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-Name
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-amanda-client.conf \14 Client configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced
-Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
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-DESCRIPTION
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-amanda-client.conf is the client configuration file for Amanda. This manpage
-lists the relevant sections and parameters of this file for quick reference.
-The files <CONFIG_DIR>/amanda-client.conf and <CONFIG_DIR>/<config>/amanda-
-client.conf are loaded.
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-PARAMETERS
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-There are a number of configuration parameters that control the behavior of the
-Amanda programs. All have default values, so you need not specify the parameter
-in amanda-client.conf if the default is suitable.
-Lines starting with # are ignored, as are blank lines. Comments may be placed
-on a line with a directive by starting the comment with a #. The remainder of
-the line is ignored.
-Keywords are case insensitive, i.e. auth and Auth are treated the same.
-Integer arguments may have one of the following (case insensitive) suffixes,
-some of which have a multiplier effect:
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-POSSIBLE SUFFIXES
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- b byte bytes
- Some number of bytes.
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- bps
- Some number of bytes per second.
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- k kb kbyte kbytes kilobyte kilobytes
- Some number of kilobytes (bytes*1024).
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- kps kbps
- Some number of kilobytes per second (bytes*1024).
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- m mb meg mbyte mbytes megabyte megabytes
- Some number of megabytes (bytes*1024*1024).
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- mps mbps
- Some number of megabytes per second (bytes*1024*1024).
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- g gb gbyte gbytes gigabyte gigabytes
- Some number of gigabytes (bytes*1024*1024*1024).
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- tape tapes
- Some number of tapes.
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- day days
- Some number of days.
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- week weeks
- Some number of weeks (days*7).
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- Note
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- The value inf may be used in most places where an integer is expected to
- mean an infinite amount.
- Boolean arguments may have any of the values y, yes, t, true or on to
- indicate a true state, or n, no, f, false or off to indicate a false
- state. If no argument is given, true is assumed.
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-PARAMETERS
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- conf string
- Default: Set by configure. The conf use by amrecover.
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- index_server string
- Default: Set by configure. The amindexd server amrecover will connect to.
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- tape_server string
- Default: Set by configure. The amidxtaped server amrecover will connect
- to.
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- tapedev string
- Default: Set by configure. The tapedev amrecover will use.
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- auth string
- Default: bsd. Type of authorization to perform between tape server and
- backup client hosts.
- bsd, bsd authorization with udp initial connection and one tcp connection
- by data stream.
- bsdtcp, bsd authorization but use only one tcp connection.
- bsdudp, like bsd, but will use only one tcp connection for all data
- stream.
- krb4 to use Kerberos-IV authorization.
- krb5 to use Kerberos-V authorization.
- rsh to use rsh authorization.
- ssh to use OpenSSH authorization.
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- ssh_keys string
- Default: No default. The key file the ssh auth will use, it must be the
- private key. If this parameter is not specified, then the deafult ssh key
- will be used.
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- gnutar_list_dir string
- Default from configure --with-gnutar-listdir=DIR. The directory where
- gnutar keep its state file.
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- amandates string
- Default: /etc/amandates. The file where amanda keep the last date of each
- dumplevel.
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- connect_tries int
- Default: 3. How many times the server will try a connection.
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- rep_tries int
- Default: 5. How many times amandad will resend a REP packet if it doesn't
- get the ACK packet.
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- debug_amandad int
- Default: 0. Debug level of the amandad process
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- debug_amidxtaped int
- Default: 0. Debug level of the amidxtaped process
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- debug_amindexd int
- Default: 0. Debug level of the amindexd process
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- debug_amrecover int
- Default: 0. Debug level of the amrecover process
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- debug_auth int
- Default: 0. Debug level of the auth module
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- debug_event int
- Default: 0. Debug level of the event module
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- debug_holding int
- Default: 0. Debug level of the holdingdisk module
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- debug_protocol int
- Default: 0. Debug level of the protocol module
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- debug_selfcheck int
- Default: 0. Debug level of the selfcheck process
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- debug_sendsize int
- Default: 0. Debug level of the sendsize process
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- debug_sendbackup int
- Default: 0. Debug level of the sendbackup process
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- reserved-udp-port int,int
- Default: --with-udpportrange or 512,1023. Reserved udp port that will be
- used (amrecover with bsd or bsdudp)
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- reserved-tcp-port int,int
- Default: --with-low-tcpportrange or 512,1023. Reserved tcp port that will
- be used (amrecover with bsdtcp)
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- unreserved-tcp-port int,int
- Default: --with-tcpportrange or 1025,65536. Unreserved tcp port that will
- be used (bsd, bsdudp)
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-AUTHOR
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-James da Silva, <jds@amanda.org>: Original text
-Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the Amanda-documentation:
-XML-conversion, major update, splitting
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-SEE ALSO
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-amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amcrypt(8), aespipe(1),
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