ON my exciting installation with no changes (well I added some Windows clients). Several machines now are timing out on amcheck, and on the backup run. The machines seem to be somewhat variable, but I picked one that seems to be a consistent "bad actor" Here is the debug file from an amcheck this morning.
--------------- amandad: debug 1 pid 20072 ruid 404 euid 404: start at Tue Dec 29 08:20:40 2009 amandad: version 2.4.3b4 amandad: build: VERSION="Amanda-2.4.3b4" amandad: BUILT_DATE="Mon Feb 3 09:40:35 GMT 2003" amandad: BUILT_MACH="SunOS AP0550 5.5.1 Generic_103640-20 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-5" amandad: CC="gcc" amandad: CONFIGURE_COMMAND="'./configure' '--with-config=DailyDump' '--prefix=/opt/amanda' '--with-index-server=debian' '--with-user=amanda' '--with-group=operator' '--with-tape-server=debian' '--with-debugging' '--with-tape-device=/dev/nst0' '--sbindir=/opt/amanda/sbin' '--libexecdir=/opt/amanda/libexec' '--libdir=/opt/amanda/lib' '--with-configdir=/opt/amanda/etc/amanda' '--with-gnutar-listdir=/opt/amanda/var/amanda/gnutar-lists' '--mandir=/opt/amanda/man' '--without-rundump' '--without-server'" amandad: paths: bindir="/opt/amanda/bin" sbindir="/opt/amanda/sbin" amandad: libexecdir="/opt/amanda/libexec" mandir="/opt/amanda/man" amandad: AMANDA_TMPDIR="/tmp/amanda" AMANDA_DBGDIR="/tmp/amanda" amandad: CONFIG_DIR="/opt/amanda/etc/amanda" DEV_PREFIX="/dev/dsk/" amandad: RDEV_PREFIX="/dev/rdsk/" DUMP="/usr/sbin/ufsdump" amandad: RESTORE="/usr/sbin/ufsrestore" amandad: COMPRESS_PATH="/opt/FSFgzip/bin/gzip" amandad: UNCOMPRESS_PATH="/opt/FSFgzip/bin/gzip" amandad: MAILER="/bin/mailx" amandad: listed_incr_dir="/opt/amanda/var/amanda/gnutar-lists" amandad: defs: DEFAULT_SERVER="debian" DEFAULT_CONFIG="DailyDump" amandad: DEFAULT_TAPE_SERVER="debian" amandad: DEFAULT_TAPE_DEVICE="/dev/nst0" HAVE_MMAP HAVE_SYSVSHM amandad: LOCKING=POSIX_FCNTL SETPGRP_VOID DEBUG_CODE amandad: AMANDA_DEBUG_DAYS=4 BSD_SECURITY USE_AMANDAHOSTS amandad: CLIENT_LOGIN="amanda" FORCE_USERID HAVE_GZIP amandad: COMPRESS_SUFFIX=".gz" COMPRESS_FAST_OPT="--fast" amandad: COMPRESS_BEST_OPT="--best" UNCOMPRESS_OPT="-dc" amandad: time 0.003: got packet: -------- Amanda 2.6 REQ HANDLE 000-00000009 SEQ 1262258321 SECURITY USER amanda SERVICE selfcheck OPTIONS features=ffffffff9ffeffffffff7f;maxdumps=1;hostname=AW0071.mcn.chs; DUMP /dev/md/dsk/d5 0 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP /dev/md/dsk/d4 0 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP /dev/md/dsk/d2 0 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP /dev/md/dsk/d0 0 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;srvcomp-best;index; -------- amandad: time 0.004: sending ack: ---- Amanda 2.4 ACK HANDLE 000-00000009 SEQ 1262258321 ---- amandad: time 0.040: bsd security: remote host amanda.mcn.chs user amanda local user amanda amandad: time 0.041: amandahosts security check passed amandad: time 0.041: running service "/opt/amanda/libexec/selfcheck" amandad: time 0.212: sending REP packet: ---- Amanda 2.4 REP HANDLE 000-00000009 SEQ 1262258321 OPTIONS features=fffffeff9f00; OK /dev/md/dsk/d5 OK /dev/md/dsk/d5 OK /dev/md/rdsk/d5 OK /dev/md/dsk/d4 OK /dev/md/dsk/d4 OK /dev/md/rdsk/d4 OK /dev/md/dsk/d2 OK /dev/md/dsk/d2 OK /dev/md/rdsk/d2 OK /dev/md/dsk/d0 OK /dev/md/dsk/d0 OK /dev/md/rdsk/d0 OK /usr/sbin/ufsdump executable OK /usr/sbin/ufsrestore executable OK /opt/FSFgzip/bin/gzip executable OK /etc/dumpdates read/writable OK /dev/null read/writable OK /tmp/amanda has more than 64 KB available. OK /tmp/amanda has more than 64 KB available. OK /etc has more than 64 KB available. ---- amandad: time 10.208: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds amandad: time 10.209: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying amandad: time 11.817: got packet: ---- Amanda 2.6 REQ HANDLE 000-00000009 SEQ 1262258321 SECURITY USER amanda SERVICE selfcheck OPTIONS features=ffffffff9ffeffffffff7f;maxdumps=1;hostname=AW0071.mcn.chs; DUMP /dev/md/dsk/d5 0 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP /dev/md/dsk/d4 0 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP /dev/md/dsk/d2 0 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP /dev/md/dsk/d0 0 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;srvcomp-best;index; ---- amandad: time 11.817: it is not an ack amandad: time 21.808: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds amandad: time 21.808: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying amandad: time 29.855: got packet: ---- Amanda 2.6 REQ HANDLE 000-00000009 SEQ 1262258321 SECURITY USER amanda SERVICE selfcheck OPTIONS features=ffffffff9ffeffffffff7f;maxdumps=1;hostname=AW0071.mcn.chs; DUMP /dev/md/dsk/d5 0 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP /dev/md/dsk/d4 0 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP /dev/md/dsk/d2 0 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP /dev/md/dsk/d0 0 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;srvcomp-best;index; ---- amandad: time 29.856: it is not an ack amandad: time 39.848: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds amandad: time 39.849: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying amandad: time 49.848: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds amandad: time 49.849: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying amandad: time 59.848: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds amandad: time 59.849: waiting for ack: timeout, giving up! amandad: time 59.849: pid 20072 finish time Tue Dec 29 08:21:40 2009 --------------- I have a suspicion that we may be having network issues (loading ?). 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