On Wednesday 16 July 2014 23:40:57 Alan Hodgson did opine And Gene did reply: > On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:25:56 PM you wrote: > > Greetings; > > > > Its been quite a spell since I had to do an amrecover, in this case > > to a client of this server. I know I have to setup an amandahosts > > file owned by backup:backup, with 0600 perms, I believe in /etc on > > the client box, but which machine do I run amrecover on, this > > server, or that client? > > > > Thanks you. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > You run amrecover on the client. You'll need to add an entry to > /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts (or whatever the equiv is on your system) > on the server (amrecover will tell you what to add the first time you > try and run it). > > You may need to setup /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf on the client to > have it tell the server use the right tape drive and/or changer.
Thanks Alan, but this is what I get on the client: gene@lathe:/$ sudo amrecover -CDaily -scoyote.coyote.den AMRECOVER Version 2.6.1p1. Contacting server on coyote.coyote.den ... [request failed: timeout waiting for ACK] Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS
