2 Release Notes for Bacula 1.38.2
4 Bacula code: Total files = 420 Total lines = 138,440 (*.h *.c *.in)
5 20,440 additional lines of code since version 1.36.3
8 - Fix crash in tray-monitor when daemon disconnects. Bug #479.
9 - Fix bnet-server bug found on OpenBSD. Bug #486
10 - Fix cancel failure bug. Bug #481
11 - Fix failure when Pool name has spaces. Bug #487
12 - Fix SD crash in autochanger code. Mutex failure. Bug #488
13 - Fix a couple of free()s in src/filed/acl.c
14 - Fix memory overrun in bfile.c in building OS X resource
15 fork filename. Bug #489
16 - Add Pool name to SD status output.
19 - Corrected ACL for Solaris (David Duchscher and Attila Fulop).
20 - Add bacula_mail_summary.sh to examples directory. It makes
21 a single email summary of any number of jobs. Submitted
23 - Unmount command now unloads autochanger.
24 - Fix hang in FD (Martin Simmons)
25 - Fix Win98 stat() problem in FD (Thorsten Engel)
26 - Fix update slots which did not clear missing tapes.
27 - Fix autostart install for FreeBSD (user reported)
28 - Fix several problems with PostgreSQL scripts (Eric Bollinger)
29 - Critical: allow restore of the first file of non-portable Win32 backup.
30 - Important: with muliple concurrent jobs the autochanger could get
31 confused because of a missing mutex.
32 - Fix accessing last slot in label and update slots.
33 - Modify configure.in to add execute option to sqlite3 catalog
35 - Create update_xxx_table_8_to_9 scripts for updatedb
36 - Move the -lcrypt for PostgreSQL after the PostgreSQL libs in
37 autoconf/bacula-macros/db.m4 as suggested by user. Fixes bug #457.
38 - Remove @STATIC_CONS@ from tray-monitor Makefile as suggested
39 by user. Fixes bug #456.
40 - AMD64 users see compiler bug warning below!!!!!!!!!
42 Major Changes in 1.38:
43 - Fixed out of order Volumes in restore.
44 - Improved algorithm for reserving drives in multiple drive
45 autochangers. Autochange users MUST use the new Autochanger
46 resource in the Storage daemon.
47 - There is a new database format that is not compatible
48 with previous databases. You must upgrade if converting
49 from 1.36.x. No changes from version 1.37.30.
50 - The Director, Storage daemon, and File daemons are
51 Deamons are not compatible with prior versions.
52 All FDs must be upgraded at the same time.
53 - Support for ANSI/IBM labels.
54 - Faster database inserts due to combining the MD5/SHA1 into
55 the attributes record, eliminating one INSERT/file backed up.
56 - Python Event support has been added. See below for
57 configuration and details. The implementation is somewhat minimal,
58 so the functionality is not complete. The Python interface
59 has not been extensively tested, so please consider it BETA.
60 - DVD writing support, using parts, and some new directives in
61 the Device resource of the Storage configuration file thanks
62 to Nicolas Boichat. Please note that this code is still
63 BETA and should be carefully tested before using in
65 - Seven new options keywords in a FileSet resource:
66 ignorecase, fstype, hfsplussupport, wilddir, wildfile, regexdir,
67 and regexfile thanks to Pruben Guldberg). See below for details.
68 - Restore of all files for a Job or set of jobs even if the file
69 records have been removed from the catalog.
70 - Restore of a directory (non-recursive, i.e. only one level).
71 - Support for TLS (ssl) between all the daemon connections thanks
73 - Any Volume in the Pool named Scratch may be reassigned to any
74 other Pool when a new Volume is needed.
75 - You may clone a Job and thus write (almost) the same data
76 to multiple Volumes simultaneously (see below). Actually,
77 any Job may start any other Job with this mechanism, so it
78 also be used to group jobs.
79 - Unicode filename support for Win32 (thanks to Thorsten Engel)
80 - Volume Shadow Copy support for Win32 thus the capability to
81 backup exclusively opened files (thanks to Thorsten Engel).
82 A VSS enabled Win32 FD is available. You must explicitly
83 turn on VSS with "Enable VSS = yes" in your FileSet resource.
84 - New manual format with an index (thanks to Karl Cunningham).
85 - New Web site format (thanks to Michael Scherer).
87 - Web-bacula, previously a separate project by Juan Luis Frances,
88 is now included in the Bacula GUI release. This is a management
89 level tool for reporting the state of Bacula jobs.
90 - The code is now Internationalized so that it can be localized
91 in native languages. Thanks to Nicolas Boichat.
94 - New Job directive "Prefer Mounted Volumes = yes|no" causes the
95 SD to select either an Autochanger or a drive with a valid
96 Volume already mounted in preference. If none is available,
97 it will select the first available drive.
98 - New Run directive in Job resource of DIR. It permits
99 cloning of jobs. To clone a copy of the current job, use
100 Run = "job-name level=%l since=\"%s\""
101 Note, job-name is normally the same name as the job that
102 is running but there is no restriction on what you put. If you
103 want to start the job by hand and use job overrides such as
104 storage=xxx, realize that the job will be started with the
105 default storage values not the overrides. The level=%l guarantees
106 that the chosen level of the job is the same, and the since=...
107 ensures that the job uses *exactly* the same time/date for incremental
108 and differential jobs. The since=... is ignored when level=Full.
109 A cloned job will not start additional clones, so it is not possible
111 - New Options keywords in a FileSet directive (backported to 1.36.3):
113 Will do a wild card match against directories (files will not
116 Will do a wild card match against files (directories will not
119 Will do a regular expression match against directories (files
120 will not be matched).
122 Will do a regular expression match against files( directories
123 will not be matched).
124 - IgnoreCase = yes | no
125 Will ignore case in wild card and regular expression matches.
126 This is handy for Windows where filename case is not significant.
128 where string is a filesystem type: ext2, jfs, ntfs, proc,
129 reiserfs, xfs, usbdevfs, sysfs, smbfs, iso9660. For ext3
130 systems, use ext2. You may have multiple fstype directives
131 and thus permit multiple filesystem types. If the type
132 specified on the fstype directive does not match the
133 filesystem for a particular directive, that directory will
134 not be backed up. This directive can be used to prevent
135 backing up non-local filesystems.
136 - HFS Plus Support = yes | no
137 If set, Mac OS X resource forks will be saved and restored.
138 - Label Type = ANSI | IBM | Bacula
139 Implemented in Director Pool resource and in SD Device resource.
140 If it is specified in the SD Device resource, it will take
141 precedence over the value passed from the Director to the SD.
142 - Check Labels = yes | no
143 Implemented in the SD Device resource. If you intend to read
144 ANSI or IBM labels, this *must* be set. Even if the volume
145 is not ANSI labeled, you can set this to yes, and Bacula will
146 check the label type.
147 - Scripts Directory = <directory> name. Defines the directory from
148 which Bacula scripts will be called for events. In fact, Bacula
149 appends this name to the standard Python list of search directories,
150 so the script could also be in any of the Python system directories.
151 - In FileSet, you can exclude backing up of hardlinks (if you have
152 a lot, it can be very expensive), by using:
154 in the Options section. Patch supplied by David R Bosso. Thanks.
155 - MaximumPartSize = bytes (SD, Device resource)
156 Defines the maximum part size.
157 - Requires Mount = Yes/No (SD, Device resource)
158 Defines if the device require to be mounted to be read, and if it
159 must be written in a special way. If it set, the following directives
160 must be defined in the same Device resource:
161 + Mount Point = directory
162 Directory where the device must be mounted.
163 + Mount Command = name-string
164 Command that must be executed to mount the device. Before the command
165 is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, and %m with the
167 + Unmount Command = name-string
168 Command that must be executed to unmount the device. Before the
169 command is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, and
170 %m with the Mount Point.
171 + Write Part Command = name-string
172 Command that must be executed to write a part to the device. Before
173 the command is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, %m
174 with the Mount Point, %n with the current part number (0-based),
175 and %v with the current part filename.
176 + Free Space Command = name-string
177 Command that must be executed to check how much free space is left
178 on the device. Before the command is executed, %a is replaced with
179 the Archive Device, %m with the Mount Point, %n with the current part
180 number (0-based), and %v with the current part filename.
181 - Write Part After Job = Yes/No (DIR, Job Resource, and Schedule Resource)
182 If this directive is set to yes (default no), a new part file will be
183 created after the job is finished.
184 - A pile of new Directives to support TLS. Please see the TLS chapter
188 - "python restart" restarts the Python interpreter. Rather brutal, make
189 sure no Python scripts are running. This permits you to change
190 a Python script and get Bacula to use the new script.
192 New configure options:
193 - --with-libintl-prefix for defining alternate locations for
194 the NLS internationalization libraries. Not normally required.
195 - --datadir for defining where the language files will be installed
196 required only if you do not want the default /usr/share.
199 - If you use an Autochanger, you MUST update your SD conf file
200 to use the new Autochanger resource. Otherwise, certain commands
201 such as "update slots" may not work.
202 - You must add --with-python=[DIR] to the configure command line
203 if you want Python support. Python 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 should be
204 automatically detected if in the standard place.
205 - When linking with --with-python, there are a few warnings that
207 - You must either create a new catalog database or upgrade your
208 old database. After installation, run from your scripts
211 ./upgrade_bacula_tables
213 You can also find this script in the <bacula-source>/src/cats
215 - The Director, Storage daemon, and File daemons are
216 Deamons are not compatible with prior versions.
217 All FDs must be upgraded at the same time.
218 - You must add --with-openssl to the configure command line if
219 you want TLS communications encryption support.
220 - Disk seeking during restores does not yet work correctly in
221 all cases, so it is turned off.
222 - Note, with gcc (GCC) 4.0.1 20050727 (Red Hat 4.0.1-5) on an
223 AMD64 CPU running 64 bit CentOS4, there is a compiler bug that
224 generates bad code that causes Bacula to segment fault.
225 Typically you will see this in the Storage daemon first. The
226 solution is to compile Bacula ensuring that no optimization is
227 turned on (normally it is -O2).
228 This same compiler bug has been reported and confirmed with
229 gcc (GCC) 4.0.2 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux) running on
230 an AMD64 CPU. This for the moment, I would recommend that all
231 users of GCC 4.0.1 or greater turn off all optimization when
236 - Security fixes for temp files created in mtx-changer, during
237 ./configure, and during making of Rescue disk.
238 - A new script, dvd-handler, in the scripts directory,
239 which is designed to be used as parameters to Write Part Command and
240 Free Space Command. They need the dvd+rw-tools to be installed
241 (http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/) AND, the growisofs
242 program must be patched using the
243 <bacula-source>/patches/dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8.bacula.patch
244 You must have Python installed to run the scripts.
245 - Part files support: File volumes can now be split into multiple
246 files, called "parts".
247 - For the details of the Python scripting support, please see the new
248 Python Scripting chapter in the manual.