.\" Title: amanda.conf
.\" Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 07/25/2012
+.\" Date: 01/10/2013
.\" Manual: File formats and conventions
-.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.2
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.3
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMANDA\&.CONF" "5" "07/25/2012" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.2" "File formats and conventions"
+.TH "AMANDA\&.CONF" "5" "01/10/2013" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.3" "File formats and conventions"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.RE
.RE
.PP
+\fBreport\-use\-media\fR \fIboolean\fR
+.RS 4
+Default:
+\fITrue\fR
+if
+\fBmax\-dle\-by\-volume\fR
+is not set,
+\fIFalse\fR
+if it is set\&. If the reporter must print the list of media used in the run\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBreport\-next\-media\fR \fIboolean\fR
+.RS 4
+Default:
+\fITrue\fR
+if
+\fBmax\-dle\-by\-volume\fR
+is not set,
+\fIFalse\fR
+if it is set\&. If the reporter must print the list of media expected for the next run\&.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBmax\-dle\-by\-volume\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fBrecord\fR \fIboolean\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\fByes\fR\&. Whether to ask the backup program to update its database (e\&.g\&.
-/etc/dumpdates
+\fIyes\fR\&. Whether to ask the backup program to update its database (e\&.g\&.
+/var/lib/dumpdates
for DUMP or
/usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar\-lists
for GNUTAR) of time stamps\&. This is normally enabled for daily backups and turned off for periodic archival runs\&.
.PP
\fBpart\-size\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
-Default: none\&. This is the size (in KB if no units are specified) of each split part written to the volume\&. It is reduced to
-\fBpart\-cache\-max\-size\fR
-when part caching is required\&. If this is set to zero, then no splitting will take place; in this case, some devices can span dumps from volume to volume, while others will cause the entire dump to fail if they encounter end\-of\-medium before the dump is complete\&. See "Dump Splitting Configuration" below\&.
+If this is set to zero (default), then no splitting will take place, and the entire dump will fail, if end\-of\-medium is encountered before the dump is complete, unless the device property LEOM is true, and the device can detect EOM\&. See "Dump Splitting Configuration" below\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBpart\-cache\-type\fR [ \fBnone\fR | \fBdisk\fR | \fBmemory\fR ]