host down?

[Marc Cuypers]

Hi,

I'm running Debian Woody, and I'd like to set up the backup with amanda 
(version 1:2.4.2p2-4).  The machine will be used as a server with its 
own tape backup (DAT DDS3).
I'm new to amanda.  I installed it via aptget and tried to configure it.

amlabel works.  When I run amcheck it tells me the host is down (I used 
the machine name of the server and 'localhost', both give host down)  Do 
I have to configure the server as a client of amanda?  How is this done? 
 I looked at amanda.org and found nothing about client configuration 
(probably an oversight of mine :-) ).

Anybody an idea?

Marc.