Hi,
I solved my problem alone.
FYI the problem was that the basename of the machine was not well registred
(baseinstall in /etc/hostname, another name in DNS).
Thank you.
On Wednesday 13 June 2001 11:09, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to Amanda and have a brand new config running. My backup server and
> clients are Debian - i'm using Amanda 2.4.1p1 (precompiled for Debian).
>
> Here's my problem :
>
> I can without problem restore a backup on my backup server :
>
> backup:/var/local/space/test# amrecover -C Normal -s backup.freegates.net
> -t backup.freegates.net -d /dev/nst0
> AMRECOVER Version 2.4.1p1. Contacting server on backup.freegates.net ...
> 220 backup AMANDA index server (2.4.1p1) ready.
> 200 Access OK
> Setting restore date to today (2001-06-13)
> 200 Working date set to 2001-06-13.
> 200 Config set to Normal.
> 200 Dump host set to backup.
> Can't determine disk and mount point from $CWD
> amrecover> quit
> 200 Good bye.
>
> But when trying to restore directly on a remote server (the backup client),
> i get the following :
>
> baseinstall3:/tmp/amanda# amrecover -C Normal -s backup.freegates.net -t
> backup.freegates.net -d /dev/nst0
> AMRECOVER Version 2.4.1p1. Contacting server on backup.freegates.net ...
> amrecover: Error connecting to server: Invalid argument
>
> My backup user is backup. In /var/backups/.amandahosts (server side), i
> have (EA) :
>
> webu4 root
> webu4 backup
> webu4.freegates.net root
> webu4.freegates.net backup
>
> (i'm trying to restore as root)
>
> Here is what i find in (client):/tmp/amanda/amrecover.debug
>
> amrecover: debug 1 pid 643 ruid 0 euid 0 start time Wed Jun 13 10:59:17
> 2001 Error connecting to server
> amrecover: pid 643 finish time Wed Jun 13 10:59:17 2001
>
> In my syslog (backup server side) i cannot see anything showing that webu3
> tried to connect to backup.
>
> Has anybody an idea of what i could do to fix this problem ? Do you need
> other infos to help me ? Where can i find them ?
>
> Thanks a lot !
>
> Dexter
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