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22 disklist \- List of partitions to back up for Amanda
27 file determines which disks will be backed up by Amanda\&. The file usually contains one line per disk:
29 \fIhostname diskname\fR [\fIdiskdevice\fR] \fIdumptype\fR [\fIspindle\fR [\fIinterface\fR] ]
33 \fIhostname diskname\fR
36 Lines starting with # are ignored, as are blank lines\&. The fields have the following meanings:
40 The name of the host to be backed up\&. If
42 refers to a PC share, this is the host Amanda will run the Samba
44 program on to back up the share\&.
49 The name of the disk (a label)\&. In most case, you set your
53 and you don\'t set the
55 If you want multiple entries with the same
56 \fBdiskdevice\fR, you must set a different
58 for each entry\&. It\'s the
60 that you use on the commandline for any Amanda command\&. Look at the example/disklist file for example\&.
65 Default: same as diskname\&. The name of the disk device to be backed up\&. It may be a full device name, a device name without the
68 \fIsd0a\fR, or a mount point such as
71 It may also refer to a PC share by starting the name with two (forward) slashes, e\&.g\&.
72 //some\-pc/home\&. In this case, the
74 option in the associated
77 \fBGNUTAR\fR\&. It is the combination of the double slash disk name and
81 that triggers the use of Samba\&.
91 \fIDumptype\fRs specify backup related parameters, such as whether to compress the backups, whether to record backup results in
92 /etc/dumpdates, the disk\'s relative priority, etc\&.
98 \fB\-1\fR\&. A number used to balance backup load on a host\&. Amanda will not run multiple backups at the same time on the same spindle, unless the spindle number is \-1, which means there is no spindle restriction\&.
104 \fIlocal\fR\&. The name of a network interface definition in the
106 file, used to balance network load\&.
110 \fBdumptype\fR, it is possible to define one in\-line, enclosing
112 options within curly braces, one per line, just like a
115 \fBamanda\&.conf\fR\&. Since pre\-existing
116 \fBdumptype\fRs are valid option names, this syntax may be used to customize
117 \fBdumptype\fRs for particular disks\&.
121 follow the left curly bracket\&.
127 is used for most disks, but use of the holding disk needs to be disabled for the file system that holds it, this would work instead of defining a new dumptype:
129 \fIhostname diskname\fR [ \fIdiskdevice\fR ] {
132 } [ \fIspindle\fR [ \fIinterface\fR ] ]
135 The { must appear at the end of a line, and the } on its own line possibly followed by the spindle and interface\&.
142 : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
145 \fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>
147 \fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>
149 \fBDustin J\&. Mitchell\fR <\&dustin@zmanda\&.com\&>
151 Zmanda, Inc\&. (http://www\&.zmanda\&.com)