Thanks Paul for helping me along. It seems that the amanda RPM installations from RedHat/Fedora by default are inactive.
You have to use '/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 amanda on', 'amandaidx on', 'amidxtape on'. The last 2 only on the server. > > sudo /usr/sbin/amrecover -C test -s number3 -t number3 -d TEST-3 > > AMRECOVER Version 2.4.4p3. Contacting server on number3 ... > > amrecover: cannot connect to number3: Connection refused > > But the error "Connection refused" means the TCP connection could > not initiate. Have you added the index daemon "amandaidx" on the > server? sudo /usr/sbin/amrecover -C test -s number3 AMRECOVER Version 2.4.4p3. Contacting server on localhost ... amrecover: cannot connect to localhost: Connection refused $ sudo /usr/sbin/amrecover -C test -s number3 AMRECOVER Version 2.4.4p3. Contacting server on number3 ... 220 number3 AMANDA index server (2.4.5) ready. 200 Access OK Setting restore date to today (2006-04-05) 200 Working date set to 2006-04-05. Scanning /space/amandahold/test... 200 Config set to test. 200 Dump host set to maigret. Trying disk /export ... Trying disk hda3 ... Can't determine disk and mount point from $CWD '/export/users/maigret' I am wondering about the last line. I am in the same directory that is specified in the disklist: maigret /export/users/maigret comp-tar # 5.5G rhel4 Thanks again. -- Enrico Indiogine Parasol Laboratory Texas A&M University [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 979-845-3937
