2 Release Notes for Bacula 1.31
4 Bacula code: Total files = 253 Total lines = 75,240 (*.h *.c *.in)
6 Major Changes this Release:
7 - The database format has changed from version 1.30a. Please see below.
8 - Support to save and restore all files on WinNT/2K/XP systems
9 including the permissions. Unfortunately files that are in use by another
10 program cannot be saved.
11 - Support for Win95 systems (untested since I don't have Win95).
12 - Heartbeat every 20 minutes between daemons to prevent network
13 timeouts. The heartbeat interval can be set.
14 - Volume names may now only contain letters, numbers, colon, period, dash,
16 - Added readline to depkgs (removed from depkgs1) and fixed configuration if
17 it is not installed in your system libraries.
18 - Implemented generalized tape label formats including counter variables
19 for automatic naming of Volumes.
20 - Multiple simultaneous jobs now work. However, I still don't highly
22 - Implemented tape block rejection, which means that restores with
23 several incremental backups will run orders of magnitude faster.
26 Other Changes this Release:
27 - Restore checks block numbers to ensure that no block is lost.
28 - The new console var command allows testing variable expansion
29 used in automatic tape name generation.
30 - The new console estimate command allows you to test FileSets
31 to see how many files and bytes will be saved and optionally
32 to have an "ls -l" style listing of the files.
33 - During a normal restore (replace = yes), any existing file is deleted
34 and the restored file is then created. This corrects links and other
35 wierd files that changed between the backup and the restore.
36 - Preliminary support for BSDi.
37 - Use smtp instead of mail to send the traceback message.
38 - Fixed a race condition in the "list" command while a backup is
40 - Improvements to gnome-console.
41 - Prune orphaned jobs (no files saved, no Volume used).
42 - Added non-fatal errors to Job reports.
43 - Eliminate need for SubsysDirectory in each daemon -- please remove
44 these records from your .conf files.
45 - Add a lot more "command line" options to console commands.
46 - More info in traceback (database type, ...).
47 - Better handling of errors with autochangers during restore.
48 - Better cancellation of jobs in Storage daemon (doesn't try
50 - Better cancellation of File daemon (except on Cygwin systems).
51 - SD error messages such as autochanger errors are now properly
52 directed back to Console -- previously some were lost.
53 - A Storage daemon crash on FreeBSD systems (due to a different FreeBSD
54 pthreads implementation) is fixed.
55 - Better Job termination report particularly for Verify and Restore jobs.
56 - Update Verify VolumeToCatalog to use new BSR records.
57 - Fixed list last 20 jobs in restore command (previously reported any
59 - Gnome command line history works better.
60 - Better messages if a job is upgraded from Diff or Inc to Full.
61 - Replaced FileSet MD5 with date created -- more aestetic and readable.
62 - Fixed a FD crash on long directory names (Win32 specific).
67 - Recycle Oldest Volume has changed to be Purge Oldest Volume
68 Please change your Director's .conf file.
69 - The default time interval is now days instead of seconds. Please
70 check your .conf files!
71 - For MySQL users, you must have the thread safe client libraries
72 available. If you build MySQL yourself, add the --enable-thread-safe-client
73 option on the ./configure. You will most likely need to do an ldconfig.
74 Please see the installation documentation for building MySQL.
75 - Version 1.31 and 1.30 daemons/Director are not compatible. You must
76 upgrade all or nothing.
78 - The format of the catalog database has changed, so you must either
79 re-initialize your database (losing all the old info) with:
84 or you can use the appropriate script (you must choose the name according
85 to which database you have) in the <bacula-source>/src/cats directory.
87 BEFORE APPLYING THE ALTER SCRIPT PLEASE BACKUP YOUR DATABASE.
88 If you have previously upgraded to version 1.31, please do not run
89 this procedure a second time. Do one of the following only if you
90 wish to keep your old tables (not doing the re-initialize documented
91 above), and do this only after configuring an building the new Bacula,
92 but before trying to run it:
95 cd working-directory (or where you want to backup the catalog)
96 mysqladmin -f --opt bacula >bacula.sql
97 cd <bacula-source>/src/cats
102 echo '.dump' sqlite bacula.db >bacula.sql
103 cd <bacula-source>/src/cats
104 ./alter_sqlite_tables
106 When you are sure that Bacula is running with your upgraded database,
107 please delete the bacula.sql copy you made.