on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:32:29 EDT Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 11:15:21PM +0200, Charles Stroom wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have recently installed Amanda version 2.5.1b1 on my SuSE 10.0 PC, > > via an binary rpm. After some struggling, I start to understand > > how it works and backups are being made. > > > ... > > > > Another question I have is why I should keep my ethernet card up > > to run the backup. My home PC is an Amanda server-client machine, > > connected to a small home network with an ADSL router and a mail > > server on an old PC, but the backup is done on this single home PC. > > But if I bring the ethernet card down, amdump cannot connect to the > > server and fails. Of course, as recommended, my .amandahosts does > > not contain "localhost", but is: > > > > corrente.localnet root amindexd amidxtaped > > corrente.localnet amandabackup amdump > > > > Should I include "localhost"? > > > > You only have the amanda server as a client to backup, correct? > And it will not be on the (a) network all the time.
Correct (at least, for now; later I will add my mail server as well) > > Sounds to me like you have found > the exception to the rule > "you shouldn't use localhost". > I changed all occurence of "corrente.localnet" to "localhost" in .amandahost, disklist and amanda-client.conf, but now amcheck complains that it cannot connect and times out. Well, it is not that important, I can live with the situation as it is. Thanks anyhow > > -- > Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 > Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax) Charles email: charles at stremen dot xs4all dot nl