>John Swarbrick wrote: >>>John Swarbrick wrote: >>> >>>> I am getting "WARNING: 2kserver: selfcheck request timed out. Host >>>>down?" when I try to backup a Windows 2000 server using Samba and Amanda. >>>> >>>> I have 10 hosts in my disklist file which are all running Linux and >>>>the Amanda Client. These hosts all backup fine. I have now tried adding >>>>a Windows 2000 server to the disklist, using the Samba format; this is >>>>my disklist entry: >>>> >>>> 2kserver //2kserver/d$ comp-root-tar >> >> >>>The server should be a Unix host running smbclient. That unix host >>>then connects to //pchost/share to make the backup. >> >> >> >> Hi Paul, >> >> Thanks for the reply! >> >> Sorry, I forgot to give the usual rundown of version numbers! The Amanda >> server is running Amanda 2.4.4p3-1 on CentOS 4.2 (binary compatable with >> RedHat Advanced Server). This is the server which has the tape drive and >> Amanda server. Samba client is 3.0.21-2. All installed from RPM. >> >> I am trying to 'pull' files from 2kserver, which is Windows 2000. > >Yes, indeed. That's what I'm trying to say. >Amanda backups with samba go through an Unix agent (which can be the >Amanda server itself). So you have 3 machines, and the middle one needs >to run smbclient (on a unix machine). > > Amandaserver ==> Unix-running-smbclient ==> WindowsPC > >To make a backup of a share on WindowsPC you need this disklist entry: > > Unix-running-smbclient //WindowsPC/share comp-user-tar > >You had instead: > > WindowsPC //WindowsPC/share comp-user-tar # WRONG!!! > >
Hurrah!! Now it works! Thanks a lot Paul! Regards, John
