On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 09:48:17AM +0100, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: > Hello, > > Jon LaBadie <[email protected]> (Do 08 Dez 2016 19:36:07 CET): > > Is amservice a client-side program or server-side? > > In Fedora packages it does not come in with the client package. > > > > Playing with amanda_client I get this error: > > > > amdump_client: open3: exec of /usr/sbin/amservice -f /dev/null \ > > -s amandahost bsdtcp amdumpd \ > > failed at /usr/sbin/amdump_client line 85. > > > > "failed exec" Makes it sound like amdump_client is expecting > > amservice on the client. > > As far as I understand this (I may be wrong!), amdump_client just > *triggers* the backup, so the backup server needs to connect to the > backup client (amservice) to pull the backup. amdump_client doesn't push > the backup. That's what I understood 'ambackup' is for (available in > newer Amandas). > amdump_client triggers "how". Does it contact the server? What process and port is listening on the server? Or does it initiate a local dump that is stored locally?
Assuming amdump_client notifies the server it would like to be dumped, the server could do "amdump --no-taper <CONFIG> <HOST> [disks]". I do not see why a different mechanism involving amservice would be needed. Obviously I'm missing something. Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie [email protected] 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C)
