On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 03:53:18PM -0400, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > So, two machines that want to talk to one another (e.g. amanda > server and amanda client) need to know how to address one another. > If you don't have DNS within your private network, and you don't > have fixed IPs assigned (that you know) within the DHCP server, then > it seems to me you are really creating difficulties. Even on my home > network, I set fixed IPs so that I can do things like ssh and rsync > from one Mac to another. Without that, you're dependent on network > chatter and some vendor's auto discovery mechanism. But that's not a > protocol that's going to work with Amanda. You might jerry-rig a > complicated method for auto-discovery and transmitting information > to the Amanda server that gets put into /etc/hosts; but, then, why > not just implement fixed IPs and/or DNS. It seems like the more > traditional and well documented solution.
I use static IP's at home also. Also my internet router is my DHCP server and I associate each static IP with its MAC address to ensure the server does not give out that IP to another host. (that also lets me use DHCP and get the same IP) Samba on the Ubuntu amanda server could act as a WINS server. But I don't see anything in docs for the name service switch (nsswitch.conf) that say it can use a WINS server. Did I miss it? Jon > > > On 10/8/13 3:04 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: > >On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 01:22:49PM -0400, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > >>Just for reference, if you are running in a private network without > >>dns lookup, then you should put all the machines you want to backup > >>into /etc/hosts. That's what I had to do when my Amanda server was > >>on our private net and had no public address. > >Can /etc/hosts be automatically updated if clients get their > >IP addresses dynamically with DHCP? > > > >Jon > >>That doesn't mean you don't have other issues that have to be dealt > >>with. There is a general trouble shooting page for possible issues > >>that result in "selfcheck request failed" -- > >>http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Selfcheck_request_failed. > >> > >> > >>On 10/8/13 5:08 AM, jefflau wrote: > >>>Dear All, > >>>I was learning on Amanda backup and facing issue for below. I planning > >>>using it in the workgroup without dns server. > >>> > >>>I was Using Ubuntu 12 and installed it by using apt-get, by searching many > >>>of the issue resolved. Till this stage I do a month can't resolved it. > >>> > >>>Hope someone able help me as soon as can > >>> > >>> > >>>Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > >>>-------------------------------- > >>>WARNING: backup: selfcheck request failed: ssh_security could not find > >>>canonical name for 'backup': Name or service not known > >>>Client check: 1 host checked in 20.581 seconds. 1 problem found. > >>> > >>>+---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>|This was sent by [email protected] via Backup Central. > >>>|Forward SPAM to [email protected]. > >>>+---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> > >>> > > -- > --------------- > > Chris Hoogendyk > > - > O__ ---- Systems Administrator > c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments > (*) \(*) -- 347 Morrill Science Center > ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst > > <[email protected]> > > --------------- > > Erdös 4 >>> End of included message <<< -- Jon H. LaBadie [email protected] 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (609) 477-8330 (C)
