>Is there a way to group hosts to the different ethernet interfaces
>(like partitions to disks), so I can configure amanda like this:
> do up to 4 backup clients in parallel,
> but only up to two (or one) on each ethernet interface.
That's exactly what the "interface" part of an amanda.conf file and the
corresponding disklist entry is meant to do (but see below).
For instance, you could set up five interface sections:
define interface one {
use 100 kbps # or whatever value you want
}
define interface two {
use 100 kbps # or whatever value you want
}
define interface three {
use 100 kbps # or whatever value you want
}
...
Then in your disklist you would assign clients to particular "interfaces":
client_a /some/disk some_dumptype -1 three
client_a /another/disk some_dumptype -1 three
client_b /some/disk some_dumptype -1 two
client_b /another/disk some_dumptype -1 two
client_c /some/disk some_dumptype -1 one
client_c /another/disk some_dumptype -1 one
Amanda will take previous historical data on the speed of each dump and
use that to limit what it starts on a particular "interface".
**NOTE**: the above has *absolutely nothing* to do with what actual
network (hardware) interface gets used (that's why I use logical names
rather than hardware names). Amanda leaves routing entirely up to the OS.
This is just a way to logically group sets of of clients.
> Andreas
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
