I am trying to solve an amcheck error. "Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check" errors with"selfcheck request failed: timeout waiting for ACK".
I am simply trying to backup the local host (mother_inner) to a local tape drive (HP-LTO4). T his is amanda-2.6.1_p2 on a 64bit gentoo machine, using xinetd. Full output of amcheck: su amanda -c "/usr/sbin/amcheck Monthly_Mother" Amanda Tape Server Host Check ----------------------------- Holding disk /backup/dumps: 625549312 KB disk space available, using 625446912 KB read label `Monthly_Mother-01', date `X'. NOTE: skipping tape-writable test Tape Monthly_Mother-01 label ok NOTE: conf info dir /var/log/amanda/Monthly_Mother/curinfo does not exist NOTE: it will be created on the next run. NOTE: index dir /var/log/amanda/Monthly_Mother/index does not exist NOTE: it will be created on the next run. Server check took 0.066 seconds Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check -------------------------------- WARNING: mother_inner:: selfcheck request failed: timeout waiting for ACK Client check: 1 host checked in 30.033 seconds. 1 problem found. (brought to you by Amanda 2.6.1p2) I know it is listening based on netstat and lsof. netstat -a | grep amanda tcp 0 0 mother_inner:amandaidx *:* LISTEN udp 0 0 mother_inner:amanda *:* lsof -c xinetd COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME xinetd 14641 root cwd DIR 8,2 896 2 / xinetd 14641 root rtd DIR 8,2 896 2 / xinetd 14641 root txt REG 8,2 149424 4211662 /usr/sbin/xinetd xinetd 14641 root mem REG 8,2 43384 10141648 /lib64/libnss_nis-2.10.1.so xinetd 14641 root mem REG 8,2 31432 10141670 /lib64/libnss_compat-2.10.1.so xinetd 14641 root mem REG 8,2 47432 10141649 /lib64/libnss_files-2.10.1.so xinetd 14641 root mem REG 8,2 1399984 10141335 /lib64/libc-2.10.1.so xinetd 14641 root mem REG 8,2 39016 10141677 /lib64/libcrypt-2.10.1.so xinetd 14641 root mem REG 8,2 534648 10141639 /lib64/libm-2.10.1.so xinetd 14641 root mem REG 8,2 88880 10141657 /lib64/libnsl-2.10.1.so xinetd 14641 root mem REG 8,2 123168 10141666 /lib64/ld-2.10.1.so xinetd 14641 root mem REG 8,2 33832 274214 /lib64/libwrap.so.0.7.6 xinetd 14641 root 0r CHR 1,3 0t0 2953 /dev/null xinetd 14641 root 1r CHR 1,3 0t0 2953 /dev/null xinetd 14641 root 2r CHR 1,3 0t0 2953 /dev/null xinetd 14641 root 3r FIFO 0,6 0t0 3060137 pipe xinetd 14641 root 4w FIFO 0,6 0t0 3060137 pipe xinetd 14641 root 5u IPv4 3060165 0t0 UDP mother_inner:amanda xinetd 14641 root 6u IPv4 3060166 0t0 TCP mother_inner:amandaidx (LISTEN) xinetd 14641 root 7u unix 0xffff8801440d3740 0t0 3060144 socket xinetd 14641 root 8u IPv4 3060167 0t0 TCP mother_inner:amidxtape (LISTEN) I verified my name name resolution grep mother_inner /etc/hosts 192.168.0.60 mother_inner Getting into the backup scripts: /etc/amanda/Monthly_Mother/disklist mother_inner / root-tar /etc/amanda/Monthly_Mother/amanda.conf org "Monthly_Mother" mailto "root" dumpuser "amanda" inparallel 4 dumporder "sssS" taperalgo first displayunit "k" netusage 8000 Kbps dumpcycle 4 weeks runspercycle 1 tapecycle 2 tapes bumpsize 20 Mb bumppercent 20 bumpdays 1 bumpmult 4 etimeout 300 dtimeout 1800 ctimeout 30 device_output_buffer_size 1280k usetimestamps yes flush-threshold-dumped 0 flush-threshold-scheduled 0 taperflush 0 autoflush no runtapes 1 tapedev "tape:/dev/nst0" maxdumpsize -1 tapetype HP-LTO4 labelstr "^Monthly_Mother-[0-9][0-9]*$" amrecover_do_fsf yes amrecover_check_label yes amrecover_changer "changer" holdingdisk hd1 { comment "main holding disk" directory "/backup/dumps" use -100 Mb chunksize 1Gb } infofile "/var/log/amanda/Monthly_Mother/curinfo" logdir "/var/log/amanda/Monthly_Mother" indexdir "/var/log/amanda/Monthly_Mother/index" define tapetype HP-LTO4 { comment "HP StorageWorks Ultrium 1790 sas LTO-4" length 772096 mbytes filemark 0 kbytes speed 71474 kps readblocksize 64 kbytes } define dumptype global { comment "Global definitions" auth "bsd" } define dumptype always-full { global comment "Full dump of this filesystem always" compress none priority high dumpcycle 0 } define dumptype root-tar { global program "GNUTAR" comment "root partitions dumped with tar" compress none index priority low exclude list "/etc/amanda/Monthly_Mother/Monthly_Mother.exclude" } define dumptype user-tar { root-tar comment "user partitions dumped with priority medium } define dumptype user-tar-span { root-tar tape_splitsize 3 Gb comment "tape-spanning user partitions dumped with tar" priority medium } define dumptype high-tar { root-tar comment "partitions dumped with tar" priority high } define dumptype comp-root-tar { root-tar comment "Root partitions with compression" compress client fast } define dumptype comp-user-tar { user-tar compress client fast } define dumptype comp-user-tar-span { user-tar-span compress client fast } define dumptype holding-disk { global comment "The master-host holding disk itself" holdingdisk never priority medium } define dumptype comp-user { global comment "Non-root partitions on reasonably fast machines" compress client fast priority medium } define dumptype comp-user-span { global tape_splitsize 5 Gb comment "Tape-spanning non-root partitions on reasonably fast machines" compress client fast priority medium } define dumptype nocomp-user { comp-user comment "Non-root partitions on slow machines" compress none } define dumptype nocomp-user-span { comp-user-span comment "Tape-spanning non-root partitions on slow machines" compress none } define dumptype comp-root { global comment "Root partitions with compression" compress client fast priority low } define dumptype nocomp-root { comp-root comment "Root partitions without compression" compress none } define dumptype comp-high { global comment "very important partitions on fast machines" compress client best priority high } define dumptype nocomp-high { comp-high comment "very important partitions on slow machines" compress none } define dumptype nocomp-test { global comment "test dump without compression, no /etc/dumpdates recording" compress none record no priority medium } define dumptype comp-test { nocomp-test comment "test dump with compression, no /etc/dumpdates recording" compress client fast } define dumptype custom-compress { global program "GNUTAR" comment "custom client compression dumped with tar" compress client custom client_custom_compress "/usr/bin/bzip2" } define dumptype server-encrypt-fast { global program "GNUTAR" comment "fast client compression and server symmetric encryption" compress client fast encrypt server server_encrypt "/usr/sbin/amcrypt" server_decrypt_option "-d" } define dumptype client-encrypt-nocomp { global program "GNUTAR" comment "no compression and client symmetric encryption" compress none encrypt client client_encrypt "/usr/sbin/amcrypt" client_decrypt_option "-d" } define interface local { comment "a local disk" use 8000 kbps } define interface eth0 { comment "100 Mbps ethernet" use 5000 kbps } /etc/amanda/Monthly_Mother/Monthly_Mother.exclude /proc /tmp /sys /mnt /mount /backup /etc/xinetd.d/amanda # These are the services needed for amanda. # Default is to talk to localhost only unless # AMANDA_SERVER was specified at build time. service amanda { socket_type = dgram protocol = udp wait = yes user = amanda group = amanda groups = yes server = /usr/libexec/amanda/amandad # You need to ensure this points to your Amanda server! # Don't just remove it! only_from = mother_inner bind = 192.168.0.60 disable = no server_args = -auth=bsd amdump amindexd amidxtaped } service amandaidx { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = amanda group = amanda groups = yes server = /usr/libexec/amanda/amindexd # You need to ensure this points to your Amanda server! # Don't just remove it! only_from = mother_inner bind = 192.168.0.60 disable = no } service amidxtape { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = amanda group = amanda groups = yes server = /usr/libexec/amanda/amidxtaped # You need to ensure this points to your Amanda server! # Don't just remove it! only_from = mother_inner bind = 192.168.0.60 disable = no } And from the http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Amcheck_issues The amservice output means my server config is messed up amservice mother_inner bsd noop </dev/null Request failed: timeout waiting for ACK /var/log/messages shows xinetd Started working: 1 available service CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attachment hereto may contain confidential information of Meyer Sound Laboratories, Incorporated and is intended for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) only. 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