Re: Problem with amcheck

Ummm... The DNS is set up correctly. I have set up the primary DNS. It is working fine a lot of time. Is it working fine ALL the time or does it fail sometimes? DL -- You have a deformed comb, so go suck eggs...

Re: Problem with amcheck

Hi Chris! Welcome to the "simpler"(chic) world of sendmail! :-)) I have solved a similar problem by just putting a "." after the hostname. Instead of "fileserver" you would then have "fileserver." in /etc/hosts (you can use "fileserver" as the nickname of "fileserver." there, in the

about amdump

I don't understand who I set the dirs/files I want to backup. Can someone explain this to me? Thanks

tar-patch

Hi, I'm trying to install Amanda, but having a little trouble patching tar. I'm not even sure if it's necessary, as the patch is for tar-1.12, and I have version 1.13-17. Maybe the problems described for version 1.12 don't occur with 1.13 ? Marion -- Der Herr hat uns nicht die Gnade zuteil

Re: tar-patch

On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:35:25PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install Amanda, but having a little trouble patching tar. I'm not even sure if it's necessary, as the patch is for tar-1.12, and I have version 1.13-17. Maybe the problems described for version 1.12 don't

Setting how long Amanda saves index files

I was looking through my Amanda index directory and noticed that my system is storing 10 days of incremental indexes, and only a single level 0 index at any given time. I have three backup sets: Incremental, Weekly, and Monthy (with monthly being rotated for offsite storage). I want to set

Re: Setting how long Amanda saves index files

On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 10:39:55AM -0500, Matt Glaves wrote: I was looking through my Amanda index directory and noticed that my system is storing 10 days of incremental indexes, and only a single level 0 index at any given time. I have three backup sets: Incremental, Weekly, and Monthy

infamous amcheck selfcheck request timed out problem

Hi, I am getting the infamous amcheck "selfcheck request timed out" problem. I am attepting to backup the server (hostname is redrox , running RH 6.2 Linux) that amanda is installed on. I have read the FAQ on this problem and have checked out everything suggested. This is what my /etc/inetd.conf

Re: infamous amcheck selfcheck request timed out problem

This is what my /etc/inetd.conf looks like: amandadgram udp wait amanda /usr/local/libexec amandad This should be: amandadgram udp wait amanda /usr/local/libexec/amandad amandad Erick Bodine John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. Please turn

Re: infamous amcheck selfcheck request timed out problem

Hi, This is what my /etc/inetd.conf looks like: amandadgram udp wait amanda /usr/local/libexec amandad This is incorrect. The second last argument is a full path to your server program, not just the directory. It should be /usr/local/libexec/amandad. Ben

Re: L280 with solaris 8, sgen working :)

I put some time into this and I thought I would share. Thanks, I compiled chg-scsi on my Solaris 8 box with a L280, but had some kind of timing problem. I could issue a command, it would fail because the changer wouldn't return any info, then turn around and issue the same command and