Frank, thanks for your quick and accurate suggestion. I was aware that I had configured the original (from source) amanda to use amanda:disk, and that Debian used backup:backup. I thought I had allowed for this wherever needed, but forgot /etc/inetd. When I made these changes, amanda worked on the tapeserver:
cn2:/etc# rcsdiff inetd.conf =================================================================== RCS file: inetd.conf,v retrieving revision 1.5 diff -r1.5 inetd.conf 78,80c78,80 < amandaidx stream tcp nowait backup /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd < amidxtape stream tcp nowait backup /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped < amanda dgram udp wait backup /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/amanda/amandad --- > amandaidx stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd > amidxtape stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped > amanda dgram udp wait amanda /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/amanda/amandad cn2:/etc# su -s /bin/bash amanda '/usr/sbin/amcheck -c DBackup' Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check -------------------------------- WARNING: www: selfcheck request timed out. Host down? Client check: 2 hosts checked in 29.955 seconds, 1 problem found (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p3) cn2:/etc# Thanks, again, Frank for your response. -Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Frank Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 4:24 PM To: Zembower, Kevin Cc: amanda-users@amanda.org Subject: Re: Need help converting to Debian amanda package Zembower, Kevin wrote: > I've had an Amanda system running successfully and mostly problem-free > for the last five years. Because of some firewall issues, I compiled > Amanda from source with some specific flags for ports used. About a year > ago, the firewall issue were removed, and amanda continued to work > without any problems or configuration changes. Just recently, I got a > new server with RHEL4 instead of the Debian servers I normally run. I > decided to try to convert my Amanda system to use the packages provided > by the distributions, since I no longer needed the customization and, as > one amanda-user wrote, the Amanda packages 'just seemed to work.' > > I either deleted the amanda-owned files manually, or moved them out of > the way. Then, I installed the amanda-client, -server and -command > Debian sarge packages on the tapehost. Then, I moved the one's I thought > I needed back into place, such as /var/amanda, /etc/amamda and > /tmp/amanda. This was all on centernet (cn2), my Amanda tapehost. > > In general, the system seems to be minimally working, but I get this > error: > cn2:/tmp/amanda-dbg# su -s /bin/bash amanda '/usr/sbin/amcheck DBackup' > Amanda Tape Server Host Check > ----------------------------- > Holding disk /dumps/amanda2: 14596644 KB disk space available, using > 14596644 KB > Holding disk /dumps/amanda: 14473792 KB disk space available, using > 14473792 KB > NOTE: skipping tape-writable test > Tape DBackup39 label ok > Server check took 5.210 seconds > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > WARNING: centernet: selfcheck request timed out. Host down? > WARNING: www: selfcheck request timed out. Host down? > Client check: 2 hosts checked in 34.333 seconds, 2 problems found > > (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p3) > cn2:/tmp/amanda-dbg# date > Thu Nov 30 15:00:59 EST 2006 > cn2:/tmp/amanda-dbg# > > However, nothing's generated in the /tmp/amanda-dbg directory, and > nothing of any use in the /tmp/amanda directory: > > cn2:/tmp/amanda-dbg# ls -ltr > total 384 > <snip> > -rw------- 1 amanda disk 2054 Nov 29 18:11 > sendbackup.20061129180201.debug > -rw------- 1 amanda disk 206 Nov 29 18:21 > amtrmlog.20061129182141.debug > -rw------- 1 amanda disk 553 Nov 29 18:21 > amtrmidx.20061129182141.debug > cn2:/tmp/amanda-dbg# cd ../amanda > cn2:/tmp/amanda# ls -ltr > total 32 > <snip> > -rw------- 1 backup backup 184 Nov 30 14:30 > amcheck.20061130142955.debug > -rw------- 1 backup backup 184 Nov 30 15:00 > amcheck.20061130150004.debug > cn2:/tmp/amanda# cat amcheck.20061130150004.debug > amcheck: debug 1 pid 12684 ruid 1001 euid 0: start at Thu Nov 30 > 15:00:04 2006 > amcheck: dgram_bind: socket bound to 0.0.0.0.856 > amcheck: pid 12684 finish time Thu Nov 30 15:00:38 2006 > cn2:/tmp/amanda# > > Can anyone help me trouble-shoot this problem, starting with where to > find the debug files that would be useful? Right now, I'm not worried > about getting the remote host www to backup. Any chance the package version of Amanda is using a different user/group than you were previously, so the files you copied back might have incorrect user/group/perms? The Debian package puts some logs in /var/log/amanda/ as well as /tmp/amanda, perhaps RedHat is doing something similar. Maybe use locate or find to look for filenames containing amanda to see if there's any amandad.*.debug files? Frank > > Thanks for all your advice and suggestions. > > -Kevin > > Kevin Zembower > Internet Services Group manager > Center for Communication Programs > Bloomberg School of Public Health > Johns Hopkins University > 111 Market Place, Suite 310 > Baltimore, Maryland 21202 > 410-659-6139 > -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501