1 Release Notes for Bacula 1.27
3 Bacula code: Total files = 222 Total lines = 60,486 (*.h *.c *.in)
5 Major Changes this Release:
6 - Implemented support for Sparse files.
7 - Implemented support for all Win32 attributes.
8 - New Volume format. Will permit faster restores,
9 and correct restores of Volumes written with multiple
11 - Important change to communications protocol. Eliminated
13 - Implemented VolumeUseDuration (duration Volume can be written)
14 - Implemented MaximumVolumeJobs (max jobs written to volume) see
15 the Pool documentation for the Director for more details.
16 - Rework of the Web site.
17 - New format for the User's Guide (manual).
18 - New bcopy tool (works but not totally complete).
19 - All bxxx tool programs MUST read a Storage daemon configuration file.
20 - Mount Anonymous Volumes is now dropped from the Storage
21 daemon configuration files.
22 - Accept Any Volume is by default "Yes" and permits Bacula
23 to accept any appendable volume from the pool. Previously,
24 it would accept ONLY the next appendable volume. To get
25 the old behavior add "Accept Any Volume = No" to the
26 Storage resources of your Director's configuration file.
27 - New database format. You must either re-initialize your database or
28 use <bacula-src>/src/cats/alter_mysql_tables (or alter_sqlite_tables)
29 to upgrade an existing database.
31 Minor Changes this Release:
32 - A number of small bug fixes.
33 - Improve handling of the "Where" prefix on Win32 by first
34 stripping any previous drive. This allows restoration to
36 - Modified Director-FD logon sequence to pass the OS id strings
38 - Fixed mount loop when the autochanger slot is incorrect in
40 - Updated the bacula start/stop script to work on more systems.
41 - Fixed many places prone to buffer overflows.
42 - Scripts are now found in <bacula-src>/scripts
43 - A mtx-changer script was contributed for the Sony
44 TLS-11000 autochanger. It is in <bacula-src>/examples
47 - You must re-initialize or alter your databases.
48 - The inter-daemon protocol has changed so you must
49 upgrade all your daemons (and all Clients).
51 Altering your database:
52 - First make a backup.
53 - Configure and build Bacula
56 cd <bacula-src>/src/cats
60 cd <bacula-src>/src/cats