Jean-Louis,
Thank you for the correction.
Apologies for the misinformation.
Jon
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 07:20:28AM -0500, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote:
> On 11/27/2012 12:52 AM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> >On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 03:34:23PM -0600, Neil Carter wrote:
> >>Greetings:
> >>
> >>Yes, I've looked into this, the network engineer (separate group) is not
> >>interested in bonding, so that won't work. I have to use the four NICs as
> >>independent interfaces.
> >>
> >...
> >>I'm assuming the client is just sending the data to the server hostname via
> >>the hosts file, so I'd like to find more detail on how to use the disklist
> >>interface directive, I think. It appears the amandahosts file has more to
> >>do with authentication than actually working like a hosts file.
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>
> >>Neil
> >As I've not used the interface directive, take this as
> >a guesstimate.
> >
> >In amanda.conf you do a mapping of a name and the actual
> >device. Plus you can set up some options to the interface,
> >although only "use" seems available. A possible example:
> >
> > define eth2 ETH2 {
> > use 1000000 Kbps
> > }
> >
> >Your system may have device files for the interfaces,
> >mine doesn't. Note the positions of the braces, end
> >of line and alone a line.
> >
> >Of course you would need separate definitions for each
> >of your four interface.
> >
> >After this you can use the name "ETH2" in the disklist
> >file. It is the last optional parameter. For example:
> >
> > ajax.example.com AjaxHome /home comp-user-tar 8 ETH2
> >
> >You do need a spindle number (my "8") to add the
> >interface. However, be aware that if two DLE have
> >the same spindle number they will not be amdump'ed
> >at the same time.
> >
> >Decide which clients should use which interface and
> >modify their DLE accordingly.
> >
> >Hope this works, let us know.
>
> The interface in amanda only help to manage the bandwidth for each
> interface by amanda.
> But it is the system that choose which interface to use.
> The route must be configured at the network level.
>
> Jean-Louis
>
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