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== What kind of trouble? ==
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=== General networking ===
 
 
 
; Issue : Amanda server and backup client are connected to the Internet via ADSL. It seems that when Amanda on the backup client does a DNS lookup for my Amanda server, it sees something like:
 
 
 
 
 
 
which is generated by the ISP. Since the machine has a static IP address, the really-long-and-annoying-hostname shouldn't change.  How to use backup server's hostname
 
actual hostname (amanda.mydomain.com) instead of the long ISP name?
 
 
 
; Solution : 
 
 
 
* Define the IP address in the hosts file (/etc/hosts) on the backup client
 
 
 
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX amanda.mydomain.com
 
 
 
* Change the name lookup order in /etc/nsswitch.conf file to
 
 
 
      hosts:      files dns
 
 
 
The lookup order, eg. files dns (and/or ldap, nis, ...) so that hosts file
 
is searched before name servers.
 
 
 
=== Reality Check Your Tape Drive ===
 
 
 
You can use a low level command to check the status of your tape drive, substituting the device name of your drive:
 
 
 
'''On FreeBSD:'''
 
 
  mt -f /dev/rsa0 status
 

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