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Error: WARNING driver WARNING: got empty schedule from planner

Solution: Make sure the dumptype you are using in your disklist is defined in amanda.conf


Error: ERROR planner Request to client_host failed: timeout waiting for ACK

Solution: Make sure that xinetd is running on the client and that there is no errors in /etc/xinetd.d/amandaclient

Error: ERROR: NAK client_hostname: access as amandabackup not allowed from amandabackup@backup_server_hostname: /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts

Solution: Edit the /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts on the backup client and add a line backup_server_hostname amandabackup
Make sure to use FQDN in all .amandahosts files

Error:amandad: time 0.002: accept error: access as amandabackup not allowed from amanda@host: cannot open /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts: Permission denied
Error:WARNING driver WARNING: got empty schedule from planner
Error: amtape: could not get changer info: cannot determine first slot
Error: dumper: FATAL must be run setuid root to communicate correctly
Error: FAILED hmm, disk was stranded on waitq
Error: changer: got exit: 2 str: 1 Drive not ready after 120 seconds, rewind said "/usr/lib/amanda/chg-zd-mtx: line 392: mt: command not found"
Warning: "rewinding, reading label DailySet101, tape is in another amanda configuration"
Error: amanda.transolutions.net: can not read/write /etc/amandates: Permission denied
Error: amlabel: could not load slot "9": cannot determine first slot