, then it fails because > it no longer fits the iptables "related" rule. Can I use the tcp > connections to get around this? Probably not, because TCP connections will also eventually time out. I've heard that newer implementations of netfilter have a special Amanda proxy module, but since I don't use Linux too much I haven't had a chance to try this. I think your best chance right now is not to rely on ip_conntrack for Amanda connections but rather allow all traffic between Amanda server and Amanda client regardless of tcp/udp state, opening the ports as specified in docs/PORT.USAGE. -- Toomas Aas | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/ * Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.
