I know I'm missing something simple here; but I have beat my head against this for hours. Here's the deal:
I have a RHEL 4 machine 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL (Slightly older kernel due to Apple XServe SCSI Drivers). I have installed Amanda 2.5.2p1 server, it works; several other clients have connected & I've been happily backing them up for weeks. But, I have never gotten this machine to back ITSELF up! Here's the error message, I'm sure you've seen it a thousand times: Amanda Tape Server Host Check ----------------------------- Holding disk /data/amanda/dumps: 4538211200 KB disk space available, using 4538108800 KB slot 7: read label `DailySet1-07', date `20080225' NOTE: skipping tape-writable test Tape DailySet1-07 label ok NOTE: host info dir /etc/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo/myserver.mydomain does not exist NOTE: it will be created on the next run. Server check took 0.085 seconds Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check -------------------------------- WARNING: myserver.mydomain: selfcheck request failed: timeout waiting for ACK Client check: 5 hosts checked in 30.097 seconds, 1 problem found Likewise, trying to run "amrestore as root, ", I get: # amrecover AMRECOVER Version 2.5.2p1. Contacting server on myserver.mydomain ... [request failed: timeout waiting for ACK] I checked /etc/hosts. Itself is there. i.e., 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 1.2.3.4 myserver.mydomain myserver <-- I know these are correct even though I obscured it in this e-mail. (They match the correct IP, anyway.) . . Etc. I'm guessing /etc/hosts.allow doesn't need to be touched, since my other server didn't. I checked /etc/services. It does have the following: #grep amanda /etc/services amanda 10080/tcp # amanda backup services amanda 10080/udp # amanda backup services kamanda 10081/tcp # amanda backup services (Kerberos) kamanda 10081/udp # amanda backup services (Kerberos) amandaidx 10082/tcp # amanda backup services amidxtape 10083/tcp # amanda backup services Amanda was installed on the client using the username "amandabackup". I checked /home/amandabackup/.amandahosts; it looks like this: Myserver.mydomain amandabackup amandahost amanda amandahost.localdomain Amanda This directly matches my OTHER Linux RHEL machine that works! Uuugh! Any ideas? WAB
