2 Release Notes for Bacula 1.33.4
4 Bacula code: Total files = 301 Total lines = 89,118 (*.h *.c *.in)
7 - "Close on Poll = yes/no" in SD Device resource.
8 - "Volume Poll Interval = time-interval" in SD Device resource.
9 - "Two EOF = yes/no" in SD Device resource.
10 - "Maximum Network Buffer Size = size" in SD Device resource.
11 - "Maximum Network Buffer Size = size" in FD FileDaemon (or Client) resource.
12 - "Console" new resource in Director conf file.
13 New directives: Name, Description, Password, JobACL, ClientACL,
14 StorageACL, ScheduleACL, RunACL, PoolACL, CommandACL,
15 FileSetACL, CatalogACL.
16 - "Max Run Time = duration" in Director Job resource.
17 - "Max Wait Time = duration" in Director Job resource (not fully implemented).
18 - "JobDefs = name-of-resource" in Director Job resource.
19 - "Jobdefs" new resource in Director. Same directives as for a Job.
20 - "Full Backup Pool = xxx" in Job resource in the Director.
21 - "Incremental Backup Pool = xxx" in Job resource in the Director.
22 - "Differential Backup Pool = xxx" in Job resource in the Director.
23 - Three new options on the Run override statement in a Schedule resource:
27 - SpoolData=yes/no in DIR Job resource
28 - SpoolData=yes/no in Run override directive.
29 - MaximumSpoolSize in SD Device resource
30 - MaximumSpoolJobSize in SD Device resource
31 - SpoolDirectory in SD Device resource.
35 - Added "pool=xxx" to restore command line.
36 - Added "fileset=xxx" to restore command line.
37 - Fixed "storage=xxx" on restore command line.
38 - "markdir" command in restore tree.
39 - "unmarkdir" command in restore tree.
40 - "quit" command in restore tree.
41 - Trace option on "setdebug trace=1/0 ..."
44 Most Significant Changes since 1.32f-4
45 - Native Win32 Client -- much faster and does better restores than old
47 - Implement Gnome 2.0 restore GUI
48 - Implement data spooling
49 - Implement Volume Polling
50 - Add a missing unlock in the jobq handler.
51 - Fix bug where a soft linked file and a directory had the same name
52 by treating the soft link as a directory and putting the entries under
53 it. This fixes the bug reported by Alexander Mueller.
54 - Apply Jess Guardiani's second fix to list autochanger volumes without
55 opening the drive (necessary on FreeBSD if no tape is in the drive).
56 - Reworked the command line handler in restore to walk through the
57 arguments one at a time. This makes the file= entries work correctly.
58 Also reworked the code that takes the MediaType and finds a
60 - Add quit command to restore tree handler.
61 - Make restore tree handler remember if a hard link is present, and
62 in doing a mark, only get database entry if there is a hard link.
63 mark commands thus run at least 2 orders of magnitude faster.
64 - Add files=xxx field to run command submitted for restore.
65 - Add yes to restore run command if either yes or run is command line
67 - Make "yes" on command line argument skip prompt for modification of
69 - Add markdir and unmarkdir -- both affect only the directory in
70 question and do not do a recursive descent.
71 - Make tree command automatically mark all higher level directories to
72 be restored when a directory or a file is selected. Such directories
73 are indicated by preceding the name with a + to indicate that only
74 the directory entry is selected and not the whole directory tree.
75 - Modify a few tree commands to walk through all arguments rather than
76 just taking the first one.
77 - Improved btape "test" and "fill" commands.
78 - The ability to ask the Storage daemon on a device by device basis
79 to "poll" the tape drive at a given interval (minimum 1 minute). If
80 a tape is found, its label is read and if appropriate it is used.
81 This eliminates the need to do "mount" commands.
82 - The ability to close and re-open the device when a poll occurs.
83 This permits dealing with certain recalcitrant autochangers that
84 invalidate devices (typically on FreeBSD).
85 - Dan Langille has written a PostgreSQL driver for Bacula.
86 - Implement "update slots scan" that reads the volume label(s).
87 - The full form of the scan is "scan=1,2,4-5,7". With no specification,
88 all occupied slots are scanned.
89 - Turn off changer Volumes that are not current in the changer when
90 an "update slots" is done, or if any tape operation discovers that
91 the right volume is not in the slot.
92 - The console program will run all commands it finds in ~/.bconsolerc
94 - Add Dan Langille's changes to the bacula start/stop script that
95 permit dropping root permissions just after startup.
96 - New version 1.5.5-1 Cygwin.
97 - Modify SD to update the catalog database when it is shutdown,
98 even if the job is canceled.
99 - Fixed seg fault in restore of multiple simultaneous jobs to
101 - Fixed thread race problem in multiple simultaneous jobs to
102 a single Volume where the volume lable is not in the first
103 tape block, so the tape is not recognized.
105 Other Changes since 1.32d
106 - Restore directory tree automatically selects all higher level
107 directories to be restored.
108 - Implement conio.c to use in console program -- mini-readline.
109 - Enhance "fill" command of btape -- simpler output. Use -v to
110 cause last block to be dumped after write and after re-read.
111 - Added an autochanger test to the btape "test" command. It is
112 automatically invoked if the autochanger is properly configured. It
113 is still a bit primitive but covers the essential of testing
114 the mtx-changer script with your autochanger.
115 - Select the oldest LastWritten volume during recycling.
116 - Added forward space file test to btape "test" command.
117 - All 1.32d patches applied.
118 - Fixed seg fault in restore of multiple simultaneous jobs to
120 - Fixed thread race problem in multiple simultaneous jobs to
121 a single Volume where the volume lable is not in the first
122 tape block, so the tape is not recognized.
125 - FreeBSD users NOTE!!!!!
126 You MUST add the following two records to your SD Device resource for
130 Fast Forward Space File = no
132 - The daemon protocol has changed, you must update everything at once.
133 - The database level has been updated. You must either re-initialize
139 which will delete ALL prior catalog information, or you can
140 update your database with:
142 ./update_bacula_tables
144 Please save your old database before dropping the tables or doing
145 an upgrade or you may regret it later.
147 - smtp has now become bsmtp
148 - console has now become bconsole.
149 - console.conf is now bconsole.conf
150 - Please don't underestimate the repercussions of the bsmtp and bconsole