.\" Title: amanda-client.conf
.\" Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 06/01/2010
+.\" Date: 06/02/2011
.\" Manual: File formats and conventions
-.\" Source: Amanda 3.1.0
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.0
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMANDA\-CLIENT\&.CON" "5" "06/01/2010" "Amanda 3\&.1\&.0" "File formats and conventions"
+.TH "AMANDA\-CLIENT\&.CON" "5" "06/02/2011" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.0" "File formats and conventions"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
\fISet by configure\fR\&. The conf use by amrecover\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBclient_username\fR \fIstring\fR
+\fBclient\-username\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fICLIENT_LOGIN\fR\&. Similar to the parameter of the same name in
on the server\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBclient_port\fR [ \fIint\fR | \fIstring\fR ]
+\fBclient\-port\fR [ \fIint\fR | \fIstring\fR ]
.RS 4
Default:
\fI"amanda"\fR\&. Similar to the parameter of the same name in
\fBamanda.conf\fR(5), this specifies the port to connect on the server\&. It can be a service name or a numeric port number\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBindex_server\fR \fIstring\fR
+\fBindex\-server\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fISet by configure\fR\&. The amindexd server amrecover will connect to\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBtape_server\fR \fIstring\fR
+\fBtape\-server\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fISet by configure\fR\&. The amidxtaped server amrecover will connect to\&.
\fBauth\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\fB"bsd"\fR\&. Type of authorization to perform between tape server and backup client hosts\&.
+\fB"bsdtcp"\fR\&. Type of authorization to perform between tape server and backup client hosts\&.
.sp
\fB"bsd"\fR, bsd authorization with udp initial connection and one tcp connection by data stream\&.
.sp
to use OpenSSH authorization\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBssh_keys\fR \fIstring\fR
+\fBssh\-keys\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fINo default\fR\&. The key file the ssh auth will use, it must be the private key\&. If this parameter is not specified, then the default ssh key will be used\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBgnutar_list_dir\fR \fIstring\fR
+\fBgnutar\-list\-dir\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default from configure
\fI\-\-with\-gnutar\-listdir=DIR\fR\&. The directory where gnutar keep its state file\&.
\fI/etc/amandates\fR\&. The file where amanda keep the last date of each dumplevel\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBconnect_tries\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBconnect\-tries\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI3\fR\&. How many times the server will try a connection\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBrep_tries\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBrep\-tries\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI5\fR\&. How many times amandad will resend a REP packet if it doesn\'t get the ACK packet\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_days\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBdebug\-days\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI3\fR\&. The number of days the debug files are kept\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_amandad\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBdebug\-amandad\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the amandad process
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_amidxtaped\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBdebug\-amidxtaped\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the amidxtaped process
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_amindexd\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBdebug\-amindexd\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the amindexd process
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_amrecover\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBdebug\-amrecover\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the amrecover process
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_auth\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBdebug\-auth\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the auth module
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_event\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBdebug\-event\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the event module
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_holding\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBdebug\-holding\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the holdingdisk module
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_protocol\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBdebug\-protocol\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the protocol module
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_selfcheck\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBdebug\-selfcheck\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the selfcheck process
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_sendsize\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBdebug\-sendsize\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the sendsize process
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_sendbackup\fR \fIint\fR
+\fBdebug\-sendbackup\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the sendbackup process
.SH "APPLICATION SECTION"
.PP
The
-\fBamanda\&.conf\fR
+\fBamanda\-client\&.conf\fR
file may define multiple types of application\&. The information is entered in a
\fBapplication\fR
section, which looks like this:
.fi
.PP
\fIname\fR
-is the name of this type of application\&. It is referenced from the
-\fBdumptype\fR
+is the name of this type of application\&.
+.PP
+The setting from an application is merged with the dle setting if the
+\fIname\fR
+is the same as the
+\fBclient\-application\-name\fR
+from the dle or if the
+\fBclient\-application\-name\fR
+from the dle is not set and the
+\fIname\fR
+is the same as the
+\fBplugin\fR
+from the dle\&.
.PP
The application options and values are:
.PP
+\fBclient\-application\-name\fR \fIstring\fR
+.RS 4
+Default:
+\fInone\fR\&. Not use on the client\&.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBcomment\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
.RS 4
No default\&. Must be set to the name of the program\&. This program must be in the
\fI$libexecdir/amanda/application\fR
-directory on the client\&.
+directory on the client\&. If set, it must be the same as the dle
+\fBplugin\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBproperty\fR [\fBappend\fR] [\fBpriority\fR] \fIstring\fR \fIstring\fR+
.SH "SCRIPT SECTION"
.PP
The
-\fBamanda\&.conf\fR
+\fBamanda\-client\&.conf\fR
file may define multiple types of script\&. The information is entered in a
\fBscript\fR
section, which looks like this:
.fi
.PP
\fIname\fR
-is the name of this type of script\&. It is referenced from the
-\fBdumptype\fR
+is the name of this type of script\&.
+.PP
+The setting from a script is merged with the dle setting if the
+\fIname\fR
+is the same as the
+\fBclient\-script\-name\fR
+from the dle or if the
+\fBclient\-script\-name\fR
+from the dle is not set and the
+\fIname\fR
+is the same as the
+\fBplugin\fR
+from the dle\&.
.PP
The script options and values are:
.PP
+\fBclient\-script\-name\fR \fIstring\fR
+.RS 4
+Default:
+\fInone\fR\&. Not used on the client\&.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBcomment\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
.RS 4
No default\&. Must be set to the name of the program\&. This program must be in the
\fI$libdir/amanda/application\fR
-directory on the client and/or server\&.
+directory on the client\&. If set, it must be the same as the dle
+\fBplugin\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBexecute_where\fR [ \fBclient\fR | \fBserver\fR ]
+\fBexecute\-where\fR \fBclient\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\fBclient\fR\&. Where the script must be executed, on the client or server\&. Only
-\fBclient\fR
-is valid\&.
+\fBclient\fR\&. Value can\'t be changed\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBexecute_on\fR \fIexecute_on\fR[,\fIexecute_on\fR]*
+\fBexecute\-on\fR \fIexecute_on\fR[,\fIexecute_on\fR]*
.RS 4
No default\&. When the script must be executed, you can specify many of them:
.PP
Execute before the backup command for the dle\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBpre\-host\-backup\fR
-.RS 4
-Execute before the backup command for all dle for the client\&.
-.RE
-.PP
\fBpost\-dle\-backup\fR
.RS 4
Execute after the backup command for the dle\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBpost\-host\-backup\fR
-.RS 4
-Execute after the backup command for all dle for the client\&.
-.RE
-.PP
\fBpre\-recover\fR
.RS 4
Execute before any level is recovered\&.