2 Release Notes for Bacula 1.38.1
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 autostart install for FreeBSD.
9 - Fix several problems with PostgreSQL scripts.
10 - Critical: allow restore of the first file of non-portable Win32 backup.
11 - Important: with muliple concurrent jobs the autochanger could get
12 confused because of a missing mutex.
13 - Fix accessing last slot in label and update slots.
14 - Modify configure.in to add execute option to sqlite3 catalog
16 - Create update_xxx_table_8_to_9 scripts for updatedb
17 - Move the -lcrypt for PostgreSQL after the PostgreSQL libs in
18 autoconf/bacula-macros/db.m4 as suggested by user. Fixes bug #457.
19 - Remove @STATIC_CONS@ from tray-monitor Makefile as suggested
20 by user. Fixes bug #456.
21 - AMD64 users see compiler bug warning below!!!!!!!!!
23 Major Changes in 1.38:
24 - Fixed out of order Volumes in restore.
25 - Improved algorithm for reserving drives in multiple drive
26 autochangers. Autochange users MUST use the new Autochanger
27 resource in the Storage daemon.
28 - There is a new database format that is not compatible
29 with previous databases. You must upgrade if converting
30 from 1.36.x. No changes from version 1.37.30.
31 - The Director, Storage daemon, and File daemons are
32 Deamons are not compatible with prior versions.
33 All FDs must be upgraded at the same time.
34 - Support for ANSI/IBM labels.
35 - Faster database inserts due to combining the MD5/SHA1 into
36 the attributes record, eliminating one INSERT/file backed up.
37 - Python Event support has been added. See below for
38 configuration and details. The implementation is somewhat minimal,
39 so the functionality is not complete. The Python interface
40 has not been extensively tested, so please consider it BETA.
41 - DVD writing support, using parts, and some new directives in
42 the Device resource of the Storage configuration file thanks
43 to Nicolas Boichat. Please note that this code is still
44 BETA and should be carefully tested before using in
46 - Seven new options keywords in a FileSet resource:
47 ignorecase, fstype, hfsplussupport, wilddir, wildfile, regexdir,
48 and regexfile thanks to Pruben Guldberg). See below for details.
49 - Restore of all files for a Job or set of jobs even if the file
50 records have been removed from the catalog.
51 - Restore of a directory (non-recursive, i.e. only one level).
52 - Support for TLS (ssl) between all the daemon connections thanks
54 - Any Volume in the Pool named Scratch may be reassigned to any
55 other Pool when a new Volume is needed.
56 - You may clone a Job and thus write (almost) the same data
57 to multiple Volumes simultaneously (see below). Actually,
58 any Job may start any other Job with this mechanism, so it
59 also be used to group jobs.
60 - Unicode filename support for Win32 (thanks to Thorsten Engel)
61 - Volume Shadow Copy support for Win32 thus the capability to
62 backup exclusively opened files (thanks to Thorsten Engel).
63 A VSS enabled Win32 FD is available. You must explicitly
64 turn on VSS with "Enable VSS = yes" in your FileSet resource.
65 - New manual format with an index (thanks to Karl Cunningham).
66 - New Web site format (thanks to Michael Scherer).
68 - Web-bacula, previously a separate project by Juan Luis Frances,
69 is now included in the Bacula GUI release. This is a management
70 level tool for reporting the state of Bacula jobs.
71 - The code is now Internationalized so that it can be localized
72 in native languages. Thanks to Nicolas Boichat.
75 - New Job directive "Prefer Mounted Volumes = yes|no" causes the
76 SD to select either an Autochanger or a drive with a valid
77 Volume already mounted in preference. If none is available,
78 it will select the first available drive.
79 - New Run directive in Job resource of DIR. It permits
80 cloning of jobs. To clone a copy of the current job, use
81 Run = "job-name level=%l since=\"%s\""
82 Note, job-name is normally the same name as the job that
83 is running but there is no restriction on what you put. If you
84 want to start the job by hand and use job overrides such as
85 storage=xxx, realize that the job will be started with the
86 default storage values not the overrides. The level=%l guarantees
87 that the chosen level of the job is the same, and the since=...
88 ensures that the job uses *exactly* the same time/date for incremental
89 and differential jobs. The since=... is ignored when level=Full.
90 A cloned job will not start additional clones, so it is not possible
92 - New Options keywords in a FileSet directive (backported to 1.36.3):
94 Will do a wild card match against directories (files will not
97 Will do a wild card match against files (directories will not
100 Will do a regular expression match against directories (files
101 will not be matched).
103 Will do a regular expression match against files( directories
104 will not be matched).
105 - IgnoreCase = yes | no
106 Will ignore case in wild card and regular expression matches.
107 This is handy for Windows where filename case is not significant.
109 where string is a filesystem type: ext2, jfs, ntfs, proc,
110 reiserfs, xfs, usbdevfs, sysfs, smbfs, iso9660. For ext3
111 systems, use ext2. You may have multiple fstype directives
112 and thus permit multiple filesystem types. If the type
113 specified on the fstype directive does not match the
114 filesystem for a particular directive, that directory will
115 not be backed up. This directive can be used to prevent
116 backing up non-local filesystems.
117 - HFS Plus Support = yes | no
118 If set, Mac OS X resource forks will be saved and restored.
119 - Label Type = ANSI | IBM | Bacula
120 Implemented in Director Pool resource and in SD Device resource.
121 If it is specified in the SD Device resource, it will take
122 precedence over the value passed from the Director to the SD.
123 - Check Labels = yes | no
124 Implemented in the SD Device resource. If you intend to read
125 ANSI or IBM labels, this *must* be set. Even if the volume
126 is not ANSI labeled, you can set this to yes, and Bacula will
127 check the label type.
128 - Scripts Directory = <directory> name. Defines the directory from
129 which Bacula scripts will be called for events. In fact, Bacula
130 appends this name to the standard Python list of search directories,
131 so the script could also be in any of the Python system directories.
132 - In FileSet, you can exclude backing up of hardlinks (if you have
133 a lot, it can be very expensive), by using:
135 in the Options section. Patch supplied by David R Bosso. Thanks.
136 - MaximumPartSize = bytes (SD, Device resource)
137 Defines the maximum part size.
138 - Requires Mount = Yes/No (SD, Device resource)
139 Defines if the device require to be mounted to be read, and if it
140 must be written in a special way. If it set, the following directives
141 must be defined in the same Device resource:
142 + Mount Point = directory
143 Directory where the device must be mounted.
144 + Mount Command = name-string
145 Command that must be executed to mount the device. Before the command
146 is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, and %m with the
148 + Unmount Command = name-string
149 Command that must be executed to unmount the device. Before the
150 command is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, and
151 %m with the Mount Point.
152 + Write Part Command = name-string
153 Command that must be executed to write a part to the device. Before
154 the command is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, %m
155 with the Mount Point, %n with the current part number (0-based),
156 and %v with the current part filename.
157 + Free Space Command = name-string
158 Command that must be executed to check how much free space is left
159 on the device. Before the command is executed, %a is replaced with
160 the Archive Device, %m with the Mount Point, %n with the current part
161 number (0-based), and %v with the current part filename.
162 - Write Part After Job = Yes/No (DIR, Job Resource, and Schedule Resource)
163 If this directive is set to yes (default no), a new part file will be
164 created after the job is finished.
165 - A pile of new Directives to support TLS. Please see the TLS chapter
169 - "python restart" restarts the Python interpreter. Rather brutal, make
170 sure no Python scripts are running. This permits you to change
171 a Python script and get Bacula to use the new script.
173 New configure options:
174 - --with-libintl-prefix for defining alternate locations for
175 the NLS internationalization libraries. Not normally required.
176 - --datadir for defining where the language files will be installed
177 required only if you do not want the default /usr/share.
180 - If you use an Autochanger, you MUST update your SD conf file
181 to use the new Autochanger resource. Otherwise, certain commands
182 such as "update slots" may not work.
183 - You must add --with-python=[DIR] to the configure command line
184 if you want Python support. Python 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 should be
185 automatically detected if in the standard place.
186 - When linking with --with-python, there are a few warnings that
188 - You must either create a new catalog database or upgrade your
189 old database. After installation, run from your scripts
192 ./upgrade_bacula_tables
194 You can also find this script in the <bacula-source>/src/cats
196 - The Director, Storage daemon, and File daemons are
197 Deamons are not compatible with prior versions.
198 All FDs must be upgraded at the same time.
199 - You must add --with-openssl to the configure command line if
200 you want TLS communications encryption support.
201 - Disk seeking during restores does not yet work correctly in
202 all cases, so it is turned off.
203 - Note, with gcc (GCC) 4.0.1 20050727 (Red Hat 4.0.1-5) on an
204 AMD64 CPU running 64 bit CentOS4, there is a compiler bug that
205 generates bad code that causes Bacula to segment fault.
206 Typically you will see this in the Storage daemon first. The
207 solution is to compile Bacula ensuring that no optimization is
208 turned on (normally it is -O2).
209 This same compiler bug has been reported and confirmed with
210 gcc (GCC) 4.0.2 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux) running on
211 an AMD64 CPU. This for the moment, I would recommend that all
212 users of GCC 4.0.1 or greater turn off all optimization when
217 - Security fixes for temp files created in mtx-changer, during
218 ./configure, and during making of Rescue disk.
219 - A new script, dvd-handler, in the scripts directory,
220 which is designed to be used as parameters to Write Part Command and
221 Free Space Command. They need the dvd+rw-tools to be installed
222 (http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/) AND, the growisofs
223 program must be patched using the
224 <bacula-source>/patches/dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8.bacula.patch
225 You must have Python installed to run the scripts.
226 - Part files support: File volumes can now be split into multiple
227 files, called "parts".
228 - For the details of the Python scripting support, please see the new
229 Python Scripting chapter in the manual.