A few things I would check: *) Since you area already part of a domain, your amandapass does not require the third field that specifies the workgroup.
*) Your disklist specifies nocomp-user-gnutar as the backup method. What is listed in there? *) check out the errors logs in /tmp/amanda. It might help highlight a few issues with the backup errors. *) The packages that you are using are fairly old. You might want to try upgrading them as the updated package might contain fixes relevant to your problem. I am able to successfully backup windows2000 systems using amanda on a redhat box, so I do know that this works. It has nothing to do with your linux box needing to be a PDC. So long as your linux box is a member of the domain, you should be okay. -Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 9:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: please, help with samba/windows setup > > > Hi there ! > > I am having trouble to setup amanda to backup shares from a > Windows 2000 server. I am not sure this is possible, (I suspect is > not), so I am writing to get a confirmation that this is impossible > and ask for suggestions to backup the windows 2000 shares. > > The PDC is a windows 2000 machine. it's NetBIOS name is > kgbserver. The shares that I want to backup are named > "//kgbserver/Others" and "//kgbserver/Docs". > > The amanda server is a RH9.0, with samba configured as > security=DOMAIN . The samba NetBIOS name is KGBSERVER2. > > This is why I think this could be a problem. The samba > server is not the PDC for that domain. It is just a client for that > domain. This makes any sense ? > > In the disklist file I put the following lines for the > shares I want to backup: > > kgbserver2 //kgbserver/Others nocomp-user-gnutar > kgbserver2 //kgbserver/Docs nocomp-user-gnutar > > The file /etc/amandapass was configured with the > Administrator and password for the Windows machine: > > //kgbserver/Others administrator%ajjj882 KGB > //kgbserver/Docs administrator%ajjj882 KGB > > > On the amanda server (RH9.0) I can browse the Windows 2000's > shares with smbclient, for example: > > # smbclient -L //kgbserver -U administrator%ajjj882 -W KGB > added interface ip=192.168.155.202 bcast=192.168.155.255 > nmask=255.255.255.0 > Domain=[KGB] OS=[Windows 5.0] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] > > Sharename Type Comment > --------- ---- ------- > > ...etc... and browsing a specific share: > > # smbclient //kgbserver/Others -U administrator%ajjj882 -W KGB > added interface ip=192.168.155.202 bcast=192.168.155.255 > nmask=255.255.255.0 > Domain=[KGB] OS=[Windows 5.0] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] > smb: \> ls > . D 0 Fri Jun 25 > 14:46:26 2004 > .. D 0 Fri Jun 25 > 14:46:26 2004 > ENVELOPES D 0 Thu Feb 28 > 15:02:23 2002 > > ...etc.... > > ...and even smbtar work fine: > > # cd /tmp > # smbtar -s kgbserver -u administrator%ajjj882 -x Others -t > others.tar > # tar -tvf others.tar > ...etc... > > ...and amcheck works fine too: > > # /bin/su - amanda -c "/usr/sbin/amcheck -c DialySet1" > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > Client check: 2 hosts checked in 10.682 seconds, 0 problems found > > (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.3) > > > The amdump fail with the following message: > > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: > planner: ERROR Request to kgbserver2 timed out. > > .... and from DUMP summary: > > DUMP SUMMARY: > DUMPER STATS TAPER > STATS > HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS > KB/s > -------------------------- --------------------------------- > ------------ > kgbserver2 -ver/Others MISSING > -------------------------------------- > kgbserver2 -erver/Docs MISSING > -------------------------------------- > > Is this setup really impossible ? > As last resort, I configured Amanda to backup the mount > point "/mnt/kgbserver/Others" and "/mnt/kgbserver/Docs" from the > machine kgbserver2. > > These mount points are mounted at boot time via /etc/fstab using > smbfs. > > Is there another better solution ? > > I will appreciated any ideas and comments. > > thank you gurus in advance, > > Amanda server: RH9.0, running 2.4.20-30.9. > amanda version: 2.4.3-4 (from the rpm package) > samba version: 2.2.7a release 8.9.0 (from the rpm package) > > -- > Miguel Angelo Rozsas > K3M Consultoria > 19 3232 8886 > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo e-mail seguro Maxiweb. > McAfee VirusScan / Vacina v4374 atualizada em 07/07/2004 > powered by wstation (www.wstation.com.br) >