And for your further diagnostic pleasure:

backup@scriptor:/home/manager amservice scriptor bsdtcp noop </dev/null
Request failed: Permission denied

amandahosts file contains "scriptor backup amdump" (backup is the
amanda user enforced by ubuntu)

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Chris Nighswonger
<[email protected]> wrote:
> That's a good question. Only various routine updates as far as I know.
>
> Strangely enough, the clients failing amcheck seemed to have backed up
> ok last evening....
>
> Here is the amcheck output from before the amdump run:
>
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> Holding disk /storage/campus: 912248832 kB disk space available, using
> 912248832 kB
> Searching for label 'campus-NGH861L4':found in slot 9: volume 
> 'campus-NGH861L4'
> Will write to volume 'campus-NGH861L4' in slot 9.
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> Server check took 158.373 seconds
>
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> WARNING: scriptor: selfcheck request failed: error sending REQ: write
> error to: Broken pipe
> WARNING: masada: selfcheck request failed: error sending REQ: write
> error to: Broken pipe
>
> Yet amreport says:
>
> masada          /etc/dansguardian                        1      180
>     7    3.9    0:00  122.6   0:05     1.4
> masada          /etc/network                             0       50
>     7   14.0    0:00  286.7   0:04     1.8
> masada          /etc/squid3                              1       10
>     1   10.0    0:00   24.6   0:05     0.0
> masada          /home/backups/database/postgresql        1       20
>     1    5.0    0:00   24.7   0:06     0.0
> scriptor        /etc/amanda                              0       40
>     4   10.0    0:00   29.2   0:05     0.8
> scriptor        /var/backups                             1     5670
>  5069   89.4    0:01 5896.7   0:05  1013.8
>
> Go figure... I think I'm going crazy(er)...
>
> Yet amreport also says stuff like:
>
> NOTES:
>   planner: scriptor /etc/amanda 20160727221502 0 "Request to scriptor
> failed: error sending REQ: write error to: Broken
>  pipe, using server estimate"
>   planner: scriptor /var/backups 20160727221502 0 "Request to scriptor
> failed: error sending REQ: write error to: Broke
> n pipe, using server estimate"
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Debra S Baddorf <[email protected]> wrote:
>> What did you change, “about a month ago” ?
>>
>> I have TCP problems when a node is DOWN,  wherein amchecking it will cause 
>> problems
>> with several other nodes (due to TCP timeout values)  BUT your nodes are up.
>>
>> “Broken pipe”  plus  no logs on the client   sounds like the system level  
>> (outside of amanda?)
>> TCP  is having troubles;  the client is never getting an amanda started at 
>> all.
>> But I can’t think why that would happen.
>>
>> Deb Baddorf
>>
>>
>>> On Jul 27, 2016, at 1:20 PM, Chris Nighswonger 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> No takers?
>>>
>>> Additionally, on the failing client side an amcheck log is created
>>> *only* if amcheck is run against that client. When amcheck is run
>>> against the entire job (all clients) no amcheck log is created on the
>>> clients that fail.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Chris Nighswonger
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> tcpdump shows that there is no (zero) data flow between the server and
>>>> failed clients when running amcheck on multiple clients at once. Data
>>>> does flow when checking a single client.
>>>>
>>>> This only started about a month ago. Maybe this is a bug?
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Chris Nighswonger
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Here is some snips of output illustrating the problem:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> backup@scriptor: amcheck -c campus scriptor
>>>>>
>>>>> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>>>>> --------------------------------
>>>>> Client check: 1 host checked in 2.372 seconds.  0 problems found.
>>>>>
>>>>> (brought to you by Amanda 3.3.6)
>>>>> backup@scriptor: amcheck -c campus masada
>>>>>
>>>>> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>>>>> --------------------------------
>>>>> Client check: 1 host checked in 2.074 seconds.  0 problems found.
>>>>>
>>>>> (brought to you by Amanda 3.3.6)
>>>>> backup@scriptor: amcheck -c campus
>>>>>
>>>>> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>>>>> --------------------------------
>>>>> WARNING: scriptor: selfcheck request failed: error sending REQ: write
>>>>> error to: Broken pipe
>>>>> WARNING: masada: selfcheck request failed: error sending REQ: write
>>>>> error to: Broken pipe
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Server version is 3.3.6
>>>>> Client version on scriptor is 3.3.6 and on masada is 3.3.3
>>>>>
>>>>> When the backup runs over night, the same error appears on these clients.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any thoughts on what might be going on here?
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>> Chris
>>

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