Sorry, there are a lot of moving parts here, and they all need to move in the same direction.
Both server and client should be compiled to include bsdtcp (and whatever else -- doesn't matter). Both server and client should be configured to use bsdtcp - the server in the dumptype, and the client in /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf. The client should be listening for TCP connections using the bsdtcp plist. It's messy, I know -- it's all there for historical reasons. Dustin -- Storage Software Engineer http://www.zmanda.com