Amrecover command fails with "request failed: timeout waiting for ACK."

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Issue

  • Amrecover command fails with "request failed: timeout waiting for ACK."
  • Amrecover  resolve_hostname(amandahost): Name or service not known.

  • Amrecover does not allow to browse the archive. Receive the below errors.

    root prompt>  amrecover -C PLGdeskBU
    AMRECOVER Version 2.6.1p2. Contacting server on amandahost ...
    [request failed: resolve_hostname(amandahost): Name or service not known
    ]
    

root> amrecover PLGdeskBU
AMRECOVER Version 2.6.1p2. Contacting server on amandahost ...
[request failed: timeout waiting for ACK]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Amanda

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