DESCRIPTION

Describe how to use application with Amanda

APPLICATIONS

This section lists the applications included with Amanda. See the individual man pages for instructions on using them. For complete How-To information, consult the Amanda wiki at http://wiki.zmanda.com.

• amgtar(8), - use GNU Tar to backup and restore data.

• ampgsql(8), - use PostgreSQL's continuous WAL archiving.

• amraw(8), - use open and read to read the data.

• amsamba(8), - use smbclient to backup and restore data.

• amstar(8), - use star to backup and restore data.

• amsuntar(8), - use native tar on Solaris to backup and restore data.

• amzfs-sendrecv(8), - use zfs to create a snapshot and use 'zfs send' to generate the backup.

• amzfs-snapshot(8), - use zfs to create a snapshot and for use with other applications (e.g. amgtar)

DEFINING APPLICATIONS

An application is defined in amanda.conf(5) as follows:

define application-tool $appconfigname {
   plugin "$pluginname"
   property "$PROPERTY_NAME" "$PROPERTY_VALUE"
   ...
}

and then referenced in a dumptype as

define dumptype $dumptypename {
   ...
   program "APPLICATION"
   application "$appconfigname"
}

Application properties, like Amanda configuration parameters, are insensitive to case, and - (dash) and _ (underscore) may be used interchangeably.

See the individual plugin documentation for properties applicable to each plugin.

AUTHORS

Jean-Louis Martineau <[email protected]>

Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)

Dustin J. Mitchell <[email protected]>

Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)