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10 <refentry id='amanda-applications.7'>
13 <refentrytitle>amanda-applications</refentrytitle>
14 <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
20 <refname>amanda-applications</refname>
21 <refpurpose>Application-api for amanda</refpurpose>
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29 <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
31 <para>Describe how to use application with Amanda</para>
34 <refsect1><title>APPLICATIONS</title>
36 <para>This section lists the applications included with Amanda. See the individual man pages for instructions on using them. For complete How-To information, consult the Amanda wiki at http://wiki.zmanda.com.</para>
40 <manref name="amgtar" vol="8"/>,
41 - use GNU Tar to backup and restore data.
44 <manref name="ampgsql" vol="8"/>,
45 - use PostgreSQL's continuous WAL archiving.
48 <manref name="amraw" vol="8"/>,
49 - use open and read to read the data.
52 <manref name="amsamba" vol="8"/>,
53 - use smbclient to backup and restore data.
56 <manref name="amstar" vol="8"/>,
57 - use star to backup and restore data.
60 <manref name="amsuntar" vol="8"/>,
61 - use native tar on Solaris to backup and restore data.
64 <manref name="amzfs-sendrecv" vol="8"/>,
65 - use zfs to create a snapshot and use 'zfs send' to generate the backup.
68 <manref name="amzfs-snapshot" vol="8"/>,
69 - use zfs to create a snapshot and for use with other applications (e.g. amgtar)
75 <refsect1><title>DEFINING APPLICATIONS</title>
77 <para>An application is defined in &amconf; as follows:
80 define application-tool $appconfigname {
82 property "$PROPERTY_NAME" "$PROPERTY_VALUE"
86 and then referenced in a dumptype as
88 define dumptype $dumptypename {
91 application "$appconfigname"
93 </programlisting></para>
95 <para>Application properties, like Amanda configuration parameters, are
96 insensitive to case, and <literal>-</literal> (dash) and
97 <literal>_</literal> (underscore) may be used interchangeably.</para>
99 <para>See the individual plugin documentation for properties applicable to each
105 <manref name="amanda.conf" vol="5"/>