amrecover - can't talk to tape server: service amidxtaped: Help please.

[Gonzalo Ruiz]

Hellow, im new at using AMANDA, and i need it for my last grade work.

When i try to recover AMANDA, i can check al the files y have in the backups, but i cant extract them.

This is the message that i receive when i try to do it.

Extracting files using tape drive changer on host localhost.
Load tape MyData03 now
Continue [?/Y/n/s/d]? extract
Continue [?/Y/n/s/d]? d
New device name [?]: changer
Using tape "changer" from server localhost.
Continue [?/Y/n/s/d]? y
amrecover - can't talk to tape server: service amidxtaped:
amrecover> exit
200 Good bye.


Im using this distribution: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS

This is my amanda.conf file:

org "MyConfig"
infofile "/amanda/state/curinfo"
logdir "/amanda/state/log"
indexdir "/amanda/state/index"
dumpuser "backup"

tpchanger "chg-disk:/amanda/vtapes"
labelstr "MyData[0-9][0-9]"
autolabel "MyData%%" EMPTY VOLUME_ERROR
tapecycle 4
dumpcycle 3 days
amrecover_changer "changer"

tapetype "TEST-TAPE"
define tapetype TEST-TAPE {
length 100 mbytes
filemark 4 kbytes
}

define dumptype simple-gnutar-local {
auth "local"
compress none
program "GNUTAR"
}

define dumptype simple-gnutar-remote {
auth "bsdtcp"
compress none
program "GNUTAR"
}

holdingdisk hd1 {
directory "/amanda/holding"
use 50 mbytes
chunksize 1 mbyte
}

This is my disklist file:

localhost /etc simple-gnutar-local
UBUNTUcli-10.asir2t-10.centro /etc simple-gnutar-remote
localhost //XP-10/Copias simple-gnutar-local

This is my amandahosts file:

localhost backup amdump
UBUNTU-10.asir2t-10.centro backup amdump
localhost root amindexd amidxtaped
UBUNTU-10.asir2t-10.centro amindexd amidxtaped

Please if there is anything you can say to help me i will really appreciate it.

If there is any other file or data you need to know ask freely.

[martineau]

Which auth are you using? it default to bsdtcp, do you configured xinetd?

If you want to use the 'local' auth then add it to amanda-client.conf or on the mrecover command line: -oauth=local

[Gonzalo Ruiz]

I checked the xinetd, but i didnt see anything wrong, once im able to put the data i will put them here.

Do you have to put an amanda-client.conf in every client?
It must be always in this rute? /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf:

And does it have always have to have this info?

index_server "localhost"
tapedev "changer"
auth "local"

Or if you have to use a client that is not the server, you have to set UBUNTU-10.asir2t-10.centro (domain name)?

EDIT---

I checked everything, and i cant find what is wrong. Ill put other files i have. I changed some localhost to -> UBUNTU-10 , is that ok? or is completely wrong?

/etc/xinetd.d/amanda :

# default: on
#
# description: Amanda services for Amanda server and client.
#

service amanda
{
disable = no
flags = IPv4
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = backup
group = disk
groups = yes
server = /usr/lib/amanda/amandad
server_args = -auth=bsdtcp amdump amindexd amidxtaped
}

/etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf :

index_server "UBUNTU-10"
tapedev "changer"
auth "local"[/I]

/etc/amanda/MyConfig/disklist :

UBUNTU-10 /etc simple-gnutar-local

UBUNTUcli-10 /etc simple-gnutar-remote

UBUNTU-10 //XP-10/Copias simple-gnutar-local


/var/backups/.amandahosts :

localhost backup amdump

UBUNTU-10 backup amdump

localhost root amindexd amidxtaped

UBUNTU-10 root amindexd amidxtaped

I think this is all the relevant files to my problem, what else can i do? what seems wrong?

[Gonzalo Ruiz]

I tried everything about the auth, but it doesnt seem to work, please, there is anything else that you can gibe me for advice?

[Gonzalo Ruiz]

I tried everything about the auth, ant it is not working, there is any other help or advice that can you ibe me, please?

[martineau]

What's in /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf on the amanda client? Is it set to bsdtcp?
Do you restarted the xinetd daemon on the server?

[Gonzalo Ruiz]

Im not sure how to start the xinetd daemon,

This is what is en the /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf

index_server "UBUNTU-10"
tapedev "changer"
auth "local"

Is it correct?

Do i have to write more things on it?

[martineau]

Do the amanda server is the same machine as the amanda client? You can't use the local auth if they are not the same machine.

The xinetd file must be on the amanda server, look in the distribution documentation to find how to restart it.

[Gonzalo Ruiz]

I have 3 clients, one of them is the same machine, other one is a Windows wich i backup with samba, so i guess that also counts as a local one. The thing is that is that i tried both auth, bsdtcp and local, and i dont make it to work.

[martineau]

'local' auth should works if you run amrecover on the amanda server.

I can't help you more since you don't post what you do exactly and the error you get.