On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 04:39:06PM -0500, Alex Thurlow wrote: > I'm having a strange error that I'm don't think is actually due to an > amanda config problem, but I'm seeing it through amanda, so I was hoping > someone could help me out. I have a machine that I'm backing up /etc and > /home on. Amanda backs up /etc fine, but it never backs up /home. > > The mail report just says: "mail2 /home lev 0 FAILED [mesg read: Connection > timed out]" > > And the log says: > FAIL dumper mail2 /home 0 [mesg read: Connection timed out] > sendbackup: start [mail2:/home level 0] > sendbackup: info BACKUP=/bin/tar > sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/gzip -dc |/bin/tar -f... - > sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz > sendbackup: info end > > > I've tried multiple IP addresses on the machine to try to make sure it's > not a networking problem. I'm pretty much stumped here, so I was hoping > someone could help me out.
Might this be a Solaris, or other system with an "automounted" /home directory. If so, perhaps what should be backed up the actual storage directory, like /export/home, if that is it. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)