Hello, i'm testing amanda 2.5.2p1. i never used amanda before. my server runs Red Hat Enterprize Linux 4. my testing client runs OS x (10.4.10). i installed and configured amanda on both (server version for server and client for client), but cannot backup. i am using vtapes, and i plan to keep on using them not just for the test. when i run "amcheck daily": Amanda Tape Server Host Check ----------------------------- Holding disk /Programs/daily/data: 10871836 kB disk space available, using 10485760 kB as requested slot 5: read label `daily5', date `20070816123833' cannot overwrite active tape daily5 slot 6: read label `daily6', date `20070814' NOTE: skipping tape-writable test Tape daily6 label ok NOTE: host info dir /etc/amanda/daily/curinfo/myclient.mydomain.com does not exist NOTE: it will be created on the next run. NOTE: index dir /etc/amanda/daily/index/myclient.mydomain.com/ _Users_amanda_sync does not exist NOTE: it will be created on the next run. Server check took 0.244 seconds Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check -------------------------------- Client check: 1 host checked in 0.114 seconds, 0 problems found (brought to you by Amanda 2.5.2p1) when i run "amdump daily", i get this email message: Hostname: myserver.mydomain.com Org : localhost Config : daily Date : August 16, 2007 These dumps were to tape daily5. The next tape Amanda expects to use is: daily6. FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: myclient.mydomain.com /Users/amanda/sync lev 0 FAILED [no size line match in /sbin/dump output] STATISTICS: Total Full Incr. -------- -------- -------- Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:00 Run Time (hrs:min) 0:00 Dump Time (hrs:min) 0:00 0:00 0:00 Output Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Original Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Avg Compressed Size (%) -- -- -- Filesystems Dumped 0 0 0 Avg Dump Rate (k/s) -- -- -- Tape Time (hrs:min) 0:00 0:00 0:00 Tape Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tape Used (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Filesystems Taped 0 0 0 Chunks Taped 0 0 0 Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) -- -- -- USAGE BY TAPE: Label Time Size % Nb Nc daily5 0:00 0k 0.0 0 0 NOTES: planner: Adding new disk myclient.mydomain.com:/Users/amanda/sync. driver: WARNING: got empty schedule from planner taper: tape daily5 kb 0 fm 0 [OK] DUMP SUMMARY: DUMPER STATS TAPER STATS HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-kB OUT-kB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s ------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------- myclient.mydomain /Users/amanda/sync 0 FAILED ------------------------ -------------------- this is my server's "amanda.config": mailto "[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://uk.f230.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&YY=24699&y5beta=y es&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b> " dumpuser "amandabackup" inparallel 6 dumporder "sssS" dumpcycle 1 week runspercycle 1 dtimeout 3600 columnspec "Disk=1:18,HostName=0:10,OutKB=1:7" holdingdisk hda2 { directory "/Programs/daily/data" use 10Gb } define dumptype global { comment "Global definitions" } define tapetype BIOST1 { comment "Dump onto hard disk" length 3072 mbytes # specified in mbytes to get the exact size of 3GB } usetimestamps yes tapecycle 6 tapetype BIOST1 tpchanger "chg-disk" changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/changer" tapedev "file:/data3/biost1" autoflush no logdir "/etc/amanda/daily" # log directory infofile "/etc/amanda/daily/curinfo" # database filename indexdir "/etc/amanda/daily/index" # index directory i'll appreciate any help at all, Maya