\index[dir]{Address}
\index[dir]{Directive!SD Address}
\index[dir]{Storage daemon Address}
- Where the address is a host name, a {\bf fully qualified domain name}, or an
- {\bf IP address}. Please note that the \lt{}address\gt{} as specified here
- will be transmitted to the File daemon who will then use it to contact the
- Storage daemon. Hence, it is {\bf not}, a good idea to use {\bf localhost} as
- the name but rather a fully qualified machine name or an IP address. This
- directive is required.
+ Where the address is a host name, a {\bf fully qualified domain name},
+ or an {\bf IP address}. Please note that the \lt{}address\gt{} as
+ specified here will be transmitted to the File daemon who will then use
+ it to contact the Storage daemon. Hence, it is {\bf not}, a good idea
+ to use {\bf localhost} as the name but rather a fully qualified machine
+ name or an IP address. This directive is required.
\label{Director:Storage:FdStorageAddress}
- \item [FD Storage Address = \lt{}address\gt{}]
+\item [FD Storage Address = \lt{}address\gt{}]
\index[dir]{FDStorageAddress}
- \index[dir]{Directive!FD Storage Address} \index[dir]{Storage daemon
- Address} Where the address is a host name, a {\bf fully qualified domain
- name}, or an {\bf IP address}. Please note that the \lt{}address\gt{} as
- specified here will be transmitted to the File daemon instead of the
- \texttt{Address} who will then use it to contact the Storage daemon. This
- directive can be used in NAT environment where the configuration of the
- Client resolver is not possible.
+ \index[dir]{Directive!FD Storage Address}
+ \index[dir]{Storage daemon Address}
+ Where the address is a host name, a {\bf fully qualified domain name},
+ or an {\bf IP address}. The \lt{}address\gt{} specified here will be
+ transmitted to the File daemon instead of the IP address that the
+ Director uses to contact the Storage daemon. This FDStorageAddress
+ will then be used by the File daemon to contact the Storage daemon.
+ This directive particularly useful if the File daemon is in a
+ different network domain than the Director or Storage daemon.
+ It is also useful in NAT or firewal environments.
\bsysimageH{BackupOverWan1}{Backup over WAN using FD Storage Address}{figdirdconf:backupwan}