Cryptic Error with 2 different versions of amanda

2013-04-29 Thread Brendon Martino
Hi All, I am having trouble backing up an older version of fedora (fc5) with amanda. My server (fc17) backs up several other clients, including other fc17 32-bit and 64-bit clients. I use a customized build of amanda to include specific port ranges, but for troubleshooting purposes I have

Re: Cryptic Error with 2 different versions of amanda

2013-04-29 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
On 04/29/2013 11:01 AM, Brendon Martino wrote: non-working fc5 CLIENT (64-bit): amanda-2.4.5p1-3.2.fc5.i686 2.4.5p1 can't use the bsdtcp auth, you must use the bsd auth. Add the auth in the dumptype (only for the 2.4.5p1 client). Set the xinetd file: socket_type = dgram

Re: Cryptic Error with 2 different versions of amanda

2013-04-29 Thread Brendon Martino
Hi Jean-Louis, I tried that (set it and restarted the xinetd service): netstat -a | grep amanda udp0 0 *:amanda*:* However, there is a different error from the server: WARNING: fc5client.analogic.com: selfcheck request failed:

Re: Cryptic Error with 2 different versions of amanda

2013-04-29 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
On 04/29/2013 01:54 PM, Brendon Martino wrote: Hi Jean-Louis, I tried that (set it and restarted the xinetd service): netstat -a | grep amanda udp0 0 *:amanda*:* However, there is a different error from the server: WARNING:

Re: Cryptic Error with 2 different versions of amanda

2013-04-29 Thread Brendon Martino
Ok, here is the result: sudo -u amandabackup /sbin/amadmin DailySet1 disklist line 63: host fc5client.analogic.com: interface default disk /usr/local/bin: program GNUTAR data-path AMANDA priority 2 dumpcycle 7 maxdumps 1

Re: Cryptic Error with 2 different versions of amanda

2013-04-29 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
On 04/29/2013 02:05 PM, Brendon Martino wrote: Ok, here is the result: sudo -u amandabackup /sbin/amadmin DailySet1 disklist line 63: host fc5client.analogic.com: interface default disk /usr/local/bin: program GNUTAR data-path AMANDA priority 2

SOLVED: Cryptic Error with 2 different versions of amanda: THANK YOU!

2013-04-29 Thread Brendon Martino
Ok, Jean-Louis, I think you nailed it! Here's what I did: I changed my amanda.conf to include a second dump type only for fc5 systems: ## # For most Linux (Fc17+): ## define dumptype hard-disk-tar {