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AMANDA-DEVICES(7)		  Miscellanea		     AMANDA-DEVICES(7)

NAME
       amanda-devices - Configuring and Using Amanda Devices

DESCRIPTION
       The Device API specifies a generic interface between Amanda and storage
       devices such as tapes or disks. This manual page describes the device
       drivers included with Amanda.

       This is a user-level description of the API, and does not address
       details that are only of concern to developers. For that purpose,
       consult the Amanda source code and http://wiki.zmanda.com.

       The term "device driver" describes the software that can communicate
       with some kind of backend storage, e.g., a tape driver. A "device" is
       the storage element itself, usually a piece of hardware. When
       discussing a device and its driver as a unit, the term "device" is
       sometimes also used to refer to the combination of device and driver.

SPECIFYING DEVICES
       Device names take the form TYPE:NODE, where TYPE selects a device
       driver, and NODE provides further information to that driver. The
       syntax for each device driver is given in the corresponding section
       below.

       Devices can be described in amanda.conf(5) with "device" sections,
       e.g.,

       define device top_drive {
	   tapedev "tape:/dev/nst0"
	   device-property "BLOCK_SIZE" "131072"
       }
       Such a device defininition creates a device "alias", in this case named
       top_drive, which can then be named in the global tapedev or tpchanger
       parameter:

       tapedev "top_drive"

       The global tapedev parameter can also specify a literal device name.
       For example,

       tapedev "file:/amdisks"
       is equivalent to

       tapedev "default"
       define device default {
	   tapedev "file:/amdisks"
       }
       Note that, in both cases, the specified devices are actually accessed
       through the chg-single changer driver; see amanda-changers(7) for more
       information.

       Device properties specified outside of any device definition apply to
       all devices. This syntax is provided mainly for backward compatibility,
       and for simple Amanda configurations. Note that there is no way to
       provide properties specific to a device without defining a device
       alias.

       See amanda-changers(7) for details on how devices are configured, and
       in particular on how device properties are specified. See
       amanda.conf(5) for more information on Amanda configuration in general.

	   Note
	   There is no way to reset a device property to its default value.

PROPERTIES
       Device drivers use properties as a generic means to interact with other
       parts of Amanda. Some properties are set by the device driver and used
       by Amanda to determine how its devices should be used. Other properties
       can be set by Amanda or by the user to influence the driver's behavior.
       Properties are set for a particular device, so that if you have two
       tape devices, they will not share property values.

       Properties are specified in amanda.conf with the device-property
       parameter. The syntax looks like this:

       device-property "FROBNICATOR_PATH" "/var/frobd/state"
       device-property "BYTES_PER_FORTNIGHT" "128k"
       device-property "USE_QUBITS" "no"

       Both the property name and the property value are always quoted.
       Property names, like Amanda configuration parameters, are not
       case-sensitive, and - (dash) and _ (underscore) may be used
       interchangeably. String values are given as simple strings, like
       FROBNICATOR_PATH in the example above. Integer values can be specified
       with any of the suffixes given in the "VALUE SUFFIXES" section of
       amanda.conf(5), like BYTES_PER_FORTNIGHT, above. Boolean values can be
       specified using the same names as in amanda.conf(5), like USE_QUBITS,
       above. Some properties have special formats, as described below.

       Some properties are set based on other configuration values, such as
       tapetype parameters. These special cases are detailed under the
       appropriate property, below.

       The order in which device properties are set is as follows:

	1. Tapetype parameters (including length, blocksize, and
	   readblocksize) are translated into device properties and set
	   accordingly.

	2. Device properties from any device-property configuration parameters
	   are set, in the order they appear in the configuration file.

       Properties described as read-only are not accessible to users. They are
       listed here for completeness.

   COMMON PROPERTIES
       Note that some of these properties are currently unused, and present
       only for future expansion. Not all devices implement all of these
       properties.

       APPENDABLE

	    (read-only) This boolean property indicates whether this device
	   supports appending data to volumes.

       BLOCK_SIZE

	    (read-write) This property gives the block size, in bytes, that
	   will be used to write to the device.	 The usual suffixes ("kbytes",
	   etc.) are allowed.  The tapetype parameter blocksize sets this
	   property.

       CANONICAL_NAME

	    (read-only) This property contains the full canonical name for
	   this device.	 This name may not be the same as the user-supplied
	   name, but is a valid name by which to access this device.

       COMMENT

	    (read-write) This string property is entirely for the user's
	   convenience.	 It is supported by all devices, but no device
	   interprets its value in any way.

       COMPRESSION

	    (read-write) This boolean property represents the compression
	   status of the device, and can be used to enable and disable such
	   compression.	 This applies mostly to tape devices, although many
	   tape devices do not support setting compression from software.

       COMPRESSION_RATE

	    (read-only) This property gives the compression rate, as a decimal
	   ratio.  It may be a measured value over some unspecified period or
	   a simple estimate.

       CONCURRENCY

	    (read-only) This property indicates the level of concurrent access
	   that this device supports.

       FULL_DELETION

	    (read-only) This property indicates whether the device supports
	   erasing the entire volume.  Aside from S3 and VFS, most devices
	   cannot support this feature.

       LEOM

	   (read-write) If this property is true, then the device can detect
	   an EOM condition before actually running out of space, allowing
	   Amanda to forgo caching parts while writing.	 For some devices, it
	   is necessary to override the conservative default value of this
	   property.

       MAX_BLOCK_SIZE

	    (read-only) This property gives the maximum block size this device
	   can support.	 See BLOCK SIZES, below.

       MEDIUM_ACCESS_TYPE

	    (read-only) This property gives the type of the media in the
	   device: read only, WORM (Write Once, Read Many), read/write, or
	   write only.	Write-only devices do not support recovery, but the
	   data are not necessarily thrown out.

       MIN_BLOCK_SIZE

	    (read-write) This property gives the minimum block size this
	   device can support.	See BLOCK SIZES, below.

       MAX_VOLUME_USAGE

	    (read-write) On devices that support it, this property will limit
	   the total amount of data written to a volume; attempts to write
	   beyond this point will cause the device to simulate "out of space."
	   Zero means no limit.	 The tapetype parameter length sets this
	   property.

       ENFORCE_MAX_VOLUME_USAGE

	    (read-write) If this property is false, limit set by
	   MAX_VOLUME_USAGE property (and thus the tapetype LENGTH parameter)
	   will not be verified while writing to device, allowing the volume
	   to expand without limit. If this property is true, then
	   MAX_VOLUME_USAGE willbe enforced, limiting the total size of the
	   volume. This property is not available on all devices; see below.

       PARTIAL_DELETION

	    (read-only) This property indicates whether the device supports
	   deletion of specific files.	Aside from linear tapes and S3, most
	   devices can support this feature.  It is currently unused by
	   Amanda.

       STREAMING

	   (read-only) This property gives the streaming requirement for this
	   device.  For example, tape drives often require a steady supply of
	   data to avoid shoe-shining, while disk devices have no such
	   requirement.	 Streaming is accomplished by buffering
	   device-output-buffer-size bytes of data.  The allowed values are
	   "none" (no streaming buffer necessary), "required" (fill the buffer
	   before starting to write), or "desired" (fill the buffer before
	   starting to write, and if the buffer becomes empty, stop writing
	   until it is completely full again).

       VERBOSE

	    (read-write) If this boolean property is set, then the device will
	   produce verbose debugging output.  This property is not recognized
	   by most devices.

   BLOCK SIZES
       Amanda writes device data in blocks. On most devices the block
       boundaries are embedded in the media along with the data itself, so
       subsequent reads must use the same block sizes. On tape devices, the
       block size is dictated by the capabilities of the hardware -- buffer
       sizes, physical format, and so on.

       Amanda has historically supported a single, fixed block size -- usually
       32k. The Device API adds the ability to specify a block size at
       runtime, using the BLOCK_SIZE property. Devices provide MIN_BLOCK_SIZE
       and MAX_BLOCK_SIZE as a guide to the range of acceptable block sizes.
       Note that this does not imply that all sizes in the range
       MIN_BLOCK_SIZE - MAX_BLOCK_SIZE are available -- the device may require
       that block sizes are even multiples of some power of two, for example.
       Consult the documentation for your hardware and operating system for
       more information.

       Most devices are flexible enough to read a volume using a different
       block size than that with which it was written. This can be useful when
       handling old volumes written with a smaller blocksize, or volumes of
       unknown blocksize. Unfortunately, some tape devices do not detect
       oversized blocks correctly, and may lose data if the configured block
       size is smaller than the volume's block size. The tape device driver
       has a READ_BLOCK_SIZE property which specifies the minimum buffer size
       that will be allocated for reads from tape. If the hardware supports
       it, setting this property allows Amanda to correctly read from tapes
       written with any blocksize less than or equal to READ_BLOCK_SIZE.

	   Note
	   The RAIT device does not support flexible block sizes, as its
	   parity algorithm requires that all child devices have the same,
	   fixed block size.

   LEOM DETECTION
       Some Amanda devices can detect end-of-medium (running out of space on
       the device) before it occurs. This early warning is referred to as
       logical EOM, and where it is supported Amanda can operate more
       efficiently, since the possibility for data loss is reduced.

       The boolean LEOM property indicates whether or not a particular device
       supports LEOM detection. The sections below also describe the degree of
       support.

DEVICES
       This section lists the device drivers included with Amanda, and basic
       instructions for using them. For complete How-To information, consult
       the Amanda wiki at http://wiki.zmanda.com.

   Null Device
       tapedev "null:"

       The null device driver only supports writing, and discards all data. It
       is generally only useful for testing purposes.

   RAIT Device
       tapedev "rait:tape:/dev/rmt/tps0d{4,5,6}n"

       The RAIT device driver mirrors or stripes data over multiple "child"
       devices. The child devices are specified using a shell-like syntax,
       where alternatives are enclosed in braces and separated by commas.
       Braces and commas can be escaped with a backslash. Note that the
       backslash itself must be escaped in most contexts. For example:

       tapedev "rait:{file:/var/amanda/vtapes,tape:/dev/nst0}"
       tapedev "rait:{comma-dev:foo\\,bar,brace-dev:foo\\}bar}" # quoting
       If the braces contain a numeric range separated with two dots, that
       range will be filled in sequentially. If the first number has a leading
       zero, then the results will be zero-padded to the maximum length. For
       example:

       tapedev "rait:file:/var/amanda/vtapes/drive{01..04}"

       With two child devices, the RAIT device driver mirrors data such that
       the two devices contain identical data and can be used singly for
       recovery. With more than two devices, the RAIT device "stripes" data
       across all but one device and writes a parity block to the final
       device, usable for data recovery in the event of a device or volume
       failure. The RAIT device scales its blocksize as necessary to match the
       number of children that will be used to store data.

       When a child device is known to have failed, the RAIT device should be
       reconfigured to replace that device with the text "ERROR", e.g.,

       tapedev "rait:{tape:/dev/st0,ERROR,tape:/dev/st2}"
       This will cause the RAIT device to start up in degraded mode,
       reconstructing the data from the missing device.

       Like ordinary RAID drivers, the RAIT device driver can automatically
       enter degraded mode when one of its child devices fails. However, the
       RAIT device cannot automatically recover from any write error nor write
       any data in degraded mode. When reading, certain errors may be fatal
       (rather than causing degraded mode). And in any case, labels on all
       volumes must initially match (labeled or otherwise). If you have lost
       one volume from a set, explicitly start the device in degraded mode as
       described above.

       This device can detect LEOM if and only if all of the child devices can
       detect LEOM.

   Child Device Block Sizes
       The RAIT device driver requires that all of its child devices use the
       same block size. If no block sizes are specified, the driver selects
       the block size closest to 32k that is within the MIN_BLOCK_SIZE -
       MAX_BLOCK_SIZE range of all child devices, and calculates its own
       blocksize according to the formula rait_blocksize = child_blocksize *
       (num_children - 1). If a block size is specified for the RAIT device,
       then it calculates its child block sizes according to the formula
       child_blocksize = rait_blocksize / (num_children - 1). Either way, it
       sets the BLOCK_SIZE property of each child device accordingly.

   S3 Device
       tapedev "s3:foocorp-backups/DailySet1-"
       device-property "S3_ACCESS_KEY" "MYACCESSKEY"
       device-property "S3_SECRET_KEY" "MYSECRETKEY"

       The S3 device driver uploads data to the Amazon S3 "storage cloud". Its
       device name is a slash-sparated combination of bucket name and prefix:
       "s3:BUCKET/PREFIX". Since buckets must be unique across all Amazon S3
       users, and since the number of buckets allowed to each user is limited,
       the driver can store multiple Amanda volumes in a single S3 bucket,
       distinguished by prefix. The prefix and slash can be omitted if they
       are not needed: "s3:BUCKET".

       The access and secret keys used to authenticate to Amazon S3 are
       provided as properties.

       The S3 device driver stores each block in a distinct S3 object. Due to
       high HTTP overhead for each request, use of larger than normal block
       sizes (> 1 megabyte) is recommended with the S3 device.

       Amanda automatically creates a bucket when writing, if the bucket
       doesn't already exist. At that time, it specifies where Amazon should
       store the data based on the S3_BUCKET_LOCATION property. If this
       property is not set, Amazon's default value (equivalent to "*") is
       used. The bucket location has both billing and legal concerns, so you
       are encouraged to consult Amazon's documentation for details.

       Amazon does not permit changes to bucket locations, so this is a
       permanent specification. If the bucket already exists and the property
       is set, then Amanda checks the property against the location of the
       bucket, and produces an error if they do not match.

	   Note
	   If a location constraint is set, the bucket name must consist only
	   of lower-case letters, numbers, dashes, and dots.

       This driver supports the VERBOSE property, but use it carefully -- it
       produces a great deal of output, and may cause spurious failures by
       filling your debug log partition. Its logging is generally only useful
       for developers chasing down a problem in communications with Amazon's
       servers.

       Since Amazon storage is unlimited, the device never encounteres EOM, so
       LEOM detection is trivially enabled for this device.

       This driver supports the ENFORCE_MAX_VOLUME_USAGE property. Default
       value is false. See COMMON_PROPERTIES, above.

   Device-Specific Properties
       In addition to the common properties, the S3 device supports the
       properties listed in this section.

       Most Amanda devices work just fine without any properties, but not the
       S3 device. A typical S3 configuration will have an access key and
       secret key specified:

       device-property "S3_ACCESS_KEY" "27D3B8C6C4E7AA423C2B37C72A0D22C8"
       device-property "S3_SECRET_KEY" "agphc2Q7Zmxragphc2RmO2xragpzZGY7a2xqCgr"

       CLIENT_ID

	   (read-write) The client_id for oauth2.

       CLIENT_SECRET

	   (read-write) The client_secret for oauth2.

       CREATE-BUCKET

	   (read-write) Default: yes. If amanda create/delete the bucket.

       REFRESH_TOKEN

	   (read-write) The refresh-token for oauth2.

       MAX_RECV_SPEED

	   (read-write) Maximum speed, in bytes per second, that this device
	   will receive data from S3.  If the average speed exceeds this
	   value, the device will stop reading long enough to bring the
	   average below this value.

       MAX_SEND_SPEED

	   (read-write) Maximum speed, in bytes per second, that this device
	   will send data to S3.  If the average speed exceeds this value, the
	   device will stop writing long enough to bring the average below
	   this value.

       S3_MULTI_DELETE

	   (read-write) If the server support the multi delete protocol (only
	   Amazon S3), default is "YES". If it fail, it revert to single
	   delete.

       NB_THREADS_BACKUP

	   (read-write) The number of thread that send data to the s3 device,
	   higher value can provide more throutput.

       NB_THREADS_RECOVERY

	   (read-write) The number of thread that read data from the s3
	   device, higher value can provide more throutput.

       OPENSTACK_SWIFT_API

	    (read-write) Deprecated, set "STORAGE_API to "SWIFT-1.0".

       PROXY

	    (read-write) The proxy hostname or IP in the format "host[:port]".

       PASSWORD

	   (read-write) The password (for swift v2).

       PROJECT-ID

	   (read-write) The projectid (for google).

       REUSE-CONNECTION

	   (read-write) Default: YES. Set it to "NO" if reusing a connection
	   cause some bug, this is sometime the case with big block size.

       S3_ACCESS_KEY

	    (read-write) This property gives the Amazon S3 access key used to
	   access the service.

       S3_BUCKET_LOCATION

	    (read-write) Location constraint for buckets on Amazon S3.	As of
	   this writing, it can be set to "*" (US Standard, i.e.
	   lowest-latency choice of US East or West), "us-west-1" (US West,
	   Northern California), "EU" (European Union), or "ap-southeast-1"
	   (Asia Pacific).  See :
	   http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/general/latest/gr/index.html?rande.html
	   for the most up-to-date list.

       SSL_CA_INFO

	    (read-write) Path to CA certificate to use to verify the identity
	   of the S3 server.  Only applicable when SSL/TLS is in use. The
	   certificate should be in PEM format if OpenSSL or GnuTLS is being
	   used with libcurl. Multiple certificates can be bundled together
	   simply by concatenating them.  If NSS is being used, then it is the
	   directory that the database resides in.  The value is passed to
	   curl_easy_setopt(3) as CURLOPT_CAINFO.

       S3_HOST

	   (read-write) The host name to connect, in the form "hostname:port"
	   or "ip:port", default is "s3.amazonaws.com"

       S3_SECRET_KEY

	   (read-write) This property gives the Amazon S3 secret key used to
	   access the service.

       S3_SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION

	   (read-write) Set to the server side encryption algorithm to use.
	   There is actually only one algorithm, it is "AES256".  The
	   encryption is done by Amazon on their server. See :
	   http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/index.html?RESTObjectPUT.html
	   for the most up-to-date list.

       S3_SERVICE_PATH

	   (read-write) A path to add at the beginning of the URL.

       S3_STORAGE_CLASS

	   (read-write) Storage class for new objects, currently one of
	   "STANDARD" (the default) or "REDUCED_REDUNDANCY" (cheaper, but less
	   redundant).	See :
	   http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/index.html?DataDurability.html
	   for the most up-to-date list.

       S3_SSL

	   (read-write) Whether or not to use SSL/TLS to secure communications
	   with Amazon S3.

       S3_SUBDOMAIN

	    (read-write) Whether or not to use subdomain hostname.

       S3_USER_TOKEN

	   (read-write) This property specifies the user token for Amanda
	   Enterprise Edition customers.

       STORAGE_API

	    (read-write) Which API to use for the cloud:
	     S3		   Amanzon S3 api
	     SWIFT-1.0	   Openstack swift v1.0
	     SWIFT-2.0	   Openstack swift v2.0
	     OAUTH2	   Google
	     CASTOR	   Caringo CAStor

       TENANT_ID

	   (read-write) The tenant_id (for swift v2).

       TENANT_NAME

	   (read-write) The tenant_name (for swift v2).

       USERNAME

	   (read-write) The username (for swift v2).

       VERBOSE

	   (read-write) If true, verbose data about each HTTP transaction is
	   sent to the debug log.

   S3 URL
	    SSL &&  SUBDOMAIN:	 https://bucket.host/service_path/file
	    SSL && !SUBDOMAIN:	 https://host/service_path/bucket/file
	   !SSL &&  SUBDOMAIN:	 http://bucket.host/service_path/file
	   !SSL && !SUBDOMAIN:	 http://host/service_path/bucket/file

   Tape Device
       tapedev "tape:/dev/nst0"

       The tape device driver interacts with a tape drive. The device uses the
       operating system's built-in tape support, which is generally similar to
       that available via the command-line utilities dd(1) and mt(1).

       The tape device name should specify a path to the operating system's
       device file.

       There is no simple way to determine whether a particular system
       (operating system and tape hardware) supports LEOM, so as a safe
       default the tape device has LEOM detection disabled. However, on modern
       hardware and common operating systems (Linux, *BSD, and Solaris, at
       least), LEOM support is functional. On these systems, enable LEOM by
       setting the LEOM property to "true" at the appropriate place in the
       Amanda configuration.

   Device-Specific Properties
       Most of these properties are automatically detected, but can be
       overridden in the configuration file if the autodetection fails. Note
       that tape drives are required to at least support the MTREW (rewind)
       operation; all other operations can be emulated with the MTREW and read
       data operations.

       BROKEN_GMT_ONLINE

	    (read-write) Set this boolean property if the system's GMT_ONLINE
	   macro gives incorrect results.  This is currently true for the
	   Linux IDE-TAPE driver.

       BSF

	    (read-write) This boolean property specifies whether the device
	    driver may execute the MTBSF operation (backward seek file).

       BSF_AFTER_EOM

	    (read-write) This boolean property specifies whether the device
	    driver should execute an MTBSF (backward seek file) operation
	   after
	    MTEOM (seek to end of recorded data) in order to append.

       BSR

	    (read-write) This boolean property specifies whether the device
	    driver may use the MTBSR operation (backward seek record).

       EOM

	    (read-write) This boolean property specifies whether the device
	    driver may use the MTEOM command (seek to end of recorded data).

       FINAL_FILEMARKS

	    (read-write) This integer property gives the number of filemarks
	   that should be written at EOD.  It is usually 1 or 2.

       FSF

	    (read-write) This boolean property specifies whether the device
	   driver may use the MTFSF operation (forward seek file).

       FSF_AFTER_FILEMARK

	    (read-write) This boolean property specifies whether the device
	   driver needs a FSF to go the next file after the filemark is read.
	   Default to "TRUE" on Solaris and "FALSE" on all others machines.

       FSR

	    (read-write) This boolean property specifies whether the device
	   driver may use the MTFSR operation (forward seek record).

       NONBLOCKING_OPEN

	    (read-write) Set this boolean property to "true" if O_NONBLOCK
	   must be used on the open call. Default to "true" on Linux and
	   "false" on all others machines. Without it, Linux wait for a few
	   seconds if no tape are loaded. Solaris have strange error it is set
	   to "yes".

       READ_BLOCK_SIZE

	    (read-write) This property (previously known as READ_BUFFER_SIZE)
	   specifies the block size that will be used for reads; this should
	   be large enough to contain any block that may be read from the
	   device (for example, from a tape containing variable-sized blocks),
	   and must be larger than BLOCK_SIZE.	This property is most often
	   used when overwriting tapes using a new, smaller block size.
	    The tapetype parameter READBLOCKSIZE sets this property.  See
	   BLOCK SIZES, above.

   NDMP Device
       tapedev "ndmp:my.filer.com:10000@st1"
       device-property "NDMP_USERNAME" "jimmy"
       device-property "NDMP_PASSWORD" "thelock"

       This device enables Amanda to communicate with a tape service on an
       NDMP server. The device name specifies the hostname and optionally the
       TCP port of the NDMP server, followed by the name of the tape device on
       the server (st1 in the example above).

       This device supports LEOM detection.

   Device-Specific Properties
       The properties NDMP_USERNAME and NDMP_PASSWORD set the username and
       password with which to access the NDMP server. The default for both is
       "ndmp".

       INDIRECT

	   (read-write) Set to "yes" if the ndmp server doesn't allow to set a
	   window length to 0.	The default is "no".

       NDMP_AUTH

	   (read-write) Authentication method to use to connect to the NDMP
	   server.  One of "md5" (default), "text", "none" (for an empty
	   authentication attempt) or "void" (for no authentication attempt at
	   all).

       NDMP_PASSWORD

	   (read-write) Password for md5 or text authentications.

       NDMP_USERNAME

	   (read-write) Username for md5 or text authentications.

       READ_BLOCK_SIZE

	   (read-write) This property specifies the block size that will be
	   used for reads; this should be large enough to contain any block
	   that may be read from the device and must be larger than
	   BLOCK_SIZE. See BLOCK_SIZES, above.

   VFS Device
       tapedev "file:/path/to/vtape"

       The VFS device driver stores data on a UNIX filesystem. Note that
       although one typically uses the VFS device driver to store data on hard
       disks, the driver does not interface with any hardware on a block
       level.

       The device name specifies a path to a directory which must exist and
       contain a "data/" subdirectory. Each tape file is stored as a distinct
       file in this directory, the name of which reflects the Amanda header in
       the tape file. Block boundaries are not maintained: the driver supports
       reads of arbitrary size, regardless of the blocksize used to write the
       data.

       This device supports LEOM detection. LEOM will be indicated when the
       MAX_VOLUME_USAGE is nearly met, or when the filesystem is nearly out of
       space. The latter circumstance is detected by monitoring the available
       space on the filesystem, and this monitoring can be disabled with the
       MONITOR_FREE_SPACE property. Note that the device cannot detect other
       circumstances that may cause a write to fail, such as a filesystem
       quota. LEOM detection can be disabled by setting the LEOM property to
       false.

       This device supports the ENFORCE_MAX_VOLUME_USAGE property. Default
       value is true. See COMMON PROPERTIES, above.

   Device-Specific Properties
       MONITOR_FREE_SPACE

		 (read-write) This property controls whether the device will
	   monitor	 the filesystem's free space to detect a full
	   filesystem before an	      error occurs, and defaults to true.  The
	   monitoring operation works on       most filesystems, but if it
	   causes problems, use this property to       disable it.

   DVD-RW Device
       tapedev "dvdrw:/var/cache/amanda/dvd-cache:/dev/scd0"
       device-property "DVDRW_MOUNT_POINT" "/media/dvd"
       device-property "DVDRW_KEEP_CACHE" "false"
       device-property "DVDRW_UNLABELLED_WHEN_UNMOUNTABLE" "true"

       The DVD-RW device driver reads and writes optical media such as DVDs
       and CDs. The device name must specify a cache directory for data to be
       temporarily stored, followed by the operating system name for the
       optical drive. The cache directory must contain a "data/" subdirectory.

       The DVDRW_MOUNT_POINT property is required, and specifies a directory
       where the optical media can be mounted. This directory must be
       configured to enable non-root users to mount the optical media. On
       Linux, that means a line similar to the following in /etc/fstab:
       /dev/scd0 /media/dvd auto ro,user,noauto 0 0

       Note the "user" option.

       When writing data, the device acts as a VFS device using the given
       cache directory. On completion of writing the tape, the cache directory
       is written to optical media. The DVDRW_KEEP_CACHE property controls
       whether the cache contents are immediately deleted. When reading, the
       optical media is first mounted and read as a VFS device.

       Attempting to mount unformatted media or media that is formatted but
       contains no filesystem will usually result in an error. The boolean
       DVDRW_UNLABELLED_WHEN_UNMOUNTABLE property specifies whether media that
       cannot be mounted should be treated as an empty, unlabelled volume when
       attempting to read the volume label. It is necessary to set this
       property to "true" when labelling such media.

       This device does not support LEOM detection.

   Device-Specific Properties
       The properties DVDRW_GROWISOFS_COMMAND, DVDRW_MOUNT_COMMAND and
       DVDRW_UMOUNT_COMMAND specify alternative commands for writing, mounting
       and unmounting optical media. The default is to find the programs using
       the PATH environment variable.

       The CDRW device supports all of the properties of the VFS device, as
       well as the properties given below. The DVDRW_MOUNT_POINT property is
       required. Other properties are optional.

       DVDRW_KEEP_CACHE

	    (read-write) Set this boolean property to "true" if the disk cache
	   directory should be kept after successfully writing tape data to
	   optical media. The default is false, which causes the cache
	   contents to be deleted immediately after a successful write
	   operation.

       DVDRW_MOUNT_POINT

	    (read-write) This property specifies the filesystem mount point
	   for the optical media. Non-root users must be able to mount optical
	   media by invoking "mount" and specifying this mount point.

       DVDRW_UNLABELLED_WHEN_UNMOUNTABLE

	    (read-write) Treat unmountable media as empty, unlabelled media.
	   This is necessary when attempting to label freshly formatted media.

       DVDRW_GROWISOFS_COMMAND

	    (read-write) The command to invoke to burn the DVD.

       DVDRW_MOUNT_COMMAND

	    (read-write) The command to invoke to mount the DVD.

       DVDRW_UMOUNT_COMMAND

	    (read-write) The command to invoke to unmount the DVD.

SEE ALSO
       amanda(8), amanda.conf(5)

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

AUTHORS
       Ian Turner <ian@zmanda.com>
	   Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)

       Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin@zmanda.com>
	   Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)

Amanda 3.3.3			  01/10/2013		     AMANDA-DEVICES(7)
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