2 Release Notes for Bacula 1.39.20
4 Bacula code: Total files = 448 Total lines = 150,330 (*.h *.c *.in)
7 - The basic features of Migration are now complete.
8 - There is a Migration chapter in the doc.
9 - There is an Encryption chapter in the doc.
11 New Features in 1.39.20:
12 - Add -n option to bconsole to turn off conio.
13 - The bytes field in the terminated jobs part of the status
14 command now reports in KB, MB, ... units.
15 - When not descending into a directory, print the File= name that
16 triggered it -- makes why not descending a bit clearer
17 - Do not unload autochanger when doing "update slots"
18 - Implement mount command for autochanger
21 - Writing DVDs should work much better thans to Richard Mortimer.
22 - Fix bug #462 incorrect error message printed when client script called
23 from File= was not found.
24 - Fix bug #558 (waiting for feedback) where Bacula needs too much time to
25 do a rewind on Solaris when no tape is in the drive (Solaris does not
26 have the detailed errno found on Linux). Added Solaris specific code.
27 Note, this may apply to other OSes as well.
28 - Many cleanups/enhancements for Win32 systems.
29 - Correct improperly formated list command output reported by Dan.
30 - Eric fixed RunScripts, which I (Kern) had broken in the last beta.
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34 Warning for version 1.39.18 and greater:
35 - The documentation is almost non-existent for all new features
36 except RunScripts (written and documented by Eric Bollengier).
37 - If you have an old pre 1.39.18 database, you must upgrade it using
38 the upgrade_bacula_tables script. Please backup your database before
39 upgrading just in case.
40 - You *should* be able to use 1.38.x FDs with version 1.39.18 Director
41 and SD providing you do not use any of the new features (runscript,
42 data encryption). It seems to work here, but we do not guarantee it.
43 - Your Director and SD must be simultaneously upgraded.
44 - The restore command no longer uses the MediaType as the primary method
45 of finding a suitable Storage device. Normally it will select the last
46 device used to write a Volume. If no storage device is defined, it
47 will use the old algorithm which selects the first Storage resource
48 with the correct MediaType.
49 - The MD5/SHA1 hash codes kept in the database are now kept in a binary
50 format compatible with the rest of the world. If you are running verify
51 jobs, you *must* do an InitCatalog or all files will show an MD5
52 difference. Also, authentication uses the new algorithm by
53 default, but *should* accept connections from older components (FD) using
54 the old non-compatible algorithm. This has been tested, but more
55 more testing is still needed.
56 - The --mandir ./configure option now points to the top level man
57 directory. The man files will be installed under mandir/man8 and
58 mandir/man1 as appropriate.
59 - The "Accept Any Volume" directive has been removed. It was never
60 implemented. Bacula will always accept any valid tape that is in
61 the drive for appending.
62 - To install the 1.39.18 Win32 FD, you *must* first stop any
63 previous version that is running in a DOS shell with:
67 or select the 'Close Bacula' menu item from the Bacula tray icon,
68 you should then save your bacula-fd.conf file, and either
69 uninstall (using Uninstall.bat in the c:\bacula directory) or
70 remove the old installation by manually in a DOS shell in the
71 Bacula directory enter:
75 after that you can proceed with the installation. My experience
76 is that it does not properly create the new bacula-fd.conf file, so
77 copy the one saved to the directory you chose to install Bacula,
78 or to the directory chosen by the Installer to put the bacula-fd.conf
79 file. Then you can start Bacula in a DOS shell with:
83 or use the Windows Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Component
87 A Lot of New features for 1.39.18:
88 - Switch the Win32 build from using Microsoft C++ to using mingw32
89 cross-compiling. The inital work was done by Howard Thomson,
90 then tweaked by me. Robert Nelson then totally reworked the
91 cross-compiling code so that it not only cross-compiles, but
92 also compiles on Visual Studio, and at the same time, he added
93 all the current Unix features to the FD, such as selection on
94 drives, encryption support, building *all* the tools, ...
95 Finally, he also ported the Directory and the Storage daemon to
97 - Data encryption done in the Client is now supported due to code
98 submitted by Landon Fuller.
99 - Bacula restore and bextract can now extract non-portable Win32 data to
100 any client (including Unix/Linux clients). Of course, in doing so,
101 the Microsoft specific permissions and ACLs will be lost. Thanks
102 to Thorsten Engel for this code.
103 - The 260 character limitation for Win32 paths name lengths is now
104 eliminated thanks to Thorsted Engel.
105 - Eric Bollengier wrote new RunScript directives that includes
106 the old RunBefore/AfterJob and ClientRunBefore/AfterJob features
107 plus a *lot* more, allowing you to control just about every aspect
108 of running scripts. See the manual for detailed documentation.
109 - The examples directory has a new bacula_mail_summary.sh file that
110 creates a single email summary of any number of jobs. Submitted by
112 - SunOS ACLs should now work thanks to a patch from David Duchscher.
113 - The database Id records should be 32/64 bit independent now. 64 bits
114 can be enabled by changing one define, but this has never been tested.
115 - Apply days keyword patch from Alexander.Bergolth at wu-wien.ac.at
116 If this patch is applied, the number of days can be specified with
117 "list nextvol days=xx"
120 My use case is to be able to preview the next scheduled job (and the
121 next tape to be used) on fridays if there are no scheduled jobs during
122 the weekend. This patch was probably back ported to 1.38.x
123 - Add nagios plugin to the examples directory. Submitted by
125 - Modify most restore error messages to be queued so that they
126 appear at the end of the job rather than mixted with the restore
127 listing where they could be "lost".
128 - Apply patch supplied by user (slightly modified) to fix
129 correct detection of holes in block devices and FIFOs.
131 - Added a report.pl program to the examples directory from Jonas Bjorklund.
132 - Add enable/disable job=<job-name>. This command prevents
133 the specified job from being scheduled. Even when disabled,
134 the job can be manually started from the console.
135 - Add two new queries to query.sql provided by Arno. One
136 list volumes known to the Storage device, and the other
137 lists volumes possibly needing replacement (error, ...).
138 - Implement new code for changing userid and group at startup. This
139 should get Bacula into the correct groups.
140 - Implement support for removable filesystems.
141 - Transfer rates are now presented in a more readable format thanks
142 to a user submission.
143 - SD is now aware of what volumes are mounted. More information is printed
144 in the Status report.
145 - The Pool Maximum Volumes directive is now respected in all places.
146 - A Storage device can now be specified in a Pool resource. It will override
147 all other Storage specifications.
148 - Most but not all directives accept true/false in place of yes/no.
149 - A patch from Karl Hakimian that reads JobIds, FileIndexes
150 from a database table for restore.
151 - There are a number of new tables. Some such as the Location table are
152 designed for user use in doing Volume Management software.
153 - Maximum Changer Wait, Maximum Open Wait, Maximum Rewind Wait to
154 accept time qualifiers.
155 - Implement jobuid to replace old usage of job in keywords as
156 suggested by Eric Bollengier.
157 - Apply patch for enhancing wait from Eric Bollengier. One can now:
158 wait (wait for all jobs to stop)
160 wait jobuid=unique id
162 - Implement write variables for Python to set Priority (anytime), and
163 Job Level, only during JobInit event.
164 - Use the keyword ujobid to mean the unique job id; job or jobname
165 to mean the Job name given on the Name directive, and jobid to
166 be the numeric (non-unique) job id.
167 - Allow the SD to use multiple drives during a backup/restore (only
168 one at a time). This is not well tested.
169 - Integrate addition of line count limitation to bsmtp -l from
170 Sebastian Stark <stark at tuebingen.mpg.de>
171 - Split the bacula start/start script into four files:
172 bacula -- starts and stops calling other scripts
173 bacula-ctl-dir -- starts/stops the director
174 bacula-ctl-fd -- starts/stops the File daemon
175 bacula-ctl-sd -- starts/stops the Storage daemon
176 - Remove automatic case folding on Windows FDs. You must
177 explictly use the 'Ignore Case = yes' option.
178 - Implement wild program in tools directory for testing
179 wild-cards. Almost identical to the regex program.
180 - Use the new bregex.c to implement Regex expressions on Win32.
181 - Apply patch from Christopher Hull
182 - Allow multiple connections to database with different
184 - Invalidate the scheduler when doing a reload. Fixes seg
185 fault, but still 60 second window.
186 - Additional info in Reschedule message.
187 - Use set_jcr_job_status() everywhere to prevent loss of
189 - Display peer IP in FD if error from connecting DIR.
190 - Don't increment file count for DIRBEGIN.
191 - Replace illegal characters in Win32 filename by _.
192 - Add SE_CREATE_PERMANENT_NAME privilege in Win32.
193 - Hash hard link filenames rather than linked list (performance).
194 - Fix for security failure in chdir on Win32.
195 - Add CreateDirectoryA/W win32 API entry points.
196 - Add /silent option to Win32 FD for Install/Remove service.
197 programs to duplicate Bacula's base64 algorithm using standard
198 routines. This fixes bugs #296, and 565. Patch submitted by
200 - Fixes to reloading the Dir conf file from Eric Bollengier and Christopher
202 - Modify LICENSE to correct some problems pointed out by Debian.
203 - Apply a patch submitted by cesarb in bug #606 to implement O_NOATIME support.
204 O_NOATIME is a open() flag which makes it possible to read a file without
205 updating the inode atime (and also without the inode ctime update which
206 happens if you try to set the atime back to its previous value). It also
207 prevents a race condition when two programs are reading the same file, but
208 only one does not want to change the atime. It's most useful for backup
209 programs and file integrity checkers (and bacula can fit on both
211 You enable it in the Bacula FileSet Options resource by setting:
213 The effect of this option is similar to the keepatime option except
214 it is more efficient and avoids modifying ctime.
215 - Implement a pile of new man pages contributed by Jose Tallon.
216 - Implement a number of user supplied patches for DVD writing.
217 - Modify the database format for handling Migration jobs:
218 Add PriorJobId, RealEndTime to Job table
220 Remove Stripe from JobMedia record (not used, wasting space)
221 Add ScratchPoolId, RecyclePoolId, Enabled to Media record
222 Add Cost to Location table.
223 Enabled to Media table and Location table.
224 - Security: harden authentication failure in FD by single threading errors
225 and forcing a 6 second wait.
226 - If using GCC (actually g++) add the following compiler flags
227 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti
228 - Turn on new bsnprintf() code. This could cause print output
230 - Implement job report that indicates where Storage and Pool
231 came from -- with overrides and Pool storage and NextPool,
232 it is all very complicated.
233 - Add more detail (Storage, Device) to list of volumes printed
235 - Add new VOLMGMT message class. No messages are yet sent with this
237 - Add Catalog message destination in Messages resource that puts the
238 job report in the Log database table.
239 - Spend a lot of time integrating mkcdrec with the rescue disk.
240 - Add spooling/despooling info in status output of SD.
241 - Add Comment field to llist of a volume.
242 - Allow true/false in some yes/no questions.
243 - Implement update volume enable=(on|off|true|false|archived|0|1|2)
245 Additional Features Added for Win32:
247 Added DriveType directive to the Director's Include Option FileSet
248 resource. Allowed values are: fixed, removable, cdrom, and remote. There
249 is only an implementation for Windows because it is the only platform that
250 has the concept of drives.
252 Adds EnhancedWild directive to the Director's Include Option FileSet
253 resource. Allowed values are: yes and no.
255 When EnhancedWild is enabled then the processing of the
256 Wild, WildDir and WildFile is changed in the following ways.
258 Patterns conform to Posix
259 \ is not a special character in character classification []
260 To match a - it must be the first or last character
261 To match a ] it must be the first character
263 fnmatch option FNM_FILE_NAME is specified * doesn't match a /
264 so it won't match multiple directory levels in a path
266 Relative WildFile patterns (ones without a leading /) match
267 against the filename portion. This in combination with the
268 FNM_FILE_NAME fnmatch() flag makes directives such as WildFile =
269 abc*.def work as expected.
271 Adds support for the shell's feature of brace expansion.
273 Here is an example where braces allow 24 lines to be expressed in 5.
275 # Exclude directories full of lots and lots of useless little files
276 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and
277 Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/Cookies"
278 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and
279 Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/Recent"
280 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/{Local
281 Settings,LOCALS~1}/History"
282 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/{Local
283 Settings,LOCALS~1}/Temp"
284 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/{Local
285 Settings,LOCALS~1}/Temporary Internet Files"
289 Here are some hints if you want to play with the Windows Director and/or
292 Changer and Tape device names in Windows are Changer0, Changer1, etc and
293 Tape0, Tape1, etc. If there isn't a device driver loaded for the Changer
294 then you need to use the address <Port>:<Bus>:<Target>:<Lun>. Port is the
295 SCSI Adapter Number, Bus is the Bus Number on the adapter (usually 0 since
296 most adapters only have one bus), Target is the device's Target Device ID,
297 Lun is the Logical Unit Number.
299 You must specify DeviceType = tape in the Device resource in bacula-sd.conf
300 since detection doesn't currently work.