> From: Paul Bijnens > Sent: 29 May 2006 10:07 > > On 2006-05-28 23:32, Ross Vandegrift wrote: > > > > Approximately once a month, some of my servers fail to make backups > > with this error message: > > > > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: > > capote sda8 lev 1 FAILED [ [access as backup not > allowed from [EMAIL PROTECTED] open of > /var/backups/.amandahosts failed] > > Strange. > Is /var/backup a local filesystem? Or mounted via NFS?
As the error reported is a failure to open .amandahosts rather than a problem with the contents of the file (which would result in a "amandahostsauth failed" error) a likely cause (given that the problem is intermittent) is running out of system resources (file descriptors/memory/?). You should find more information about the exact cause of the failure in the amanda debug file on the client - that should show the same error along with the system error message. Paul
