On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:11:06PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> Jon LaBadie wrote:
> >On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 08:36:31PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> >
> >>Does amanda have any type of variables in its config files? I already
> >>have a common file referenced by the three amanda.conf files, as well as
> >>a common disklist. I'm thinking of a $profile so that I can define the
> >>holding disk, index directories and etc in the common file...
> >>
> >
> >Close, the include directive.
> >
> >I got tired of seeing 99 dumptypes, 89 tapetypes, ...
> >in amanda.conf. So I broke them (and others) out
> >into 5 separate files in a common directory. The
> >5 categories (and my file names) are DumpTypes,
> >HoldingDisks, NetworkInterfaces, TapeTypes, and
> >Templates. I have them set up like:
> >
> > ...
> > |
> > amanda
> > |
> > ------------------
> > | | | |
> > conf1 conf2 conf3 CommonConfFiles
> >
> Did something similar, thought didn't split it as much.
>
> I wonder if the amanda developers would accept a submission of an
> updated split up default config...
>
> /etc/amanda
> |-- DailyFile1
> | |-- amanda.conf
> | |-- disklist -> ../disklist
> | `-- tapelist
> |-- DailySet1
> |-- DailyTape1
> | |-- amanda.conf
> | |-- disklist -> ../disklist
> | `-- tapelist
> |-- WeeklyTape1
> | |-- amanda.conf
> | |-- disklist -> ../disklist
> | `-- tapelist
> |-- amanda-common.conf
> |-- crontab.amanda
> |-- disklist
> `-- exclude.gtar
>
I edited the above slightly, eg. editor backups~ did not seem relevant.
I have no idea.
My individual reaction is that it might be best included as a set of
example configs. I suspect that many new (and maybe older) amanda
admins would love to see a sample virtual tape configuration, a daily
compared to weekly config, ... But to have them as the "default" ...?
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