6 gftp sshfs kile kate lsssci m4 mtx nfs-common nfs-server
7 patch squashfs-tools strace sg3-utils screen scsiadd
8 system-tools-backend telnet dpkg traceroute urar usbutils
9 whois apt-file autofs busybox chkrootkit clamav dmidecode
10 manpages-dev manpages-posix manpages-posix-dev
14 - package sg3-utils, program sg_map
15 - !!! Cannot restore two jobs a the same time that were
16 written simultaneously unless they were totally spooled.
17 - Document cleaning up the spool files:
18 db, pid, state, bsr, mail, conmsg, spool
19 - Document the multiple-drive-changer.txt script.
20 - Pruning with Admin job.
21 - Does WildFile match against full name? Doc.
22 - %d and %v only valid on Director, not for ClientRunBefore/After.
23 - During tests with the 260 char fix code, I found one problem:
24 if the system "sees" a long path once, it seems to forget it's
25 working drive (e.g. c:\), which will lead to a problem during
26 the next job (create bootstrap file will fail). Here is the
27 workaround: specify absolute working and pid directory in
28 bacula-fd.conf (e.g. c:\bacula\working instead of
30 - Document techniques for restoring large numbers of files.
31 - Document setting my.cnf to big file usage.
32 - Add example of proper index output to doc. show index from File;
33 - Correct the Include syntax in the m4.xxx files in examples/conf
34 - Document JobStatus and Termination codes.
35 - Fix the error with the "DVI file can't be opened" while
36 building the French PDF.
37 - Document more DVD stuff
45 - Document all the little details of setting up certificates for
46 the Bacula data encryption code.
47 - Document more precisely how to use master keys -- especially
48 for disaster recovery.
51 - Migration from other vendors
55 - Backup conf/exe (all daemons)
56 - Backup up system state
57 - Detect state change of system (verify)
58 - Synthetic Full, Diff, Inc (Virtual, Reconstructed)
60 - Modules for Databases, Exchange, ...
61 - Novell NSS backup http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/18952.html
62 - Compliance norms that compare restored code hash code.
63 - When glibc crash, get address with
65 - How to sync remote offices.
67 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itshowcase/content/exchbkup.mspx
70 Extract capability (#25)
71 Continued enhancement of bweb
72 Threshold triggered migration jobs (not currently in list, but will be
74 Client triggered backups
75 Complete rework of the scheduling system (not in list)
76 Performance and usage instrumentation (not in list)
77 See email of 21Aug2007 for details.
78 - Look at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cfg2html
79 and http://www.openeyet.nl/scc/ for managing customer changes
84 - When reserving a device to read, check to see if the Volume
85 is already in use, if so wait. Probably will need to pass the
86 Volume. See bug #1313. Create a regression test to simulate
87 this problem and see if VolumePollInterval fixes it. Possibly turn
90 - Fix restore of acls and extended attributes to count ERROR
91 messages and make errors non-fatal.
92 - Put save/restore various platform acl/xattrs on a pointer to simplify
96 - Why no error message if restore has no permission on the where
98 - Possibly allow manual "purge" to purge a Volume that has not
99 yet been written (even if FirstWritten time is zero) see ua_purge.c
101 - Add disk block detection bsr code (make it work).
103 - Add blast attributes to DIR to SD.
104 - Detect deadlocks in reservations.
106 - Add list during dump
107 - Add in plugin code flag
108 - Add bRC_EndJob -- stops more calls to plugin this job
109 - Add bRC_Term (unload plugin)
110 - remove time_t from Jmsg and use utime_t?
111 - Deadlock detection, watchdog sees if counter advances when jobs are
112 running. With debug on, can do a "status" command.
113 - User options for plugins.
114 - Pool Storage override precedence over command line.
115 - Autolabel only if Volume catalog information indicates tape not
116 written. This will avoid overwriting a tape that gets an I/O
117 error on reading the volume label.
118 - I/O error, SD thinks it is not the right Volume, should check slot
119 then disable volume, but Asks for mount.
120 - Can be posible modify package to create and use configuration files in
125 /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf
126 /etc/bacula/conf.d/pools.conf
127 /etc/bacula/conf.d/clients.conf
128 /etc/bacula/conf.d/storages.conf
130 and into bacula-dir.conf file include
132 @/etc/bacula/conf.d/pools.conf
133 @/etc/bacula/conf.d/clients.conf
134 @/etc/bacula/conf.d/storages.conf
135 - Possibly add an Inconsistent state when a Volume is in error
137 - Fix #ifdefing so that smartalloc can be disabled. Check manual
138 -- the default is enabled.
139 - Change calling sequence to delete_job_id_range() in ua_cmds.c
140 the preceding strtok() is done inside the subroutine only once.
141 - Dangling softlinks are not restored properly. For example, take a
142 soft link such as src/testprogs/install-sh, which points to /usr/share/autoconf...
143 move the directory to another machine where the file /usr/share/autoconf does
144 not exist, back it up, then try a full restore. It fails.
145 - Softlinks that point to non-existent file are not restored in restore all,
146 but are restored if the file is individually selected. BUG!
147 - New directive "Delete purged Volumes"
149 - Prune by Job Level (Full, Differential, Incremental)
150 - Strict automatic pruning
151 - Implement unmount of USB volumes.
152 - Use "./config no-idea no-mdc2 no-rc5" on building OpenSSL for
153 Win32 to avoid patent problems.
154 - Implement multiple jobid specification for the cancel command,
155 similar to what is permitted on the update slots command.
156 - modify pruning to keep a fixed number of versions of a file,
158 - the cd-command should allow complete paths
159 i.e. cd /foo/bar/foo/bar
160 -> if a customer mails me the path to a certain file,
161 its faster to enter the specified directory
162 - Make tree walk routines like cd, ls, ... more user friendly
163 by handling spaces better.
164 - When doing a restore, if the user does an "update slots"
165 after the job started in order to add a restore volume, the
166 values prior to the update slots will be put into the catalog.
167 Must retrieve catalog record merge it then write it back at the
168 end of the restore job, if we want to do this right.
172 MA = (last_MA * 3 + rate) / 4
173 rate = (bytes - last_bytes) / (runtime - last_runtime)
174 - Add a recursive mark command (rmark) to restore.
175 - "Minimum Job Interval = nnn" sets minimum interval between Jobs
176 of the same level and does not permit multiple simultaneous
177 running of that Job (i.e. lets any previous invocation finish
178 before doing Interval testing).
179 - Look at simplifying File exclusions.
181 - Auto update of slot:
182 rufus-dir: ua_run.c:456-10 JobId=10 NewJobId=10 using pool Full priority=10
183 02-Nov 12:58 rufus-dir JobId 10: Start Backup JobId 10, Job=kernsave.2007-11-02_12.58.03
184 02-Nov 12:58 rufus-dir JobId 10: Using Device "DDS-4"
185 02-Nov 12:58 rufus-sd JobId 10: Invalid slot=0 defined in catalog for Volume "Vol001" on "DDS-4" (/dev/nst0). Manual load my be required.
186 02-Nov 12:58 rufus-sd JobId 10: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
187 02-Nov 12:58 rufus-sd JobId 10: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot 2.
188 02-Nov 12:58 rufus-sd JobId 10: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume "Vol001" on device "DDS-4" (/dev/nst0)
189 02-Nov 12:58 rufus-sd JobId 10: Alert: TapeAlert[7]: Media Life: The tape has reached the end of its useful life.
190 02-Nov 12:58 rufus-dir JobId 10: Bacula rufus-dir 2.3.6 (26Oct07): 02-Nov-2007 12:58:51
191 - Separate Files and Directories in catalog
192 - Create FileVersions table
193 - Look at rsysnc for incremental updates and dedupping
194 - Add MD5 or SHA1 check in SD for data validation
195 - finish implementation of fdcalled -- see ua_run.c:105
196 - Fix problem in postgresql.c in my_postgresql_query, where the
197 generation of the error message doesn't differentiate result==NULL
198 and a bad status from that result. Not only that, the result is
199 cleared on a bail_out without having generated the error message.
201 - Implement SDErrors (must return from SD)
202 - Implement USB keyboard support in rescue CD.
203 - Implement continue spooling while despooling.
204 - Remove all install temp files in Win32 PLUGINSDIR.
205 - Audit retention periods to make sure everything is 64 bit.
206 - No where in restore causes kaboom.
207 - Performance: multiple spool files for a single job.
208 - Performance: despool attributes when despooling data (problem
209 multiplexing Dir connection).
210 - Make restore use the in-use volume reservation algorithm.
211 - When Pool specifies Storage command override does not work.
212 - Implement wait_for_sysop() message display in wait_for_device(), which
213 now prints warnings too often.
214 - Ensure that each device in an Autochanger has a different
216 - Look at sg_logs -a /dev/sg0 for getting soft errors.
217 - btape "test" command with Offline on Unmount = yes
219 This test is essential to Bacula.
221 I'm going to write one record in file 0,
222 two records in file 1,
223 and three records in file 2
225 02-Feb 11:00 btape: ABORTING due to ERROR in dev.c:715
226 dev.c:714 Bad call to rewind. Device "LTO" (/dev/nst0) not open
227 02-Feb 11:00 btape: Fatal Error because: Bacula interrupted by signal 11: Segmentation violation
228 Kaboom! btape, btape got signal 11. Attempting traceback.
230 - Encryption -- email from Landon
231 > The backup encryption algorithm is currently not configurable, and is
232 > set to AES_128_CBC in src/filed/backup.c. The encryption code
233 > supports a number of different ciphers (as well as adding arbitrary
234 > new ones) -- only a small bit of code would be required to map a
235 > configuration string value to a CRYPTO_CIPHER_* value, if anyone is
236 > interested in implementing this functionality.
238 - Figure out some way to "automatically" backup conf changes.
239 - Add the OS version back to the Win32 client info.
240 - Restarted jobs have a NULL in the from field.
241 - Modify SD status command to indicate when the SD is writing
242 to a DVD (the device is not open -- see bug #732).
243 - Look at the possibility of adding "SET NAMES UTF8" for MySQL,
244 and possibly changing the blobs into varchar.
245 - Ensure that the SD re-reads the Media record if the JobFiles
246 does not match -- it may have been updated by another job.
248 - Test Volume compatibility between machine architectures
249 - Encryption documentation
250 - Wrong jobbytes with query 12 (todo)
251 - Bare-metal recovery Windows (todo)
256 - Access Mode = Read-Only, Read-Write, Unavailable, Destroyed, Offsite
258 - Maximum number of scratch volumes
260 - Next Pool (already have)
261 - Reclamation threshold
263 - Reuse delay (after all files purged from volume before it can be used)
264 - Copy Pool = xx, yyy (or multiple lines).
266 - Allow pool selection during restore.
268 - Average tape size from Eric
269 SELECT COALESCE(media_avg_size.volavg,0) * count(Media.MediaId) AS volmax, GROUP BY Media.MediaType, Media.PoolId, media_avg_size.volavg
270 count(Media.MediaId) AS volnum,
271 sum(Media.VolBytes) AS voltotal,
272 Media.PoolId AS PoolId,
273 Media.MediaType AS MediaType
275 LEFT JOIN (SELECT avg(Media.VolBytes) AS volavg,
276 Media.MediaType AS MediaType
278 WHERE Media.VolStatus = 'Full'
279 GROUP BY Media.MediaType
280 ) AS media_avg_size ON (Media.MediaType = media_avg_size.MediaType)
281 GROUP BY Media.MediaType, Media.PoolId, media_avg_size.volavg
285 - Add doc for bweb -- especially Installation
287 http://www.orangecrate.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=501
289 - Despool attributes in separate thread
292 - Check why restore repeatedly sends Rechdrs between
293 each data chunk -- according to James Harper 9Jan07.
296 - More intelligent re-run
298 - Incremental backup -- rsync, Stow
301 - Try to fix bscan not working with multiple DVD volumes bug #912.
302 - Look at mondo/mindi
303 - Make Bacula by default not backup tmpfs, procfs, sysfs, ...
304 - Fix hardlinked immutable files when linking a second file, the
305 immutable flag must be removed prior to trying to link it.
306 - Change dbcheck to tell users to use native tools for fixing
307 broken databases, and to ensure they have the proper indexes.
308 - add udev rules for Bacula devices.
309 - If a job terminates, the DIR connection can close before the
310 Volume info is updated, leaving the File count wrong.
311 - Look at why SIGPIPE during connection can cause seg fault in
312 writing the daemon message, when Dir dropped to bacula:bacula
313 - Look at zlib 32 => 64 problems.
314 - Possibly turn on St. Bernard code.
315 - Fix bextract to restore ACLs, or better yet, use common routines.
316 - Do we migrate appendable Volumes?
317 - Remove queue.c code.
318 - Print warning message if LANG environment variable does not specify
320 - New dot commands from Arno.
321 .show device=xxx lists information from one storage device, including
322 devices (I'm not even sure that information exists in the DIR...)
323 .move eject device=xxx mostly the same as 'unmount xxx' but perhaps with
324 better machine-readable output like "Ok" or "Error busy"
325 .move eject device=xxx toslot=yyy the same as above, but with a new
326 target slot. The catalog should be updated accordingly.
327 .move transfer device=xxx fromslot=yyy toslot=zzz
330 - Article: http://www.heise.de/open/news/meldung/83231
331 - Article: http://www.golem.de/0701/49756.html
332 - Article: http://lwn.net/Articles/209809/
333 - Article: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/01/09/bacula.html
334 - Article: http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/04/07/bacula.html
335 - Article: http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/admin/bacula
336 - Article: http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/baculaweb.htm
338 - Wikis mentioning Bacula
339 http://wiki.finkproject.org/index.php/Admin:Backups
340 http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Bacula
341 http://www.openpkg.org/product/packages/?package=bacula
342 http://www.iterating.com/products/Bacula
343 http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Net-snmp_extensions
344 http://www.section6.net/wiki/index.php/Using_Bacula_for_Tape_Backups
345 http://bacula.darwinports.com/
346 http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases/Corporate/Server_4/Notes#Bacula
347 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacula
350 http://www.devco.net/pubwiki/Bacula/
351 http://paramount.ind.wpi.edu/wiki/doku.php
352 http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Backup
353 http://www.georglutz.de/wiki/Bacula
354 http://www.clarkconnect.com/wiki/index.php?title=Modules_-_LAN_Backup/Recovery
355 http://linuxwiki.de/Bacula (in German)
357 - Possibly allow SD to spool even if a tape is not mounted.
358 - Figure out how to configure query.sql. Suggestion to use m4:
359 == changequote.m4 ===
360 changequote(`[',`]')dnl
361 ==== query.sql.in ===
362 :List next 20 volumes to expire
364 Pool.Name AS PoolName,
369 [ FROM_UNIXTIME(UNIX_TIMESTAMP(Media.LastWritten) Media.VolRetention) AS Expire, ])dnl
371 [ media.lastwritten + interval '1 second' * media.volretention as expire, ])dnl
375 ON Media.PoolId=Pool.PoolId
376 WHERE Media.LastWritten>0
380 Command: m4 -DmySQL changequote.m4 query.sql.in >query.sql
382 The problem is that it requires m4, which is not present on all machines
387 select FilenameId from Filename where Name='';
388 # Get list of all directories referenced in a Backup.
389 select Path.Path from Path,File where File.JobId=nnn and
390 File.FilenameId=(FilenameId-from-above) and File.PathId=Path.PathId
391 order by Path.Path ASC;
393 - Look into using Dart for testing
394 http://public.kitware.com/Dart/HTML/Index.shtml
396 - Look into replacing autotools with cmake
397 http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Index.html
399 - Mount on an Autochanger with no tape in the drive causes:
400 Automatically selected Storage: LTO-changer
401 Enter autochanger drive[0]: 0
402 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
403 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result: nothing loaded.
404 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
405 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result: nothing loaded.
406 3902 Cannot mount Volume on Storage Device "LTO-Drive1" (/dev/nst0) because:
407 Couldn't rewind device "LTO-Drive1" (/dev/nst0): ERR=dev.c:678 Rewind error on "LTO-Drive1" (/dev/nst0). ERR=No medium found.
408 3905 Device "LTO-Drive1" (/dev/nst0) open but no Bacula volume is mounted.
409 If this is not a blank tape, try unmounting and remounting the Volume.
410 - If Drive 0 is blocked, and drive 1 is set "Autoselect=no", drive 1 will
412 - Autochanger did not change volumes.
413 select * from Storage;
414 +-----------+-------------+-------------+
415 | StorageId | Name | AutoChanger |
416 +-----------+-------------+-------------+
417 | 1 | LTO-changer | 0 |
418 +-----------+-------------+-------------+
419 05-May 03:50 roxie-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 11.
420 05-May 03:50 roxie-sd: Tibs.2006-05-05_03.05.02 Warning: Director wanted Volume "LT
421 Current Volume "LT0-002" not acceptable because:
422 1997 Volume "LT0-002" not in catalog.
423 05-May 03:50 roxie-sd: Tibs.2006-05-05_03.05.02 Error: Autochanger Volume "LT0-002"
424 Setting InChanger to zero in catalog.
425 05-May 03:50 roxie-dir: Tibs.2006-05-05_03.05.02 Error: Unable to get Media record
427 05-May 03:50 roxie-sd: Tibs.2006-05-05_03.05.02 Fatal error: Error getting Volume i
428 05-May 03:50 roxie-sd: Tibs.2006-05-05_03.05.02 Fatal error: Job 530 canceled.
429 05-May 03:50 roxie-sd: Tibs.2006-05-05_03.05.02 Fatal error: spool.c:249 Fatal appe
430 05-May 03:49 Tibs: Tibs.2006-05-05_03.05.02 Fatal error: c:\cygwin\home\kern\bacula
439 FirstWritten: 2006-05-05 03:11:54
440 LastWritten: 2006-05-05 03:50:23
441 LabelDate: 2005-12-26 16:52:40
452 VolRetention: 31,536,000
464 Note VolStatus is blank!!!!!
471 FirstWritten: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
472 LastWritten: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
473 LabelDate: 2005-12-26 16:52:40
484 VolRetention: 31,536,000
497 Automatically selected Storage: LTO-changer
498 Enter autochanger drive[0]: 0
499 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
500 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result: nothing loaded.
501 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command.
502 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result: nothing loaded.
503 3902 Cannot mount Volume on Storage Device "LTO-Drive1" (/dev/nst0) because:
504 Couldn't rewind device "LTO-Drive1" (/dev/nst0): ERR=dev.c:678 Rewind error on "LTO-Drive1" (/dev/nst0). ERR=No medium found.
506 3905 Device "LTO-Drive1" (/dev/nst0) open but no Bacula volume is mounted.
507 If this is not a blank tape, try unmounting and remounting the Volume.
509 - http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/commercial-floss.html
510 - Add VolumeLock to prevent all but lock holder (SD) from updating
511 the Volume data (with the exception of VolumeState).
512 - The btape fill command does not seem to use the Autochanger
513 - Make Windows installer default to system disk drive.
514 - Look at using ioctl(FIOBMAP, ...) on Linux, and
515 DeviceIoControl(..., FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES, ...) on
516 Win32 for sparse files.
517 http://www.flexhex.com/docs/articles/sparse-files.phtml
518 http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~loizides/reiserfs/fibmap.html
519 - Directive: at <event> "command"
520 - Command: pycmd "command" generates "command" event. How to
521 attach to a specific job?
522 - Integrate Christopher's St. Bernard code.
523 - run_cmd() returns int should return JobId_t
524 - get_next_jobid_from_list() returns int should return JobId_t
525 - Document export LDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64
526 - Don't attempt to restore from "Disabled" Volumes.
527 - Network error on Win32 should set Win32 error code.
528 - What happens when you rename a Disk Volume?
529 - Job retention period in a Pool (and hence Volume). The job would
531 - Look at -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
532 - Add Win32 FileSet definition somewhere
533 - Look at fixing restore status stats in SD.
534 - Look at using ioctl(FIMAP) and FIGETBSZ for sparse files.
535 http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~loizides/reiserfs/fibmap.html
536 - Implement a mode that says when a hard read error is
537 encountered, read many times (as it currently does), and if the
538 block cannot be read, skip to the next block, and try again. If
539 that fails, skip to the next file and try again, ...
541 create table LevelType (LevelType binary(1), LevelTypeLong tinyblob);
542 insert into LevelType (LevelType,LevelTypeLong) values
546 - Show files/second in client status output.
547 - new pool XXX with ScratchPoolId = MyScratchPool's PoolId and
548 let it fill itself, and RecyclePoolId = XXX's PoolId so I can
549 see if it become stable and I just have to supervise
551 - If I want to remove this pool, I set RecyclePoolId = MyScratchPool's
552 PoolId, and when it is empty remove it.
554 - Allow Check Labels to be used with Bacula labels.
555 - "Resuming" a failed backup (lost line for example) by using the
556 failed backup as a sort of "base" job.
558 - Email to the user when the tape is about to need changing x
559 days before it needs changing.
560 - Command to show next tape that will be used for a job even
561 if the job is not scheduled.
562 - From: Arunav Mandal <amandal@trolltech.com>
563 1. When jobs are running and bacula for some reason crashes or if I do a
564 restart it remembers and jobs it was running before it crashed or restarted
565 as of now I loose all jobs if I restart it.
567 2. When spooling and in the midway if client is disconnected for instance a
568 laptop bacula completely discard the spool. It will be nice if it can write
569 that spool to tape so there will be some backups for that client if not all.
571 3. We have around 150 clients machines it will be nice to have a option to
572 upgrade all the client machines bacula version automatically.
574 4. Atleast one connection should be reserved for the bconsole so at heavy load
575 I should connect to the director via bconsole which at sometimes I can't
577 5. Another most important feature that is missing, say at 10am I manually
578 started backup of client abc and it was a full backup since client abc has
579 no backup history and at 10.30am bacula again automatically started backup of
580 client abc as that was in the schedule. So now we have 2 multiple Full
581 backups of the same client and if we again try to start a full backup of
582 client backup abc bacula won't complain. That should be fixed.
584 - For Windows disaster recovery see http://unattended.sf.net/
585 - regardless of the retention period, Bacula will not prune the
586 last Full, Diff, or Inc File data until a month after the
587 retention period for the last Full backup that was done.
588 - update volume=xxx --- add status=Full
589 - Remove old spool files on startup.
590 - Exclude SD spool/working directory.
591 - Refuse to prune last valid Full backup. Same goes for Catalog.
593 - Make a callback when Rerun failed levels is called.
594 - Give Python program access to Scheduled jobs.
595 - Add setting Volume State via Python.
596 - Python script to save with Python, not save, save with Bacula.
597 - Python script to do backup.
599 - Change the Priority, Client, Storage, JobStatus (error)
600 at the start of a job.
601 - Why is SpoolDirectory = /home/bacula/spool; not reported
602 as an error when writing a DVD?
603 - Make bootstrap file handle multiple MediaTypes (SD)
604 - Remove all old Device resource code in Dir and code to pass it
605 back in SD -- better, rework it to pass back device statistics.
606 - Check locking of resources -- be sure to lock devices where previously
607 resources were locked.
608 - The last part is left in the spool dir.
611 - In restore don't compare byte count on a raw device -- directory
612 entry does not contain bytes.
615 - Max Vols limit in Pool off by one?
616 - Implement Files/Bytes,... stats for restore job.
617 - Implement Total Bytes Written, ... for restore job.
618 - Despool attributes simultaneously with data in a separate
619 thread, rejoined at end of data spooling.
620 - 7. Implement new Console commands to allow offlining/reserving drives,
621 and possibly manipulating the autochanger (much asked for).
622 - Add start/end date editing in messages (%t %T, %e?) ...
623 - Add ClientDefs similar to JobDefs.
624 - Print more info when bextract -p accepts a bad block.
625 - Fix FD JobType to be set before RunBeforeJob in FD.
626 - Look at adding full Volume and Pool information to a Volume
627 label so that bscan can get *all* the info.
628 - If the user puts "Purge Oldest Volume = yes" or "Recycle Oldest Volume = yes"
629 and there is only one volume in the pool, refuse to do it -- otherwise
630 he fills the Volume, then immediately starts reusing it.
631 - Implement copies and stripes.
632 - Add history file to console.
633 - Each file on tape creates a JobMedia record. Peter has 4 million
634 files spread over 10000 tape files and four tapes. A restore takes
635 16 hours to build the restore list.
636 - Add and option to check if the file size changed during backup.
637 - Make sure SD deletes spool files on error exit.
638 - Delete old spool files when SD starts.
639 - When labeling tapes, if you enter 000026, Bacula uses
640 the tape index rather than the Volume name 000026.
641 - Add offline tape command to Bacula console.
643 Enter MediaId or Volume name: 32
644 Enter new Volume name: DLT-20Dec04
645 Automatically selected Pool: Default
646 Connecting to Storage daemon DLTDrive at 192.168.68.104:9103 ...
647 Sending relabel command from "DLT-28Jun03" to "DLT-20Dec04" ...
648 block.c:552 Write error at 0:0 on device /dev/nst0. ERR=Bad file descriptor.
649 Error writing final EOF to tape. This tape may not be readable.
650 dev.c:1207 ioctl MTWEOF error on /dev/nst0. ERR=Permission denied.
651 askdir.c:219 NULL Volume name. This shouldn't happen!!!
652 3912 Failed to label Volume: ERR=dev.c:1207 ioctl MTWEOF error on /dev/nst0. ERR=Permission denied.
653 Label command failed for Volume DLT-20Dec04.
654 Do not forget to mount the drive!!!
655 - Bug: if a job is manually scheduled to run later, it does not appear
656 in any status report and cannot be cancelled.
661 How about introducing a Type = MgmtPolicy job type? That job type would
662 be responsible for scanning the Bacula environment looking for specific
663 conditions, and submitting the appropriate jobs for implementing said
667 Name = "Migration-Policy"
669 Policy Selection Job Type = Migrate
670 Scope = "<keyword> <operator> <regexp>"
671 Threshold = "<keyword> <operator> <regexp>"
672 Job Template = <template-name>
675 Where <keyword> is any legal job keyword, <operator> is a comparison
676 operator (=,<,>,!=, logical operators AND/OR/NOT) and <regexp> is a
677 appropriate regexp. I could see an argument for Scope and Threshold
678 being SQL queries if we want to support full flexibility. The
679 Migration-Policy job would then get scheduled as frequently as a site
680 felt necessary (suggested default: every 15 minutes).
685 Name = "Migration-Policy"
687 Policy Selection Job Type = Migration
689 Threshold = "Migration Selection Type = LowestUtil"
690 Job Template = "MigrationTemplate"
693 would select all pools for examination and generate a job based on
694 MigrationTemplate to automatically select the volume with the lowest
695 usage and migrate it's contents to the nextpool defined for that pool.
697 This policy abstraction would be really handy for adjusting the behavior
698 of Bacula according to site-selectable criteria (one thing that pops
699 into mind is Amanda's ability to automatically adjust backup levels
700 depending on various criteria).
706 - Add Pool/Storage override regression test.
707 - Add delete JobId to regression.
708 - Add a regression test for dbcheck.
709 - New test to add bscan to four-concurrent-jobs regression,
710 i.e. after the four-concurrent jobs zap the
711 database as is done in the bscan-test, then use bscan to
712 restore the database, do a restore and compare with the
714 - Add restore of specific JobId to regression (item 3
715 on the restore prompt)
716 - Add IPv6 to regression
717 - Add database test to regression. Test each function like delete,
720 - AntiVir can slow down backups on Win32 systems.
721 - Win32 systems with FAT32 can be much slower than NTFS for
722 more than 1000 files per directory.
726 - A HOLD command to stop all jobs from starting.
727 - A PAUSE command to pause all running jobs ==> release the
729 - Media Type = LTO,LTO-2,LTO-3
730 Media Type Read = LTO,LTO2,LTO3
731 Media Type Write = LTO2, LTO3
733 === From Carsten Menke <bootsy52@gmx.net>
735 Following is a list of what I think in the situations where I'm faced with,
736 could be a usefull enhancement to bacula, which I'm certain other users will
737 benefit from as well.
739 1. NextJob/NextJobs Directive within a Job Resource in the form of
740 NextJobs = job1,job2.
743 I currently solved the problem with running multiple jobs each after each
744 by setting the Max Wait Time for a job to 8 hours, and give
745 the jobs different Priorities. However, there scenarios where
746 1 Job is directly depending on another job, so if the former job fails,
747 the job after it needn't to be run
748 while maybe other jobs should run despite of that
751 A Backup Job and a Verify job, if the backup job fails there is no need to run
752 the verify job, as the backup job already failed. However, one may like
753 to backup the Catalog to disk despite of that the main backup job failed.
756 I see that this is related to the Event Handlers which are on the ToDo
757 list, also it is maybe a good idea to check for the return value and
758 execute different actions based on the return value
761 3. offline capability to bconsole
764 Currently I use a script which I execute within the last Job via the
765 RunAfterJob Directive, to release and eject the tape.
766 So I have to call bconsole "release=Storage-Name" and afterwards
767 mt -f /dev/nst0 eject to get the tape out.
769 If I have multiple Storage Devices, than these may not be /dev/nst0 and
770 I have to modify the script or call it with parameters etc.
771 This would actually not be needed, as everything is already defined
772 in bacula-sd.conf and if I can invoke bconsole with the
773 storage name via $1 in the script than I'm done and information is
776 4. %s for Storage Name added to the chars being substituted in "RunAfterJob"
780 For the reason mentioned in 3. to have the ability to call a
781 script with /scripts/foobar %s and in the script use $1
782 to pass the Storage Name to bconsole
784 5. Setting Volume State within a Job Resource
787 Instead of using "Maximum Volume Jobs" in the Pool Resource,
788 I would have the possibilty to define
789 in a Job Resource that after this certain job is run, the Volume State
790 should be set to "Volume State = Used", this give more flexibility (IMHO).
792 6. Localization of Bacula Messages
795 Unfortunatley many,many people I work with don't speak english very well.
796 So if at least the Reporting messages would be localized then they
797 would understand that they have to change the tape,etc. etc.
799 I volunteer to do the german translations, and if I can convince my wife also
800 french and Morre (western african language).
802 7. OK, this is evil, probably bound to security risks and maybe not possible
803 due to the design of bacula.
805 Implementation of Backtics ( `command` ) for shell comand execution to
806 the "Label Format" Directive.
810 Currently I have defined BACULA_DAY_OF_WEEK="day1|day2..." resulting in
811 Label Format = "HolyBackup-${BACULA_DAY_OF_WEEK[${WeekDay}]}". If I could
812 use backticks than I could use "Label Format = HolyBackup-`date +%A` to have
813 the localized name for the day of the week appended to the
814 format string. Then I have the tape labeled automatically with weekday
815 name in the correct language.
817 - Make output from status use html table tags for nicely
818 presenting in a browser.
819 - Browse generations of files.
820 - I've seen an error when my catalog's File table fills up. I
821 then have to recreate the File table with a larger maximum row
822 size. Relevant information is at
823 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Full_table.html ; I think the
824 "Installing and Configuring MySQL" chapter should talk a bit
825 about this potential problem, and recommend a solution.
826 - For Solaris must use POSIX awk.
827 - Want speed of writing to tape while despooling.
828 - Supported autochanger:
836 Wangtek 6525ES (SCSI-1 QIC drive, 525MB), under Linux 2.4.something,
837 bacula 1.36.0/1 works with blocksize 16k INSIDE bacula-sd.conf.
838 - Add regex from http://www.pcre.org to Bacula for Win32.
839 - Use only shell tools no make in CDROM package.
840 - Include within include does it work?
841 - Implement a Pool of type Cleaning?
842 - Implement VolReadTime and VolWriteTime in SD
843 - Modify Backing up Your Database to include a bootstrap file.
844 - Think about making certain database errors fatal.
845 - Look at correcting the time jump in the scheduler for daylight
846 savings time changes.
847 - Add a "real" timer to network connections.
848 - Promote to Full = Time period
849 - Check dates entered by user for correctness (month/day/... ranges)
850 - Compress restore Volume listing by date and first file.
851 - Look at patches/bacula_db.b2z postgresql that loops during restore.
853 - Perhaps add read/write programs and/or plugins to FileSets.
854 - How to handle backing up portables ...
855 - Add some sort of guaranteed Interval for upgrading jobs.
856 - Can we write the state file after every job terminates? On Win32
857 the system crashes and the state file is not updated.
860 Documentation to do: (any release a little bit at a time)
861 - Doc to do unmount before removing magazine.
862 - Alternative to static linking "ldd prog" save all binaries listed,
863 restore them and point LD_LIBRARY_PATH to them.
864 - Document add "</dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1" to the bacula-fd command line
865 - Document query file format.
866 - Add more documentation for bsr files.
867 - Document problems with Verify and pruning.
868 - Document how to use multiple databases.
869 - VXA drives have a "cleaning required"
870 indicator, but Exabyte recommends preventive cleaning after every 75
873 In this context, it should be noted that Exabyte has a command-line
874 vxatool utility available for free download. (The current version is
875 vxatool-3.72.) It can get diagnostic info, read, write and erase tapes,
876 test the drive, unload tapes, change drive settings, flash new firmware,
878 Of particular interest in this context is that vxatool <device> -i will
879 report, among other details, the time since last cleaning in tape motion
880 minutes. This information can be retrieved (and settings changed, for
881 that matter) through the generic-SCSI device even when Bacula has the
882 regular tape device locked. (Needless to say, I don't recommend
883 changing tape settings while a job is running.)
884 - Lookup HP cleaning recommendations.
885 - Lookup HP tape replacement recommendations (see trouble shooting autochanger)
886 - Document doing table repair
889 ===================================
890 - Add macro expansions in JobDefs.
891 Run Before Job = "SomeFile %{Level} %{Client}"
892 Write Bootstrap="/some/dir/%{JobName}_%{Client}.bsr"
893 - Use non-blocking network I/O but if no data is available, use
895 - Use gather write() for network I/O.
896 - Autorestart on crash.
897 - Add bandwidth limiting.
898 - When an error in input occurs and conio beeps, you can back
899 up through the prompt.
900 - Detect fixed tape block mode during positioning by looking at
901 block numbers in btape "test". Possibly adjust in Bacula.
902 - Fix list volumes to output volume retention in some other
903 units, perhaps via a directive.
904 - Allow Simultaneous Priorities = yes => run up to Max concurrent jobs even
905 with multiple priorities.
906 - If you use restore replace=never, the directory attributes for
907 non-existent directories will not be restored properly.
909 - see lzma401.zip in others directory for new compression
911 - Allow the user to select JobType for manual pruning/purging.
912 - bscan does not put first of two volumes back with all info in
914 - Figure out how to make named console messages go only to that
915 console and to the non-restricted console (new console class?).
916 - Make restricted console prompt for password if *ask* is set or
917 perhaps if password is undefined.
918 - Implement "from ISO-date/time every x hours/days/weeks/months" in
921 ==== from Marc Schoechlin
922 - the help-command should be more verbose
923 (it should explain the paramters of the different
925 -> its time-comsuming to consult the manual anytime
926 you need a special parameter
927 -> maybe its more easy to maintain this, if the
928 descriptions of that commands are outsourced to
930 - if the password is not configured in bconsole.conf
931 you should be asked for it.
932 -> sometimes you like to do restore on a customer-machine
933 which shouldnt know the password for bacula.
934 -> adding the password to the file favours admins
935 to forget to remove the password after usage
937 the protection of that file is less important
938 - long-listed-output of commands should be scrollable
939 like the unix more/less-command does
940 -> if someone runs 200 and more machines, the lists could
941 be a little long and complex
942 - command-output should be shown column by column
943 to reduce scrolling and to increase clarity
945 - lsmark should list the selected files with full
947 - wildcards for selecting and file and directories would be nice
948 - any actions should be interuptable with STRG+C
949 - command-expansion would be pretty cool
951 - When the replace Never option is set, new directory permissions
952 are not restored. See bug 213. To fix this requires creating a
953 list of newly restored directories so that those directory
954 permissions *can* be restored.
955 - Add prune all command
956 - Document fact that purge can destroy a part of a restore by purging
957 one volume while others remain valid -- perhaps mark Jobs.
958 - Add multiple-media-types.txt
959 - look at mxt-changer.html
960 - Make ? do a help command (no return needed).
961 - Implement restore directory.
962 - Document streams and how to implement them.
963 - Try not to re-backup a file if a new hard link is added.
964 - Add feature to backup hard links only, but not the data.
965 - Fix stream handling to be simpler.
966 - Add Priority and Bootstrap to Run a Job.
967 - Eliminate Restore "Run Restore Job" prompt by allowing new "run command
969 - Remove View FileSet button from Run a Job dialog.
970 - Handle prompt for restore job at end of Restore command.
971 - Add display of total selected files to Restore window.
972 - Add tree pane to left of window.
973 - Add progress meter.
974 - Max wait time or max run time causes seg fault -- see runtime-bug.txt
975 - Add message to user to check for fixed block size when the forward
976 space test fails in btape.
977 - When unmarking a directory check if all files below are unmarked and
978 then remove the + flag -- in the restore tree.
979 - Possibly implement: Action = Unmount Device="TapeDrive1" in Admin jobs.
980 - Setup lrrd graphs: (http://www.linpro.no/projects/lrrd/) Mike Acar.
981 - Revisit the question of multiple Volumes (disk) on a single device.
982 - Add a block copy option to bcopy.
983 - Fix "llist jobid=xx" where no fileset or client exists.
984 - For each job type (Admin, Restore, ...) require only the really necessary
985 fields.- Pass Director resource name as an option to the Console.
986 - Add a "batch" mode to the Console (no unsolicited queries, ...).
987 - Allow browsing the catalog to see all versions of a file (with
988 stat data on each file).
989 - Restore attributes of directory if replace=never set but directory
991 - Use SHA1 on authentication if possible.
992 - See comtest-xxx.zip for Windows code to talk to USB.
993 - Add John's appended files:
994 Appended = { /files/server/logs/http/*log }
995 and such files would be treated as follows.On a FULL backup, they would
996 be backed up like any other file.On an INCREMENTAL backup, where a
997 previous INCREMENTAL or FULL was already in thecatalogue and the length
998 of the file wasgreater than the length of the last backup, only thedata
999 added since the last backup will be dumped.On an INCREMENTAL backup, if
1000 the length of the file is less than thelength of the file with the same
1001 name last backed up, the completefile is dumped.On Windows systems, with
1002 creation date of files, we can be evensmarter about this and not count
1003 entirely upon the length.On a restore, the full and all incrementals
1004 since it will beapplied in sequence to restore the file.
1005 - Check new HAVE_WIN32 open bits.
1006 - Check if the tape has moved before writing.
1007 - Handling removable disks -- see below:
1008 - Add FromClient and ToClient keywords on restore command (or
1009 BackupClient RestoreClient).
1010 - Implement a JobSet, which groups any number of jobs. If the
1011 JobSet is started, all the jobs are started together.
1012 Allow Pool, Level, and Schedule overrides.
1013 - Look at updating Volume Jobs so that Max Volume Jobs = 1 will work
1014 correctly for multiple simultaneous jobs.
1015 - Implement the Media record flag that indicates that the Volume does disk
1017 - Implement VolAddr, which is used when Volume is addressed like a disk,
1018 and form it from VolFile and VolBlock.
1019 - Fix fast block rejection (stored/read_record.c:118). It passes a null
1020 pointer (rec) to try_repositioning().
1021 - Implement RestoreJobRetention? Maybe better "JobRetention" in a Job,
1022 which would take precidence over the Catalog "JobRetention".
1023 - Implement Label Format in Add and Label console commands.
1024 - Put email tape request delays on one or more variables. User wants
1025 to cancel the job after a certain time interval. Maximum Mount Wait?
1026 - Job, Client, Device, Pool, or Volume?
1027 Is it possible to make this a directive which is *optional* in multiple
1028 resources, like Level? If so, I think I'd make it an optional directive
1029 in Job, Client, and Pool, with precedence such that Job overrides Client
1030 which in turn overrides Pool.
1032 - New Storage specifications:
1033 - Want to write to multiple storage devices simultaneously
1034 - Want to write to multiple storage devices sequentially (in one job)
1035 - Want to read/write simultaneously
1036 - Key is MediaType -- it must match
1038 Passed to SD as a sort of BSR record called Storage Specification
1042 MediaType -> Next MediaType
1044 Device -> Next Device
1046 Allow multiple Storage specifications
1054 Allow Multiple Pool specifications (note, Pool currently
1056 Allow Multiple MediaType specifications in Dir conf
1057 Allow Multiple Device specifications in Dir conf
1058 Perhaps keep this in a single SSR
1059 Tie a Volume to a specific device by using a MediaType that
1060 is contained in only one device.
1061 In SD allow Device to have Multiple MediaTypes
1063 - Ideas from Jerry Scharf:
1064 First let's point out some big pluses that bacula has for this
1066 more importantly it's active. Thank you so much for that
1067 even more important, it's not flaky
1068 it has an open access catalog, opening many possibilities
1069 it's pushing toward heterogeneous systems capability
1071 Macintosh file client
1072 macs are an interesting niche, but I fear a server is a rathole
1073 working bare iron recovery for windows
1074 the option for inc/diff backups not reset on fileset revision
1075 a) use both change and inode update time against base time
1076 b) do the full catalog check (expensive but accurate)
1077 sizing guide (how much system is needed to back up N systems/files)
1078 consultants on using bacula in building a disaster recovery system
1079 an integration guide
1080 or how to get at fancy things that one could do with bacula
1081 logwatch code for bacula logs (or similar)
1082 linux distro inclusion of bacula (brings good and bad, but necessary)
1083 win2k/XP server capability (icky but you asked)
1084 support for Oracle database ??
1086 - Look at adding SQL server and Exchange support for Windows.
1087 - Create VolAddr for disk files in place of VolFile and VolBlock. This
1088 is needed to properly specify ranges.
1089 - Add progress of files/bytes to SD and FD.
1090 - Print warning message if FileId > 4 billion
1091 - do a "messages" before the first prompt in Console
1092 - Client does not show busy during Estimate command.
1093 - Implement Console mtx commands.
1094 - Implement a Mount Command and an Unmount Command where
1095 the users could specify a system command to be performed
1096 to do the mount, after which Bacula could attempt to
1097 read the device. This is for Removeable media such as a CDROM.
1098 - Most likely, this mount command would be invoked explicitly
1099 by the user using the current Console "mount" and "unmount"
1100 commands -- the Storage Daemon would do the right thing
1101 depending on the exact nature of the device.
1102 - As with tape drives, when Bacula wanted a new removable
1103 disk mounted, it would unmount the old one, and send a message
1104 to the user, who would then use "mount" as described above
1105 once he had actually inserted the disk.
1106 - Implement dump/print label to UA
1107 - Spool to disk only when the tape is full, then when a tape is hung move
1109 - bextract is sending everything to the log file ****FIXME****
1110 - Allow multiple Storage specifications (or multiple names on
1111 a single Storage specification) in the Job record. Thus a job
1112 can be backed up to a number of storage devices.
1113 - Implement some way for the File daemon to contact the Director
1114 to start a job or pass its DHCP obtained IP number.
1115 - Implement a query tape prompt/replace feature for a console
1116 - Make sure that Bacula rechecks the tape after the 20 min wait.
1117 - Set IO_NOWAIT on Bacula TCP/IP packets.
1118 - Try doing a raw partition backup and restore by mounting a
1120 - From Lars Kellers:
1121 Yes, it would allow to highly automatic the request for new tapes. If a
1122 tape is empty, bacula reads the barcodes (native or simulated), and if
1123 an unused tape is found, it runs the label command with all the
1124 necessary parameters.
1126 By the way can bacula automatically "move" an empty/purged volume say
1127 in the "short" pool to the "long" pool if this pool runs out of volume
1129 - What to do about "list files job=xxx".
1130 - Look at how fuser works and /proc/PID/fd that is how Nic found the
1131 file descriptor leak in Bacula.
1132 - Can we dynamically change FileSets?
1133 - If pool specified to label command and Label Format is specified,
1134 automatically generate the Volume name.
1135 - Add ExhautiveRestoreSearch
1136 - Look at the possibility of loading only the necessary
1137 data into the restore tree (i.e. do it one directory at a
1138 time as the user walks through the tree).
1139 - Possibly use the hash code if the user selects all for a restore command.
1140 - Fix "restore all" to bypass building the tree.
1141 - Prohibit backing up archive device (findlib/find_one.c:128)
1142 - Implement Release Device in the Job resource to unmount a drive.
1143 - Implement Acquire Device in the Job resource to mount a drive,
1144 be sure this works with admin jobs so that the user can get
1145 prompted to insert the correct tape. Possibly some way to say to
1146 run the job but don't save the files.
1147 - Make things like list where a file is saved case independent for
1149 - Implement a Recycle command
1150 - Start working on Base jobs.
1151 - From Phil Stracchino:
1152 It would probably be a per-client option, and would be called
1153 something like, say, "Automatically purge obsoleted jobs". What it
1154 would do is, when you successfully complete a Differential backup of a
1155 client, it would automatically purge all Incremental backups for that
1156 client that are rendered redundant by that Differential. Likewise,
1157 when a Full backup on a client completed, it would automatically purge
1158 all Differential and Incremental jobs obsoleted by that Full backup.
1159 This would let people minimize the number of tapes they're keeping on
1160 hand without having to master the art of retention times.
1161 - When doing a Backup send all attributes back to the Director, who
1162 would then figure out what files have been deleted.
1163 - Currently in mount.c:236 the SD simply creates a Volume. It should have
1164 explicit permission to do so. It should also mark the tape in error
1165 if there is an error.
1166 - Cancel waiting for Client connect in SD if FD goes away.
1168 - Implement timeout in response() when it should come quickly.
1169 - Implement a Slot priority (loaded/not loaded).
1170 - Implement "vacation" Incremental only saves.
1171 - Implement create "FileSet"?
1172 - Add prefixlinks to where or not where absolute links to FD.
1173 - Issue message to mount a new tape before the rewind.
1174 - Simplified client job initiation for portables.
1175 - If SD cannot open a drive, make it periodically retry.
1176 - Add more of the config info to the tape label.
1178 - Refine SD waiting output:
1179 Device is being positioned
1180 > Device is being positioned for append
1181 > Device is being positioned to file x
1183 - Figure out some way to estimate output size and to avoid splitting
1184 a backup across two Volumes -- this could be useful for writing CDROMs
1185 where you really prefer not to have it split -- not serious.
1186 - Have SD compute MD5 or SHA1 and compare to what FD computes.
1187 - Make VolumeToCatalog calculate an MD5 or SHA1 from the
1188 actual data on the Volume and compare it.
1189 - Make bcopy read through bad tape records.
1190 - Program files (i.e. execute a program to read/write files).
1191 Pass read date of last backup, size of file last time.
1192 - Add Signature type to File DB record.
1193 - CD into subdirectory when open()ing files for backup to
1194 speed up things. Test with testfind().
1195 - Priority job to go to top of list.
1196 - Why are save/restore of device different sizes (sparse?) Yup! Fix it.
1197 - Implement some way for the Console to dynamically create a job.
1198 - Solaris -I on tar for include list
1199 - Need a verbose mode in restore, perhaps to bsr.
1200 - bscan without -v is too quiet -- perhaps show jobs.
1201 - Add code to reject whole blocks if not wanted on restore.
1202 - Check if we can increase Bacula FD priorty in Win2000
1203 - Check if both CatalogFiles and UseCatalog are set to SD.
1204 - Possibly add email to Watchdog if drive is unmounted too
1205 long and a job is waiting on the drive.
1206 - After unmount, if restore job started, ask to mount.
1207 - Add UA rc and history files.
1208 - put termcap (used by console) in ./configure and
1209 allow -with-termcap-dir.
1210 - Fix Autoprune for Volumes to respect need for full save.
1211 - Compare tape to Client files (attributes, or attributes and data)
1212 - Make all database Ids 64 bit.
1213 - Allow console commands to detach or run in background.
1214 - Add SD message variables to control operator wait time
1215 - Maximum Operator Wait
1216 - Minimum Message Interval
1217 - Maximum Message Interval
1218 - Send Operator message when cannot read tape label.
1219 - Verify level=Volume (scan only), level=Data (compare of data to file).
1220 Verify level=Catalog, level=InitCatalog
1222 - Add keyword search to show command in Console.
1223 - Events : tape has more than xxx bytes.
1224 - Complete code in Bacula Resources -- this will permit
1225 reading a new config file at any time.
1226 - Handle ctl-c in Console
1227 - Implement script driven addition of File daemon to config files.
1228 - Think about how to make Bacula work better with File (non-tape) archives.
1229 - Write Unix emulator for Windows.
1230 - Make database type selectable by .conf files i.e. at runtime
1231 - Set flag for uname -a. Add to Volume label.
1232 - Restore files modified after date
1233 - SET LD_RUN_PATH=$HOME/mysql/lib/mysql
1234 - Remove duplicate fields from jcr (e.g. jcr.level and jcr.jr.Level, ...).
1235 - Timout a job or terminate if link goes down, or reopen link and query.
1236 - Concept of precious tapes (cannot be reused).
1237 - Make bcopy copy with a single tape drive.
1238 - Permit changing ownership during restore.
1241 > My suggestion: Add a feature on the systray menu-icon menu to request
1242 > an immediate backup now. This would be useful for laptop users who may
1243 > not be on the network when the regular scheduled backup is run.
1245 > My wife's suggestion: Add a setting to the win32 client to allow it to
1246 > shut down the machine after backup is complete (after, of course,
1247 > displaying a "System will shut down in one minute, click here to cancel"
1248 > warning dialog). This would be useful for sites that want user
1249 > woorkstations to be shut down overnight to save power.
1252 - Autolabel should be specified by DIR instead of SD.
1254 - Add media capacity
1255 - AutoScan (check checksum of tape)
1256 - Format command = "format /dev/nst0"
1260 - Seek resolution (usually corresponds to buffer size)
1261 - EODErrorCode=ENOSPC or code
1262 - Partial Read error code
1263 - Partial write error code
1264 - Nonformatted read error
1265 - Nonformatted write error
1266 - WriteProtected error
1270 - IgnoreCloseErrors=yes
1280 - Write a Storage daemon that uses pipes and
1281 standard Unix programs to write to the tape.
1283 - Need something that monitors the JCR queue and
1284 times out jobs by asking the deamons where they are.
1285 - Enhance Jmsg code to permit buffering and saving to disk.
1286 - Verify from Volume
1287 - Need report class for messages. Perhaps
1288 report resource where report=group of messages
1289 - enhance scan_attrib and rename scan_jobtype, and
1290 fill in code for "since" option
1291 - Director needs a time after which the report status is sent
1292 anyway -- or better yet, a retry time for the job.
1293 - Don't reschedule a job if previous incarnation is still running.
1294 - Some way to automatically backup everything is needed????
1295 - Need a structure for pending actions:
1297 - termination status (part of buffered msgs?)
1299 Read, Write, Clean, Delete
1300 - Login to Bacula; Bacula users with different permissions:
1301 owner, group, user, quotas
1302 - Store info on each file system type (probably in the job header on tape.
1303 This could be the output of df; or perhaps some sort of /etc/mtab record.
1305 ========= ideas ===============
1306 From: "Jerry K. Schieffer" <jerry@skylinetechnology.com>
1307 To: <kern@sibbald.com>
1308 Subject: RE: [Bacula-users] future large programming jobs
1309 Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:34:54 -0600
1311 I noticed the subject thread and thought I would offer the following
1312 merely as sources of ideas, i.e. something to think about, not even as
1313 strong as a request. In my former life (before retiring) I often
1314 dealt with backups and storage management issues/products as a
1315 developer and as a consultant. I am currently migrating my personal
1316 network from amanda to bacula specifically because of the ability to
1317 cross media boundaries during storing backups.
1318 Are you familiar with the commercial product called ADSM (I think IBM
1319 now sells it under the Tivoli label)? It has a couple of interesting
1320 ideas that may apply to the following topics.
1322 1. Migration: Consider that when you need to restore a system, there
1323 may be pressure to hurry. If all the information for a single client
1324 can eventually end up on the same media (and in chronological order),
1325 the restore is facillitated by not having to search past information
1326 from other clients. ADSM has the concept of "client affinity" that
1327 may be associated with it's storage pools. It seems to me that this
1328 concept (as an optional feature) might fit in your architecture for
1331 ADSM also has the concept of defining one or more storage pools as
1332 "copy pools" (almost mirrors, but only in the sense of contents).
1333 These pools provide the ability to have duplicte data stored both
1334 onsite and offsite. The copy process can be scheduled to be handled
1335 by their storage manager during periods when there is no backup
1336 activity. Again, the migration process might be a place to consider
1337 implementing something like this.
1340 > It strikes me that it would be very nice to be able to do things
1342 > have the Job(s) backing up the machines run, and once they have all
1343 > completed, start a migration job to copy the data from disks Volumes
1345 > a tape library and then to offsite storage. Maybe this can already
1347 > done with some careful scheduling and Job prioritzation; the events
1348 > mechanism described below would probably make it very easy.
1350 This is the goal. In the first step (before events), you simply
1352 the Migration to tape later.
1354 2. Base jobs: In ADSM, each copy of each stored file is tracked in
1355 the database. Once a file (unique by path and metadata such as dates,
1356 size, ownership, etc.) is in a copy pool, no more copies are made. In
1357 other words, when you start ADSM, it begins like your concept of a
1358 base job. After that it is in the "incremental" mode. You can
1359 configure the number of "generations" of files to be retained, plus a
1360 retention date after which even old generations are purged. The
1361 database tracks the contents of media and projects the percentage of
1362 each volume that is valid. When the valid content of a volume drops
1363 below a configured percentage, the valid data are migrated to another
1364 volume and the old volume is marked as empty. Note, this requires
1365 ADSM to have an idea of the contents of a client, i.e. marking the
1366 database when an existing file was deleted, but this would solve your
1367 issue of restoring a client without restoring deleted files.
1369 This is pretty far from what bacula now does, but if you are going to
1370 rip things up for Base jobs,.....
1371 Also, the benefits of this are huge for very large shops, especially
1372 with media robots, but are a pain for shops with manual media
1376 > Base jobs sound pretty useful, but I'm not dying for them.
1378 Nobody is dying for them, but when you see what it does, you will die
1384 ==============================
1387 - Implement FSM (File System Modules).
1388 - Audit M_ error codes to ensure they are correct and consistent.
1389 - Add variable break characters to lex analyzer.
1390 Either a bit mask or a string of chars so that
1391 the caller can change the break characters.
1392 - Make a single T_BREAK to replace T_COMMA, etc.
1393 - Ensure that File daemon and Storage daemon can
1394 continue a save if the Director goes down (this
1395 is NOT currently the case). Must detect socket error,
1396 buffer messages for later.
1397 - Add ability to backup to two Storage devices (two SD sessions) at
1398 the same time -- e.g. onsite, offsite.
1400 ======================================================
1402 It is somewhat like a Full save becomes an incremental since
1403 the Base job (or jobs) plus other non-base files.
1405 - A Base backup is same as Full backup, just different type.
1406 - New BaseFiles table that contains:
1408 BaseJobId - Base JobId referenced for this FileId (needed ???)
1409 JobId - JobId currently running
1410 FileId - File not backed up, exists in Base Job
1411 FileIndex - FileIndex from Base Job.
1412 i.e. for each base file that exists but is not saved because
1413 it has not changed, the File daemon sends the JobId, BaseId,
1414 FileId, FileIndex back to the Director who creates the DB entry.
1415 - To initiate a Base save, the Director sends the FD
1416 the FileId, and full filename for each file in the Base.
1417 - When the FD finds a Base file, he requests the Director to
1418 send him the full File entry (stat packet plus MD5), or
1419 conversely, the FD sends it to the Director and the Director
1420 says yes or no. This can be quite rapid if the FileId is kept
1421 by the FD for each Base Filename.
1422 - It is probably better to have the comparison done by the FD
1423 despite the fact that the File entry must be sent across the
1425 - An alternative would be to send the FD the whole File entry
1426 from the start. The disadvantage is that it requires a lot of
1427 space. The advantage is that it requires less communications
1429 - The Job record must be updated to indicate that one or more
1431 - At end of Job, FD returns:
1432 1. Count of base files/bytes not written to tape (i.e. matches)
1433 2. Count of base file that were saved i.e. had changed.
1434 - No tape record would be written for a Base file that matches, in the
1435 same way that no tape record is written for Incremental jobs where
1436 the file is not saved because it is unchanged.
1437 - On a restore, all the Base file records must explicitly be
1438 found from the BaseFile tape. I.e. for each Full save that is marked
1439 to have one or more Base Jobs, search the BaseFile for all occurrences
1441 - An optimization might be to make the BaseFile have:
1447 This would avoid the need to explicitly fetch each File record for
1448 the Base job. The Base Job record will be fetched to get the
1449 VolSessionId and VolSessionTime.
1450 =========================================================
1453 Handling removable disks
1455 From: Karl Cunningham <karlc@keckec.com>
1457 My backups are only to hard disk these days, in removable bays. This is my
1458 idea of how a backup to hard disk would work more smoothly. Some of these
1459 things Bacula does already, but I mention them for completeness. If others
1460 have better ways to do this, I'd like to hear about it.
1462 1. Accommodate several disks, rotated similar to how tapes are. Identified
1463 by partition volume ID or perhaps by the name of a subdirectory.
1464 2. Abort & notify the admin if the wrong disk is in the bay.
1465 3. Write backups to different subdirectories for each machine to be backed
1467 4. Volumes (files) get created as needed in the proper subdirectory, one
1469 5. When a disk is recycled, remove or zero all old backup files. This is
1470 important as the disk being recycled may be close to full. This may be
1471 better done manually since the backup files for many machines may be
1472 scattered in many subdirectories.
1479 - Fix bpipe.c so that it does not modify results pointer.
1480 ***FIXME*** calling sequence should be changed.