1DISKLIST(5)              File formats and conventions              DISKLIST(5)
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NAME

6       disklist - List of partitions to back up for Amanda
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DESCRIPTION

9       The disklist file determines which disks will be backed up by Amanda.
10       The file usually contains one line per disk:
11       hostname diskname [diskdevice] dumptype [spindle [interface] ]
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13       All pairs [ hostname diskname ] must be unique.
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15       Lines starting with # are ignored, as are blank lines. The fields have
16       the following meanings:
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18       hostname
19           The name of the host to be backed up. If diskdevice refers to a PC
20           share, this is the host Amanda will run the Samba smbclient program
21           on to back up the share.
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23       diskname
24           The name of the disk (a label). In most case, you set your diskname
25           to the diskdevice and you don´t set the diskdevice.  If you want
26           multiple entries with the same diskdevice, you must set a different
27           diskname for each entry. It´s the diskname that you use on the
28           commandline for any Amanda command. Look at the example/disklist
29           file for example.
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32           Default: same as diskname. The name of the disk device to be backed
33           up. It may be a full device name, a device name without the /dev/
34           prefix, e.g.  sd0a, or a mount point such as /usr.
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36           It may also refer to a PC share by starting the name with two
37           (forward) slashes, e.g.  //some-pc/home. In this case, the program
38           option in the associated dumptype must be entered as GNUTAR. It is
39           the combination of the double slash disk name and program GNUTAR in
40           the dumptype that triggers the use of Samba.
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42       dumptype
43           Refers to a dumptype defined in the amanda.conf file.  Dumptypes
44           specify backup related parameters, such as whether to compress the
45           backups, whether to record backup results in /etc/dumpdates, the
46           disk´s relative priority, etc.
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48       spindle
49           Default: -1. A number used to balance backup load on a host.
50           Amanda will not run multiple backups at the same time on the same
51           spindle, unless the spindle number is -1, which means there is no
52           spindle restriction.
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55           Default: local. The name of a network interface definition in the
56           amanda.conf file, used to balance network load.
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58       Instead of naming a dumptype, it is possible to define one in-line,
59       enclosing dumptype options within curly braces, one per line, just like
60       a dumptype definition in amanda.conf. Since pre-existing dumptypes are
61       valid option names, this syntax may be used to customize dumptypes for
62       particular disks.
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64       A line break must follow the left curly bracket.
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66       For instance, if a dumptype named normal is used for most disks, but
67       use of the holding disk needs to be disabled for the file system that
68       holds it, this would work instead of defining a new dumptype:
69       hostname diskname [ diskdevice ] {
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71         holdingdisk never
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AUTHORS

75       James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
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77       Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>
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79       Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin@zmanda.com>
80           Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)
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84Amanda 2.6.1p2                    11/05/2009                       DISKLIST(5)