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AMANDA-CLIENT.CON(5)	  File formats and conventions	    AMANDA-CLIENT.CON(5)

NAME
     amanda-client.conf  -  Client  configuration  file for Amanda, the Advanced
     Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver

DESCRIPTION
     amanda-client.conf(5) 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>/<con-
     fig>/amanda-client.conf are loaded.

SYNTAX
     The   syntax   of	 amanda-client.conf(5)	 is   identical   to   that  for
     amanda.conf(5).

GLOBAL PARAMETERS
     conf string
	 Default: Set by configure. The conf use by amrecover.

     client-username string
	 Default: CLIENT_LOGIN. Similar to the parameter of  the  same	name  in
	 amanda.conf(5),  this specifies the username that amrecover should send
	 when connecting to the server. It should match the  username  specified
	 in .amandahosts on the server.

     client-port [ int | string ]
	 Default:  "amanda".  Similar  to  the	parameter  of  the  same name in
	 amanda.conf(5), this specifies the port to connect on	the  server.  It
	 can be a service name or a numeric port number.

     amdump-server string
	 No default: Set by configure. The amanda server to connect with the am-
	 dump_client program.

     index-server string
	 Default:  Set	by configure. The amindexd server amrecover will connect
	 to.

     tape-server string
	 Default: Set by configure. The amidxtaped server amrecover will connect
	 to.

     tapedev string
	 Default: Set by configure. The tapedev amrecover will use.

     auth string
	 Default: "bsdtcp". Type of authorization to perform between tape server
	 and backup client hosts.

	 "bsd", bsd authorization with udp initial connection and one  tcp  con-
	 nection 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.

	 "krb5" to use Kerberos-V authorization.

	 "local", if the client is the server, it doesn't  require  authencation
	 setup.

	 "rsh" to use rsh authorization.

	 "ssh" to use OpenSSH authorization.

     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 default ssh
	 key will be used.

     gnutar-list-dir string
	 Default from configure --with-gnutar-listdir=DIR. The	directory  where
	 gnutar keep its state file.

     mailer string
	 Default  found  by  configure.  A  mail program that can send mail with
	 'MAILER -s "subject" user < message_file'.

     amandates string
	 Default: /etc/amandates. The file where amanda keep the  last	date  of
	 each dumplevel.

     connect-tries int
	 Default: 3. How many times the server will try a connection.

     rep-tries int
	 Default:  5.  How  many  times  amandad  will resend a REP packet if it
	 doesn't get the ACK packet.

     debug-days int
	 Default: 3. The number of days the debug files are kept.

     debug-amandad int
	 Default: 0. Debug level of the amandad process

     debug-amidxtaped int
	 Default: 0. Debug level of the amidxtaped process

     debug-amindexd int
	 Default: 0. Debug level of the amindexd process

     debug-amrecover int
	 Default: 0. Debug level of the amrecover process

     debug-auth int
	 Default: 0. Debug level of the auth module

     debug-event int
	 Default: 0. Debug level of the event module

     debug-holding int
	 Default: 0. Debug level of the holdingdisk module

     debug-protocol int
	 Default: 0. Debug level of the protocol module

     debug-selfcheck int
	 Default: 0. Debug level of the selfcheck process

     debug-sendsize int
	 Default: 0. Debug level of the sendsize process

     debug-sendbackup int
	 Default: 0. Debug level of the sendbackup process

     hostname string
	 Default: `hostname`. The hostname (in the DLE) of the client machine

     reserved-udp-port int,int
	 Default: --with-udpportrange or 512,1023. Reserved udp port  that  will
	 be used (amrecover with bsd or bsdudp)

     reserved-tcp-port int,int
	 Default:  --with-low-tcpportrange  or	512,1023. Reserved tcp port that
	 will be used (amrecover with bsdtcp)

     unreserved-tcp-port int,int
	 Default: --with-tcpportrange or 1025,65536. Unreserved  tcp  port  that
	 will be used (bsd, bsdudp)

     property string string+
	 Adds  a global property for this client host, useful for e.g., Applica-
	 tion API plugins. The first string is the property name, the  following
	 strings are the property values

APPLICATION SECTION
     The  amanda-client.conf  file may define multiple types of application. The
     information is entered in a application section, which looks like this:
     define application "name" {
	 application-option application-value
	 ...
     }

     name is the name of this type of application.

     The setting from an application is merged with the dle setting if the  name
     is  the  same  as	the  client-application-name  from  the  dle  or  if the
     client-application-name from the dle is not set and the name is the same as
     the plugin from the dle.

     The application options and values are:

     client-application-name string
	 Default: none. Not use on the client.

     comment string
	 Default: none. A comment string describing this application.

     plugin string
	 No default. Must be set to the name of the program. This  program  must
	 be  in  the  $libexecdir/amanda/application directory on the client. If
	 set, it must be the same as the dle plugin.

     property [append] [priority] string string+
	 No default. You can set property for the application, each  application
	 have  a  different  set of property. Both strings are quoted; the first
	 string contains the name of the property to set, and  the  others  con-
	 tains its values.  append keyword append the values to the list of val-
	 ues  for  that property.  priority keyword disallow the setting of that
	 property on the server.

SCRIPT SECTION
     The amanda-client.conf file may define multiple types of script. The infor-
     mation is entered in a script section, which looks like this:
     define script "name" {
	 script-option script-value
	 ...
     }

     name is the name of this type of script.

     The setting from a script is merged with the dle setting if the name is the
     same as the client-script-name from the dle or  if  the  client-script-name
     from  the	dle  is  not set and the name is the same as the plugin from the
     dle.

     The script options and values are:

     client-script-name string
	 Default: none. Not used on the client.

     comment string
	 Default: none. A comment string describing this script.

     plugin string
	 No default. Must be set to the name of the program. This  program  must
	 be  in  the $libdir/amanda/application directory on the client. If set,
	 it must be the same as the dle plugin.

     execute-where client
	 Default: client. Value can't be changed.

     execute-on execute_on[,execute_on]*
	 No default. When the script must be executed, you can specify	many  of
	 them:

	 pre-dle-amcheck
	     Execute before the amcheck command for the dle.

	 pre-host-amcheck
	     Execute before the amcheck command for all dle for the client.

	 post-dle-amcheck
	     Execute after the amcheck command for the dle.

	 post-host-amcheck
	     Execute after the amcheck command for all dle for the client.

	 pre-dle-estimate
	     Execute before the estimate command for the dle.

	 pre-host-estimate
	     Execute before the estimate command for all dle for the client.

	 post-dle-estimate
	     Execute after the estimate command for the dle.

	 post-host-estimate
	     Execute after the estimate command for all dle for the client.

	 pre-dle-backup
	     Execute before the backup command for the dle.

	 post-dle-backup
	     Execute after the backup command for the dle.

	 pre-recover
	     Execute before any level is recovered.

	 post-recover
	     Execute after all levels are recovered.

	 pre-level-recover
	     Execute before each level recovery.

	 post-level-recover
	     Execute after each level recovery.

	 inter-level-recover
	     Execute between two levels of recovery.

     property [append] [priority] string string+
	 No  default.  You  can  set property for the script, each script have a
	 different set of property. Both strings are quoted;  the  first  string
	 contains  the	name of the property to set, and the others contains its
	 values.  append keyword append the values to the  list  of  values  for
	 that  property.  priority keyword disallow the setting of that property
	 on the server.

SEE ALSO
     amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amcrypt(8), aespipe(1)

     The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/

AUTHORS
     James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>

     Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>

Amanda 3.5.1			   12/01/2017		    AMANDA-CLIENT.CON(5)

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