--On Tuesday, January 27, 2004 14:06:39 -0500 Allen Liu --- work <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:

> I ran amcheck -c and got following error msg. the client 'pete' and server
> 'spike' are same machine.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> spike:amanda:/myapp/am/sbin$./amcheck -c fst
> 
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> ERROR: pete: [can not read/write /etc/amandates: No such file or directory]
> Client check: 1 host checked in 1.184 seconds, 1 problem found
> 
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p1)
> spike:amanda:/myapp/am/sbin$
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> I can't find where the file 'amandates' is.

It's not there until you create it:

touch /etc/amandates
chown backupuser:backupgroup /etc/amandates


Amanda uses that file to keep track of what was backed up when at
what level when using tar (it serves the same purpose as dump's
/etc/dumpdates).

Frank

> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Allen Liu
> 
> IP Application Design and Engineering
> Bell Canada
> (613) 781-7368, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 1240 -160 Elgin St, Ottawa,ON, K2P 2C4
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joshua Baker-LePain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Allen Liu --- work" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 10:30 AM
> Subject: Re: how to initiate amanda amdump ?
> 
> 
>> On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 at 10:12am, Allen Liu --- work wrote
>> 
>> > I installed amanda on my server which is a sparc server.
>> > I configured the server itself as a backup client.
>> > When I run amdump there is no output from planner. I wonder how I can
> make it work.
>> > I set up some pause point within planner.c, I can see the configure info
> was read in. And also at
>> > some point of planner, amandad daemon was started. But just there is no
> output comes out from
>> > planner.
>> > 
>> > Here are my config:
>> > 
>> > disklist:
>> > 
>> > pete c0t0d0s0 comp-root
>> > 
>> > /etc/inetd.conf:
>> > amanda    dgram  udp wait   amanda /myapp/am/libexec/amandad    amandad
>> > amandaidx stream tcp nowait amanda /myapp/am/libexec/amindexd   amindexd
>> > amidxtape stream tcp nowait amanda /myapp/am/libexec/amidxtaped
> amidxtaped
>> 
>> You need to ensure that this config passes 'amcheck' before you try
>> amdump.  Does it?  If not, try to figure out the error message using
>> FAQ-O-Matic or the list archives (both accessible via www.amanda.org).  If
>> you still can't get it, come back here with the *exact* error message and
>> any relevant files from /tmp/amanda.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Joshua Baker-LePain
>> Department of Biomedical Engineering
>> Duke University



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