2 Release Notes for Bacula 2.2.9
4 Bacula code: Total files = 498 Total lines = 167,596 (*.h *.c *.in)
5 82 new files, 41,221 new lines of code, 208,380 lines of change from 2.0.3
7 This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
8 but they should be compatible with all 2.0.x File daemons, unless you
9 use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should
10 not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. There is
11 no database upgrade needed from version 2.0.x to 2.2.0.
13 Version 2.2.9 is a bug fix to version 2.2.8:
14 - Fix bug #1068 fixes a SD crash when using Virtual autochanger.
15 - Generate correct JobMedia records during spooling/despooling when
16 running concurrent jobs. Thanks to Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
17 <tih@hamartun.priv.no> for excellent analysis and testing.
18 - *Massive* commit of all fixes and back ports to create 2.2.9
19 Mostly SD reservations enhancements.
20 - Fix Win32 FD backup/restore memory leak due to improper termination
21 of BackupRead/Write. This fixes bug# 1038.
22 - Fixes a StorageId problem with volumes after migration.
23 - Implements autostart scripts for Debian
24 - Fix mtx-changer.in for broken Debian mt program.
25 - Apply doc fix from bug #1062.
26 - Resolve crash and improper restore wx-console Win32 restore
28 - Update Win32 wxWidgets to latest version.
29 - Attempt to do correct handling of Win32 mount points. Should
31 - Add const to AIX prototype for initgroups()
32 - Undo bug #1047 heap overrun fix as it is not correct.
33 - Fix to the JobMedia patch, which introduced a new problem.
34 - Fix creating first JobMedia record during Migration to include
35 proper index. This caused slow restores of migrated jobs.
36 - Fix bug #1047, do not strip paths on symbolic links.
37 - Set catalog backup database and user name from values specified on
39 - Apply patch to correct bug #1031, about wrong pool source information
43 Version 2.2.8 is a bug fix to version 2.2.7:
44 - It fixes bugs: 1036, 1033(doc), 1028, 1040, 1045(doc), 1030,
45 1042(partially), and possibly bugs 1018 and 1032.
46 Bugs 1018 and 1032 involve problems with multiple-drive autochangers,
47 and are difficult to reproduce.
48 See the ChangeLog for more details.
50 Version 2.2.7 has several new features and several important bug fixes
52 - It fixes bugs: 1009, 1022, 1024, 1019, 1012, 1021, 1020
53 1007, 1008. For more details, please see the technotes-2.1 file.
54 - Fixed a seg fault reported by Frank Sweetser that depended on
55 exact path lengths, but the problem was in bsnprintf.c
56 - Double quoting include filenames (@xxx) in Bacula conf files is now
57 possible, thanks to a patch by Michael Stapelberg.
58 - You can pipe input to include filenames (@|prog) by using a vertical
59 bar, thanks to the above patch.
60 - A daylight savings time bug in the Win32 bsmpt was fixed by a patch from
62 - Marc Cousins submitted a patch that permits building the PostgreSQL
63 driver with version 8.3.
64 - The configure option --archivedir has been changed to --with-archivedir
66 Version 2.2.6 is a minor bug fix release to version 2.2.5
67 - It fixes bugs: #1003, 942, 982, 990(response only), 991,
69 - Fix bat crash wen it cannot connect to Director.
70 - Fix joblist failure bug in bat.
72 Version 2.2.5 is a major bug fix release to version 2.2.4
73 - It fixes the following bugs: #961, 962, 963, 969, 968, 960,
74 964, (possibly 935 and 903), 953, 953, 967, 966, 965, 954,
75 957, 908, 958, and 955.
76 - It also improves listing performance problems in bat pointed
79 Version 2.2.4 is a minor bug fix release to version 2.2.3
80 - Possible fix for authorization problems bug #953.
81 - Possible fix for bug #908.
82 - Add waits to multiple exit detection code to try to force pid
83 file to always be deleted.
84 - Restore good dev.tar.gz to rescue set appropriate binary property.
86 - Fix seg fault in error exit of acquire_for_read after unsuccessfully
87 trying to switch drives by checking for blocking before unblocking.
89 - Cancel storage daemon in all cases where FD reports error. This
90 should fix virtually all cases of bug #920 and will ensure that Devices
91 are released as soon as possible.
92 - Fix error message that was clobbered when Dir tells SD it does not
93 have write permission on Volume. This should fix a minor point
94 in bug #942, but not the main problem.
95 - Fix migration code to get correct Volume name with multiple volumes
96 by skipping |. Fixes bug #936.
97 - Implement patch supplied by Landon to fix bug #944 where using
98 TLS with bconsole uses 99+% of the CPU.
99 - Fix bug #946 about "bacula-dir -t" which doesn't works
101 - Using "m" in bconsole will show messages as in prior versions
102 and not memory usage.
104 - Note, you need GTK >= 2.10 to be able to link the Tray Monitor
107 Version 2.2.3 is a critical bug fix release to version 2.2.2
108 - Fix bug #935, and possibly also bug #903 where files were not
109 restored. MediaId was not properly set in JobMedia record after
110 a Volume change. This bug is known to affect all versions from
111 2.0.0 on, and probably versions prior to that. A detailed analysis
112 of the bug can be found at:
114 http://www.bacula.org/downloads/bug-395.txt
116 - Add ./configure search in qwt-qt4 for qwt package
117 - Apply Martin Simmons patch that should turn off the new API usage
118 when batch insert is turned off allowing building on older
120 - Note, you need GTK >= 2.10 to be able to link the Tray Monitor
123 Version 2.2.2 is a minor bug fix release to 2.2.1
124 - Detect if new PosgreSQL batch insert API is present.
125 - Correct incorrect mempool call causing Director crash on older
126 systems that do not have va_copy().
127 - Update spec files for 2.2.1 release
129 Version 2.2.1 is mainly a minor bug fix release to version 2.2.0,
130 the main changes since 2.2.0 are:
131 - Fixed bugs #921, 930, and 923.
132 - More portable timezone offset in bsmtp thaks to Attila Fülöp.
133 - Fix several bat issues.
134 - Use GTK+ calls instead of egg files in tray-monitor.
135 - Win32 service routines rewritten
136 - Updated projects file
137 Please see the ChangeLog for details.
139 Notes on 2.2.0 release follow:
141 Areas requiring caution or testing:
142 - You must have the thread safe version of MySQL client libraries loaded
143 to build with MySQL enabled.
144 - Volumes are pruned only when absolutely necessary -- this may cause
145 your database to grow compared to prior Bacula versions.
146 - Solaris door and even port files are no longer restored (equivalent
147 to what we do with sockets).
148 - SQLite is no longer supported for Solaris -- it fails too often with
149 bus errors. SQLite3 should work on Solaris.
150 - The default setting for SQLite3 is now 'PRAGMA synchronous=OFF'.
151 This makes it run 30 times faster, but increases the possiblity
152 of a corrupted database if your server shuts down unexpectedly.
153 The default behavior can be changed in src/version.h
154 - Restore on Win32, and in particular on Vista is untested. Please
155 test before relying on it. It should backup and restore reparse
157 - Win32 servers are untested, and very likely not to work.
159 The major new features are:
160 - Much faster insertion of attributes (somewhere around 10 times),
161 many thanks to Eric Bollengier and Marc Cousin.
162 - First release of bat (Bacula Administration Tool). Note to build
163 bat you must explicitly enable it on the ./configure line, you
164 must have the Qt4 version 4.2 or later libraries loaded, the qwt
165 (Qt Graphics) package loaded, and qmake and the other Qt4 tools
166 must be available. Most of the implementation was done by Dirk Bartley.
167 - Red/Black restore in memory tree (500 times faster loading).
168 - The Regex Where code to allow easier relocation of restored files
170 - Socket level heartbeat for all connections (untested).
171 - posix_fadvise() use in the FD to improve performance reduces
172 swapping due to opening/reading lots of files. Win32 equivalent
174 - Much improved Volume reservation code that should eliminate most
175 conflicts experienced in multiple drive autochangers.
176 - Simpler locking in the SD in the reservation system.
177 - Detection of file size/date change during backup if enabled.
178 - New Recycle Pool feature -- thanks to Eric.
179 - Efficient implementation of very large include/exclude lists.
180 - Volumes are no longer pruned during 'status dir'
181 - Pruning is now more efficient, and if a Volume is purged,
182 during pruning, it is immediately discovered.
183 - License is now GPL v2 without modifications, fix a few copyright
184 mistakes made when adding FSFE copyright notice.
186 New ./configure options:
187 - --enable-bwx-console
192 - --enable-batch-insert
194 New bconsole commands:
200 - .pwd (in restore tree)
201 - restoreclient (keyword)
202 - backupclient (keyword)
203 - regexwhere (keyword)
204 - update jobid (new command)
205 - recyclepool (keyword)
208 - Heartbeat Interval (bconsole.conf)
209 - Heartbeat Interval (bacula-dir.conf in Director, Client, Storage)
210 - TLS Allowed CN (bacula-dir.conf in Client)
211 - Regex Where (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
212 - Strip Prefix (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
213 - Add Prefix (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
214 - Add Suffex (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
215 - Recycle Pool (bacula-dir.conf in Pool)
216 - FailJobOnError (bacula-dir.conf in RunScript)
217 - CheckFileChanges (bacula-dir.conf in FileSet)
218 - StripPath (bacula-dir.conf in FileSet)
220 Other features or bug fixes:
221 - Fixed bugs: 916, 910, 917, 914, 906, 907,
222 842, 830, 893, 861, 888, 886, 807, 877, 872
223 885, 887, 864, 874, 882, 881, 863, 859,
224 856, 854, 845, 847, 846, 809, 772,
225 822, 825, 824, 808, 802, 797, 798, 795, 789, 791,
226 788, 780, 763, 782, 612, 767, 775, 621, 772, 764,
227 766, 621, 761, 755, 750, 741, 747, 742, 744, and 743.
228 - Configure bat with --enable-bat. Define qwt libraries with
229 --with-qwt=<dir>. See Installation chapter of manual for details.
230 - Create a depkgs-qt package that has both Qt4 and qwt, which are
231 needed to build bat. Most modern Linux systems will have both
232 these packages in the distro.
233 - Storage overrides delete all previous storage definitions instead
235 - One should be able to mount and unmount removable devices if the
236 Device resource has Removeable Media set and the mount and unmount
237 directives are defined.
238 - ./configure will do a better job of searching for qwt libraries.
239 - The Win32 version can no longer be shutdown from the tray monitor.
240 Use the command line or the Services panne.
241 - Keep prune_volumes() from pruning the whole Scratch pool.
242 - More debug output in status storage.
243 - Correct moving a Scratch volume from pool to pool (some
244 critical columns were lost).
245 - Different locking in reservations and despooling systems,
246 which means more micro-locking and less macro-locking, which
247 should give a lot more concurrency at the expense of slightly
248 (<0.1%) more overhead due to more locking/unlocking, but
249 concurrent jobs should run much faster.
250 - Additional drive reservation algorithm that should solve a lot of
251 the problems experienced with multiple drive autochangers.
252 - Storage daemon status command enhanced to more clearly show Volume,
253 pool and media type when a job is waiting.
254 - Made bsmtp work with more strict SMTP servers.
255 - Detect doubly freed buffers in smartall.c
256 - wx-console renamed to bwx-console (Fedora request)
257 - gnome-console renamed to bgnome-console (Fedora request)
258 - Migration preserves original job's FileSetId
259 - Spooling implemented for migration jobs.
260 - Config files can be read through a pipe, by specifying a leading |
261 in front of the configuration path/filename.
262 - New memory command (bconsole) that will print the current Director's
263 memory usage, and an in use buffer dump.
264 - Console name changed from *Console* to -Console- to accomodate Win32
265 filename restrictions.
266 - Corrected the Win32 ftruncate bug.
267 - Additional version information added to Job reports.
268 - New -8 option for bsmtp to specify UTF-8 encoding type.
269 - bsmtp will no longer add < > to target (from, to, cc) if there
270 is already a < in the target.
271 - Prefer Mounted Volumes extended to mean a volume that is being
272 mounted by another job.
273 - Runscript timing set to same as version 1.38.11
274 - New TLS Allowed CN directive(s) permitted.
275 - New bconsole 'exec' command to run external script/command.
276 - Turn on FreeBSD/OpenBSD code to set EOT model on tape.
277 - Drop from root done before database is opened.
278 - Database user and name can be configured with:
279 --with-db-name=name --with-db-user=user
280 - Turn on wait_for_drive in mtx-changer script.
281 - Rework how bar codes are handled in mtx-changer script.
282 This appears to have been an unreported bug.
283 - Updated nagios plugin supplied by Christian Masopust
284 - Better restricted console ACL checking.
285 - New Client Connect Wait directive in Storage daemon so that
286 users can configure how long SD waits for FD connection.
287 - Bacula will no longer permit pruning of the currently running
288 job (note, if other jobs are running, they may be pruned).
289 - Sockets are no longer restored.
290 - dbcheck works in 300K chunks so will typically run faster.
291 - Include/Exclude lists can now be efficiently handled for quite
292 large sizes -- tens of thousands of entries.
293 - Several memory leaks in migration and database usage were fixed.
294 - New console keyword restoreclient, which specifies the client to
295 which the restore will be sent. The client keyword specifies
296 the backup client. The restoreclient keyword is optional if it is
297 not specified, the backup client will also be the restore client.
298 - The disk file size is now checked to ensure that it agrees with the
299 catalog value before Bacula will append to the disk (same as tape