8 Unicode in Win32 Thorsten Engel (done)
9 VSS Thorsten Engel (being implemented)
10 Version 1.37 Kern (see below)
11 ========================================================
14 #3 Migration (Move, Copy, Archive Jobs)
15 (probably not this version)
16 #7 Single Job Writing to Multiple Storage Devices
17 (probably not this version)
19 ## Integrate web-bacula into a new Bacula project with
21 ## Create a new GUI chapter explaining all the GUI programs.
24 - 3. Prevent two drives requesting the same Volume in any given
25 autochanger, by checking if a Volume is mounted on another drive
27 - 7. Implement new Console commands to allow offlining/reserving drives,
28 and possibly manipulating the autochanger (much asked for).
29 - Make "update slots" when pointing to Autochanger, remove
30 all Volumes from other drives. "update slots all-drives"?
33 - Document that Bootstrap files can be written with cataloging
35 - Pruning with Admin job.
36 - Add better documentation on how restores can be done
38 1) ADIC, DLT, FastStor 4000, 7*20GB
39 2) Sun, DDS, (Suns name unknown - Archive Python DDS drive), 1.2GB
40 3) Wangtek, QIC, 6525ES, 525MB (fixed block size 1k, block size etc.
41 driver dependent - aic7xxx works, ncr53c8xx with problems)
42 4) HP, DDS-2, C1553A, 6*4GB
44 to activate, check or disable the hardware compression feature on my
45 exb-8900 i use the exabyte "MammothTool" you can get it here:
46 http://www.exabyte.com/support/online/downloads/index.cfm
47 There is a solaris version of this tool. With option -C 0 or 1 you can
48 disable or activate compression. Start this tool without any options for
50 - Linux Sony LIB-D81, AIT-3 library works.
51 - Document PostgreSQL performance problems bug 131.
53 - Document that ChangerDevice is used for Alert command.
54 - Document new CDROM directory.
55 - Document Heartbeat Interval in the dealing with firewalls section.
61 MA = (last_MA * 3 + rate) / 4
62 rate = (bytes - last_bytes) / (runtime - last_runtime)
63 - Despool attributes simultaneously with data in a separate
64 thread, rejoined at end of data spooling.
65 - Implement Files/Bytes,... stats for restore job.
66 - Implement Total Bytes Written, ... for restore job.
67 - Add setting Volume State via Python.
68 - Upgrade to MySQL 4.1.1 See:
69 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Server_SQL_mode.html
70 - Max Vols limit in Pool off by one?
71 - Make bootstrap file handle multiple MediaTypes (SD)
72 - Test restoring into a user restricted directory on Win32 -- see
74 - Fix 3993 error in SD. It forgets to look at autochanger
75 resource for device command, ...
76 - --without-openssl breaks at least on Solaris.
78 - Make a callback when Rerun failed levels is called.
79 - Give Python program access to Scheduled jobs.
80 - Python script to save with Python, not save, save with Bacula.
81 - Python script to do backup.
83 - Change the Priority, Client, Storage, JobStatus (error)
84 at the start of a job.
85 - Make sure that Python has access to Client address/port so that
86 it can check if Clients are alive.
88 - Implement "NewVolumeEachJob = yes|no" in Dir.
89 - Remove all old Device resource code in Dir and code to pass it
90 back in SD -- better, rework it to pass back device statistics.
91 - Check locking of resources -- be sure to lock devices where previously
92 resources were locked.
93 - Add global lock on all devices when creating a device structure.
96 - Add ClientDefs similar to JobDefs.
97 - Print more info when bextract -p accepts a bad block.
98 - To mark files as deleted, run essentially a Verify to disk, and
99 when a file is found missing (MarkId != JobId), then create
100 a new File record with FileIndex == -1. This could be done
101 by the FD at the same time as the backup.
102 - Fix FD JobType to be set before RunBeforeJob in FD.
103 - Look at adding full Volume and Pool information to a Volume
104 label so that bscan can get *all* the info.
105 - If the user puts "Purge Oldest Volume = yes" or "Recycle Oldest Volume = yes"
106 and there is only one volume in the pool, refuse to do it -- otherwise
107 he fills the Volume, then immediately starts reusing it.
108 - Implement copies and stripes.
109 - Add history file to console.
110 - Each file on tape creates a JobMedia record. Peter has 4 million
111 files spread over 10000 tape files and four tapes. A restore takes
112 16 hours to build the restore list.
113 - Add and option to check if the file size changed during backup.
114 - Make sure SD deletes spool files on error exit.
115 - Delete old spool files when SD starts.
116 - When labeling tapes, if you enter 000026, Bacula uses
117 the tape index rather than the Volume name 000026.
118 - Add offline tape command to Bacula console.
120 Enter MediaId or Volume name: 32
121 Enter new Volume name: DLT-20Dec04
122 Automatically selected Pool: Default
123 Connecting to Storage daemon DLTDrive at 192.168.68.104:9103 ...
124 Sending relabel command from "DLT-28Jun03" to "DLT-20Dec04" ...
125 block.c:552 Write error at 0:0 on device /dev/nst0. ERR=Bad file descriptor.
126 Error writing final EOF to tape. This tape may not be readable.
127 dev.c:1207 ioctl MTWEOF error on /dev/nst0. ERR=Permission denied.
128 askdir.c:219 NULL Volume name. This shouldn't happen!!!
129 3912 Failed to label Volume: ERR=dev.c:1207 ioctl MTWEOF error on /dev/nst0. ERR=Permission denied.
130 Label command failed for Volume DLT-20Dec04.
131 Do not forget to mount the drive!!!
132 - Bug: if a job is manually scheduled to run later, it does not appear
133 in any status report and cannot be cancelled.
135 Regression tests (Scott):
136 - Add Pool/Storage override regression test.
137 - Add delete JobId to regression.
138 - Add a regression test for dbcheck.
139 - New test to add bscan to four-concurrent-jobs regression,
140 i.e. after the four-concurrent jobs zap the
141 database as is done in the bscan-test, then use bscan to
142 restore the database, do a restore and compare with the
144 - Add restore of specific JobId to regression (item 3
145 on the restore prompt)
146 - Add IPv6 to regression
147 - Add database test to regression. Test each function like delete,
150 - AntiVir can slow down backups on Win32 systems.
151 - Win32 systems with FAT32 can be much slower than NTFS for
152 more than 1000 files per directory.
156 - A HOLD command to stop all jobs from starting.
157 - A PAUSE command to pause all running jobs ==> release the
159 - Media Type = LTO,LTO-2,LTO-3
160 Media Type Read = LTO,LTO2,LTO3
161 Media Type Write = LTO2, LTO3
163 === From Carsten Menke <bootsy52@gmx.net>
165 Following is a list of what I think in the situations where I'm faced with,
166 could be a usefull enhancement to bacula, which I'm certain other users will
167 benefit from as well.
169 1. NextJob/NextJobs Directive within a Job Resource in the form of
170 NextJobs = job1,job2.
173 I currently solved the problem with running multiple jobs each after each
174 by setting the Max Wait Time for a job to 8 hours, and give
175 the jobs different Priorities. However, there scenarios where
176 1 Job is directly depending on another job, so if the former job fails,
177 the job after it needn't to be run
178 while maybe other jobs should run despite of that
181 A Backup Job and a Verify job, if the backup job fails there is no need to run
182 the verify job, as the backup job already failed. However, one may like
183 to backup the Catalog to disk despite of that the main backup job failed.
186 I see that this is related to the Event Handlers which are on the ToDo
187 list, also it is maybe a good idea to check for the return value and
188 execute different actions based on the return value
191 3. offline capability to bconsole
194 Currently I use a script which I execute within the last Job via the
195 RunAfterJob Directive, to release and eject the tape.
196 So I have to call bconsole "release=Storage-Name" and afterwards
197 mt -f /dev/nst0 eject to get the tape out.
199 If I have multiple Storage Devices, than these may not be /dev/nst0 and
200 I have to modify the script or call it with parameters etc.
201 This would actually not be needed, as everything is already defined
202 in bacula-sd.conf and if I can invoke bconsole with the
203 storage name via $1 in the script than I'm done and information is
206 4. %s for Storage Name added to the chars being substituted in "RunAfterJob"
210 For the reason mentioned in 3. to have the ability to call a
211 script with /scripts/foobar %s and in the script use $1
212 to pass the Storage Name to bconsole
214 5. Setting Volume State within a Job Resource
217 Instead of using "Maximum Volume Jobs" in the Pool Resource,
218 I would have the possibilty to define
219 in a Job Resource that after this certain job is run, the Volume State
220 should be set to "Volume State = Used", this give more flexibility (IMHO).
222 6. Localization of Bacula Messages
225 Unfortunatley many,many people I work with don't speak english very well.
226 So if at least the Reporting messages would be localized then they
227 would understand that they have to change the tape,etc. etc.
229 I volunteer to do the german translations, and if I can convince my wife also
230 french and Morre (western african language).
232 7. OK, this is evil, probably bound to security risks and maybe not possible
233 due to the design of bacula.
235 Implementation of Backtics ( `command` ) for shell comand execution to
236 the "Label Format" Directive.
240 Currently I have defined BACULA_DAY_OF_WEEK="day1|day2..." resulting in
241 Label Format = "HolyBackup-${BACULA_DAY_OF_WEEK[${WeekDay}]}". If I could
242 use backticks than I could use "Label Format = HolyBackup-`date +%A` to have
243 the localized name for the day of the week appended to the
244 format string. Then I have the tape labeled automatically with weekday
245 name in the correct language.
247 - Yes, that is surely the case. I probably should turn those into Warning
248 errors. In addition, you just made me think that it might not be bad to
249 add an option to check the file size after backing up the file and
250 report if it changes. This would be done as an option because it would
253 Kern, good idea. If you do do that, mention in the output: file
254 shrunk, or file expanded, just to make it obvious to the user
255 (without having to the refer to file size), just how the file size
258 Would this option be for all file, or just one file? Or a fileset?
259 - Make output from status use html table tags for nicely
260 presenting in a browser.
261 - Can one write tapes faster with 8192 byte block sizes?
262 - Document security problems with the same password for everyone in
263 rpm and Win32 releases.
264 - Browse generations of files.
265 - I've seen an error when my catalog's File table fills up. I
266 then have to recreate the File table with a larger maximum row
267 size. Relevant information is at
268 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Full_table.html ; I think the
269 "Installing and Configuring MySQL" chapter should talk a bit
270 about this potential problem, and recommend a solution.
271 - For Solaris must use POSIX awk.
272 - Want speed of writing to tape while despooling.
273 - Supported autochanger:
281 Wangtek 6525ES (SCSI-1 QIC drive, 525MB), under Linux 2.4.something,
282 bacula 1.36.0/1 works with blocksize 16k INSIDE bacula-sd.conf.
283 - Add regex from http://www.pcre.org to Bacula for Win32.
284 - Use only shell tools no make in CDROM package.
285 - Include within include does it work?
286 - Implement a Pool of type Cleaning?
287 - Implement VolReadTime and VolWriteTime in SD
288 - Modify Backing up Your Database to include a bootstrap file.
289 - Think about making certain database errors fatal.
290 - Look at correcting the time jump in the scheduler for daylight
291 savings time changes.
292 - Add a "real" timer to network connections.
293 - Promote to Full = Time period
294 - Check dates entered by user for correctness (month/day/... ranges)
295 - Compress restore Volume listing by date and first file.
296 - Look at patches/bacula_db.b2z postgresql that loops during restore.
298 - Perhaps add read/write programs and/or plugins to FileSets.
299 - How to handle backing up portables ...
300 - Add some sort of guaranteed Interval for upgrading jobs.
301 - Can we write the state file after every job terminates? On Win32
302 the system crashes and the state file is not updated.
305 Documentation to do: (any release a little bit at a time)
306 - Doc to do unmount before removing magazine.
307 - Alternative to static linking "ldd prog" save all binaries listed,
308 restore them and point LD_LIBRARY_PATH to them.
309 - Document add "</dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1" to the bacula-fd command line
310 - Document query file format.
311 - Add more documentation for bsr files.
312 - Document problems with Verify and pruning.
313 - Document how to use multiple databases.
314 - VXA drives have a "cleaning required"
315 indicator, but Exabyte recommends preventive cleaning after every 75
318 In this context, it should be noted that Exabyte has a command-line
319 vxatool utility available for free download. (The current version is
320 vxatool-3.72.) It can get diagnostic info, read, write and erase tapes,
321 test the drive, unload tapes, change drive settings, flash new firmware,
323 Of particular interest in this context is that vxatool <device> -i will
324 report, among other details, the time since last cleaning in tape motion
325 minutes. This information can be retrieved (and settings changed, for
326 that matter) through the generic-SCSI device even when Bacula has the
327 regular tape device locked. (Needless to say, I don't recommend
328 changing tape settings while a job is running.)
329 - Lookup HP cleaning recommendations.
330 - Lookup HP tape replacement recommendations (see trouble shooting autochanger)
331 - Document doing table repair
334 ===================================
335 - Add macro expansions in JobDefs.
336 Run Before Job = "SomeFile %{Level} %{Client}"
337 Write Bootstrap="/some/dir/%{JobName}_%{Client}.bsr"
338 - Use non-blocking network I/O but if no data is available, use
340 - Use gather write() for network I/O.
341 - Autorestart on crash.
342 - Add bandwidth limiting.
343 - Add acks every once and a while from the SD to keep
344 the line from timing out.
345 - When an error in input occurs and conio beeps, you can back
346 up through the prompt.
347 - Detect fixed tape block mode during positioning by looking at
348 block numbers in btape "test". Possibly adjust in Bacula.
349 - Fix list volumes to output volume retention in some other
350 units, perhaps via a directive.
351 - If opening a tape in read/write mode fails attempt to open
352 it in read-only mode, and mark the tape for read only.
353 - Allow Simultaneous Priorities = yes => run up to Max concurrent jobs even
354 with multiple priorities.
355 - If you use restore replace=never, the directory attributes for
356 non-existent directories will not be restored properly.
358 - see lzma401.zip in others directory for new compression
360 - Minimal autochanger handling in Bacula and in btape.
361 - Look into how tar does not save sockets and the possiblity of
362 not saving them in Bacula (Martin Simmons reported this).
363 - Fix restore jobs so that multiple jobs can run if they
364 are not using the same tape(s).
365 - Allow the user to select JobType for manual pruning/purging.
366 - bscan does not put first of two volumes back with all info in
368 - Implement the FreeBSD nodump flag in chflags.
369 - Figure out how to make named console messages go only to that
370 console and to the non-restricted console (new console class?).
371 - Make restricted console prompt for password if *ask* is set or
372 perhaps if password is undefined.
373 - Implement "from ISO-date/time every x hours/days/weeks/months" in
376 ==== from Marc Schoechlin
377 - the help-command should be more verbose
378 (it should explain the paramters of the different
380 -> its time-comsuming to consult the manual anytime
381 you need a special parameter
382 -> maybe its more easy to maintain this, if the
383 descriptions of that commands are outsourced to
385 - the cd-command should allow complete paths
386 i.e. cd /foo/bar/foo/bar
387 -> if a customer mails me the path to a certain file,
388 its faster to enter the specified directory
389 - if the password is not configured in bconsole.conf
390 you should be asked for it.
391 -> sometimes you like to do restore on a customer-machine
392 which shouldnt know the password for bacula.
393 -> adding the password to the file favours admins
394 to forget to remove the password after usage
396 the protection of that file is less important
397 - long-listed-output of commands should be scrollable
398 like the unix more/less-command does
399 -> if someone runs 200 and more machines, the lists could
400 be a little long and complex
401 - command-output should be shown column by column
402 to reduce scrolling and to increase clarity
404 - lsmark should list the selected files with full
406 - wildcards for selecting and file and directories would be nice
407 - any actions should be interuptable with STRG+C
408 - command-expansion would be pretty cool
410 - When the replace Never option is set, new directory permissions
411 are not restored. See bug 213. To fix this requires creating a
412 list of newly restored directories so that those directory
413 permissions *can* be restored.
414 - Compaction of Disk space by "migrating" Volumes that have pruned
415 Jobs (what criteria? size, #jobs, time).
416 - Add prune all command
417 - Document fact that purge can destroy a part of a restore by purging
418 one volume while others remain valid -- perhaps mark Jobs.
419 - Add multiple-media-types.txt
420 - look at mxt-changer.html
421 - Make ? do a help command (no return needed).
422 - Implement restore directory.
423 - Document streams and how to implement them.
424 - Try not to re-backup a file if a new hard link is added.
425 - Add feature to backup hard links only, but not the data.
426 - Fix stream handling to be simpler.
427 - Add Priority and Bootstrap to Run a Job.
428 - Eliminate Restore "Run Restore Job" prompt by allowing new "run command
430 - Remove View FileSet button from Run a Job dialog.
431 - Handle prompt for restore job at end of Restore command.
432 - Add display of total selected files to Restore window.
433 - Add tree pane to left of window.
434 - Add progress meter.
435 - Max wait time or max run time causes seg fault -- see runtime-bug.txt
436 - Document writing to a CD/DVD with Bacula.
437 - Add a "base" package to the window installer for pthreadsVCE.dll
438 which is needed by all packages.
439 - Add message to user to check for fixed block size when the forward
440 space test fails in btape.
441 - When unmarking a directory check if all files below are unmarked and
442 then remove the + flag -- in the restore tree.
443 - Possibly implement: Action = Unmount Device="TapeDrive1" in Admin jobs.
444 - Setup lrrd graphs: (http://www.linpro.no/projects/lrrd/) Mike Acar.
445 - Revisit the question of multiple Volumes (disk) on a single device.
446 - Add a block copy option to bcopy.
447 - Investigate adding Mac Resource Forks.
448 - Finish work on Gnome restore GUI.
449 - Fix "llist jobid=xx" where no fileset or client exists.
450 - For each job type (Admin, Restore, ...) require only the really necessary
451 fields.- Pass Director resource name as an option to the Console.
452 - Add a "batch" mode to the Console (no unsolicited queries, ...).
453 - Add a .list all files in the restore tree (probably also a list all files)
454 Do both a long and short form.
455 - Allow browsing the catalog to see all versions of a file (with
456 stat data on each file).
457 - Restore attributes of directory if replace=never set but directory
459 - Use SHA1 on authentication if possible.
460 - See comtest-xxx.zip for Windows code to talk to USB.
461 - Add John's appended files:
462 Appended = { /files/server/logs/http/*log }
463 and such files would be treated as follows.On a FULL backup, they would
464 be backed up like any other file.On an INCREMENTAL backup, where a
465 previous INCREMENTAL or FULL was already in thecatalogue and the length
466 of the file wasgreater than the length of the last backup, only thedata
467 added since the last backup will be dumped.On an INCREMENTAL backup, if
468 the length of the file is less than thelength of the file with the same
469 name last backed up, the completefile is dumped.On Windows systems, with
470 creation date of files, we can be evensmarter about this and not count
471 entirely upon the length.On a restore, the full and all incrementals
472 since it will beapplied in sequence to restore the file.
473 - Check new HAVE_WIN32 open bits.
474 - Check if the tape has moved before writing.
475 - Handling removable disks -- see below:
476 - Keep track of tape use time, and report when cleaning is necessary.
477 - Add FromClient and ToClient keywords on restore command (or
478 BackupClient RestoreClient).
479 - Implement a JobSet, which groups any number of jobs. If the
480 JobSet is started, all the jobs are started together.
481 Allow Pool, Level, and Schedule overrides.
482 - Enhance cancel to timeout BSOCK packets after a specific delay.
483 - Do scheduling by UTC using gmtime_r() in run_conf, scheduler, and
484 ua_status.!!! Thanks to Alan Brown for this tip.
485 - Look at updating Volume Jobs so that Max Volume Jobs = 1 will work
486 correctly for multiple simultaneous jobs.
487 - Correct code so that FileSet MD5 is calculated for < and | filename
489 - Implement the Media record flag that indicates that the Volume does disk
491 - Implement VolAddr, which is used when Volume is addressed like a disk,
492 and form it from VolFile and VolBlock.
493 - Make multiple restore jobs for multiple media types specifying
494 the proper storage type.
495 - Fix fast block rejection (stored/read_record.c:118). It passes a null
496 pointer (rec) to try_repositioning().
497 - Look at extracting Win data from BackupRead.
498 - Implement RestoreJobRetention? Maybe better "JobRetention" in a Job,
499 which would take precidence over the Catalog "JobRetention".
500 - Implement Label Format in Add and Label console commands.
501 - Possibly up network buffers to 65K. Put on variable.
502 - Put email tape request delays on one or more variables. User wants
503 to cancel the job after a certain time interval. Maximum Mount Wait?
504 - Job, Client, Device, Pool, or Volume?
505 Is it possible to make this a directive which is *optional* in multiple
506 resources, like Level? If so, I think I'd make it an optional directive
507 in Job, Client, and Pool, with precedence such that Job overrides Client
508 which in turn overrides Pool.
510 - New Storage specifications:
511 - Want to write to multiple storage devices simultaneously
512 - Want to write to multiple storage devices sequentially (in one job)
513 - Want to read/write simultaneously
514 - Key is MediaType -- it must match
516 Passed to SD as a sort of BSR record called Storage Specification
520 MediaType -> Next MediaType
522 Device -> Next Device
524 Allow multiple Storage specifications
532 Allow Multiple Pool specifications (note, Pool currently
534 Allow Multiple MediaType specifications in Dir conf
535 Allow Multiple Device specifications in Dir conf
536 Perhaps keep this in a single SSR
537 Tie a Volume to a specific device by using a MediaType that
538 is contained in only one device.
539 In SD allow Device to have Multiple MediaTypes
541 - Ideas from Jerry Scharf:
542 First let's point out some big pluses that bacula has for this
544 more importantly it's active. Thank you so much for that
545 even more important, it's not flaky
546 it has an open access catalog, opening many possibilities
547 it's pushing toward heterogeneous systems capability
549 Macintosh file client
550 macs are an interesting niche, but I fear a server is a rathole
551 working bare iron recovery for windows
552 the option for inc/diff backups not reset on fileset revision
553 a) use both change and inode update time against base time
554 b) do the full catalog check (expensive but accurate)
555 sizing guide (how much system is needed to back up N systems/files)
556 consultants on using bacula in building a disaster recovery system
558 or how to get at fancy things that one could do with bacula
559 logwatch code for bacula logs (or similar)
560 linux distro inclusion of bacula (brings good and bad, but necessary)
561 win2k/XP server capability (icky but you asked)
562 support for Oracle database ??
564 - Look at adding SQL server and Exchange support for Windows.
565 - Make dev->file and dev->block_num signed integers so that -1 can
566 be an invalid value which happens with BSR.
567 - Create VolAddr for disk files in place of VolFile and VolBlock. This
568 is needed to properly specify ranges.
569 - Add progress of files/bytes to SD and FD.
570 - Print warning message if FileId > 4 billion
571 - do a "messages" before the first prompt in Console
572 - Client does not show busy during Estimate command.
573 - Implement Console mtx commands.
574 - Implement a Mount Command and an Unmount Command where
575 the users could specify a system command to be performed
576 to do the mount, after which Bacula could attempt to
577 read the device. This is for Removeable media such as a CDROM.
578 - Most likely, this mount command would be invoked explicitly
579 by the user using the current Console "mount" and "unmount"
580 commands -- the Storage Daemon would do the right thing
581 depending on the exact nature of the device.
582 - As with tape drives, when Bacula wanted a new removable
583 disk mounted, it would unmount the old one, and send a message
584 to the user, who would then use "mount" as described above
585 once he had actually inserted the disk.
586 - Implement dump/print label to UA
587 - Spool to disk only when the tape is full, then when a tape is hung move
589 - bextract is sending everything to the log file ****FIXME****
590 - Allow multiple Storage specifications (or multiple names on
591 a single Storage specification) in the Job record. Thus a job
592 can be backed up to a number of storage devices.
593 - Implement some way for the File daemon to contact the Director
594 to start a job or pass its DHCP obtained IP number.
595 - Implement a query tape prompt/replace feature for a console
596 - Copy console @ code to gnome2-console
597 - Make AES the only encryption algorithm see
598 http://csrc.nist.gov/CryptoToolkit/aes/). It's
599 an officially adopted standard, has survived peer
600 review, and provides keys up to 256 bits.
601 - Take a careful look at SetACL http://setacl.sourceforge.net
602 - Make tree walk routines like cd, ls, ... more user friendly
603 by handling spaces better.
604 - Make sure that Bacula rechecks the tape after the 20 min wait.
605 - Set IO_NOWAIT on Bacula TCP/IP packets.
606 - Try doing a raw partition backup and restore by mounting a
609 Yes, it would allow to highly automatic the request for new tapes. If a
610 tape is empty, bacula reads the barcodes (native or simulated), and if
611 an unused tape is found, it runs the label command with all the
612 necessary parameters.
614 By the way can bacula automatically "move" an empty/purged volume say
615 in the "short" pool to the "long" pool if this pool runs out of volume
617 - What to do about "list files job=xxx".
618 - Get and test MySQL 4.0
619 - Look at how fuser works and /proc/PID/fd that is how Nic found the
620 file descriptor leak in Bacula.
621 - Implement WrapCounters in Counters.
622 - Add heartbeat from FD to SD if hb interval expires.
623 - Can we dynamically change FileSets?
624 - If pool specified to label command and Label Format is specified,
625 automatically generate the Volume name.
626 - Why can't SQL do the filename sort for restore?
627 - Add ExhautiveRestoreSearch
628 - Look at the possibility of loading only the necessary
629 data into the restore tree (i.e. do it one directory at a
630 time as the user walks through the tree).
631 - Possibly use the hash code if the user selects all for a restore command.
632 - Fix "restore all" to bypass building the tree.
633 - Prohibit backing up archive device (findlib/find_one.c:128)
634 - Implement Release Device in the Job resource to unmount a drive.
635 - Implement Acquire Device in the Job resource to mount a drive,
636 be sure this works with admin jobs so that the user can get
637 prompted to insert the correct tape. Possibly some way to say to
638 run the job but don't save the files.
639 - Make things like list where a file is saved case independent for
642 - Use autochanger to handle multiple devices.
643 - On Windows with very long path names, it may be impossible to create
644 a file (and thus restore it) because the total length is too long.
645 We must cd into the directory then create the file without the
647 - Implement a Recycle command
648 - Test a second language e.g. french.
649 - Start working on Base jobs.
650 - Implement UnsavedFiles DB record.
651 - From Phil Stracchino:
652 It would probably be a per-client option, and would be called
653 something like, say, "Automatically purge obsoleted jobs". What it
654 would do is, when you successfully complete a Differential backup of a
655 client, it would automatically purge all Incremental backups for that
656 client that are rendered redundant by that Differential. Likewise,
657 when a Full backup on a client completed, it would automatically purge
658 all Differential and Incremental jobs obsoleted by that Full backup.
659 This would let people minimize the number of tapes they're keeping on
660 hand without having to master the art of retention times.
661 - When doing a Backup send all attributes back to the Director, who
662 would then figure out what files have been deleted.
663 - Currently in mount.c:236 the SD simply creates a Volume. It should have
664 explicit permission to do so. It should also mark the tape in error
665 if there is an error.
666 - Cancel waiting for Client connect in SD if FD goes away.
668 - Implement timeout in response() when it should come quickly.
669 - Implement a Slot priority (loaded/not loaded).
670 - Implement "vacation" Incremental only saves.
671 - Implement create "FileSet"?
672 - Add prefixlinks to where or not where absolute links to FD.
673 - Issue message to mount a new tape before the rewind.
674 - Simplified client job initiation for portables.
675 - If SD cannot open a drive, make it periodically retry.
676 - Add more of the config info to the tape label.
678 - If tape is marked read-only, then try opening it read-only rather than
679 failing, and remember that it cannot be written.
680 - Refine SD waiting output:
681 Device is being positioned
682 > Device is being positioned for append
683 > Device is being positioned to file x
685 - Figure out some way to estimate output size and to avoid splitting
686 a backup across two Volumes -- this could be useful for writing CDROMs
687 where you really prefer not to have it split -- not serious.
688 - Have SD compute MD5 or SHA1 and compare to what FD computes.
689 - Make VolumeToCatalog calculate an MD5 or SHA1 from the
690 actual data on the Volume and compare it.
691 - Implement Bacula plugins -- design API
692 - Make bcopy read through bad tape records.
693 - Program files (i.e. execute a program to read/write files).
694 Pass read date of last backup, size of file last time.
695 - Add Signature type to File DB record.
696 - CD into subdirectory when open()ing files for backup to
697 speed up things. Test with testfind().
698 - Priority job to go to top of list.
699 - Why are save/restore of device different sizes (sparse?) Yup! Fix it.
700 - Implement some way for the Console to dynamically create a job.
701 - Solaris -I on tar for include list
702 - Need a verbose mode in restore, perhaps to bsr.
703 - bscan without -v is too quiet -- perhaps show jobs.
704 - Add code to reject whole blocks if not wanted on restore.
705 - Check if we can increase Bacula FD priorty in Win2000
706 - Make sure the MaxVolFiles is fully implemented in SD
707 - Check if both CatalogFiles and UseCatalog are set to SD.
708 - Possibly add email to Watchdog if drive is unmounted too
709 long and a job is waiting on the drive.
710 - After unmount, if restore job started, ask to mount.
711 - Add UA rc and history files.
712 - put termcap (used by console) in ./configure and
713 allow -with-termcap-dir.
714 - Fix Autoprune for Volumes to respect need for full save.
715 - Compare tape to Client files (attributes, or attributes and data)
716 - Make all database Ids 64 bit.
717 - Allow console commands to detach or run in background.
718 - Fix status delay on storage daemon during rewind.
719 - Add SD message variables to control operator wait time
720 - Maximum Operator Wait
721 - Minimum Message Interval
722 - Maximum Message Interval
723 - Send Operator message when cannot read tape label.
724 - Verify level=Volume (scan only), level=Data (compare of data to file).
725 Verify level=Catalog, level=InitCatalog
727 - Add keyword search to show command in Console.
728 - Events : tape has more than xxx bytes.
729 - Complete code in Bacula Resources -- this will permit
730 reading a new config file at any time.
731 - Handle ctl-c in Console
732 - Implement script driven addition of File daemon to config files.
733 - Think about how to make Bacula work better with File (non-tape) archives.
734 - Write Unix emulator for Windows.
735 - Put memory utilization in Status output of each daemon
736 if full status requested or if some level of debug on.
737 - Make database type selectable by .conf files i.e. at runtime
738 - Set flag for uname -a. Add to Volume label.
739 - Restore files modified after date
740 - SET LD_RUN_PATH=$HOME/mysql/lib/mysql
741 - Remove duplicate fields from jcr (e.g. jcr.level and jcr.jr.Level, ...).
742 - Timout a job or terminate if link goes down, or reopen link and query.
743 - Concept of precious tapes (cannot be reused).
744 - Make bcopy copy with a single tape drive.
745 - Permit changing ownership during restore.
748 > My suggestion: Add a feature on the systray menu-icon menu to request
749 > an immediate backup now. This would be useful for laptop users who may
750 > not be on the network when the regular scheduled backup is run.
752 > My wife's suggestion: Add a setting to the win32 client to allow it to
753 > shut down the machine after backup is complete (after, of course,
754 > displaying a "System will shut down in one minute, click here to cancel"
755 > warning dialog). This would be useful for sites that want user
756 > woorkstations to be shut down overnight to save power.
759 - Autolabel should be specified by DIR instead of SD.
762 - AutoScan (check checksum of tape)
763 - Format command = "format /dev/nst0"
767 - Seek resolution (usually corresponds to buffer size)
768 - EODErrorCode=ENOSPC or code
769 - Partial Read error code
770 - Partial write error code
771 - Nonformatted read error
772 - Nonformatted write error
773 - WriteProtected error
777 - IgnoreCloseErrors=yes
787 - FD sends unsaved file list to Director at end of job (see
789 - File daemon should build list of files skipped, and then
790 at end of save retry and report any errors.
791 - Write a Storage daemon that uses pipes and
792 standard Unix programs to write to the tape.
794 - Need something that monitors the JCR queue and
795 times out jobs by asking the deamons where they are.
796 - Enhance Jmsg code to permit buffering and saving to disk.
797 - device driver = "xxxx" for drives.
799 - Ensure that /dev/null works
800 - Need report class for messages. Perhaps
801 report resource where report=group of messages
802 - enhance scan_attrib and rename scan_jobtype, and
803 fill in code for "since" option
804 - Director needs a time after which the report status is sent
805 anyway -- or better yet, a retry time for the job.
806 - Don't reschedule a job if previous incarnation is still running.
807 - Some way to automatically backup everything is needed????
808 - Need a structure for pending actions:
810 - termination status (part of buffered msgs?)
812 Read, Write, Clean, Delete
813 - Login to Bacula; Bacula users with different permissions:
814 owner, group, user, quotas
815 - Store info on each file system type (probably in the job header on tape.
816 This could be the output of df; or perhaps some sort of /etc/mtab record.
818 ========= ideas ===============
819 From: "Jerry K. Schieffer" <jerry@skylinetechnology.com>
820 To: <kern@sibbald.com>
821 Subject: RE: [Bacula-users] future large programming jobs
822 Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:34:54 -0600
824 I noticed the subject thread and thought I would offer the following
825 merely as sources of ideas, i.e. something to think about, not even as
826 strong as a request. In my former life (before retiring) I often
827 dealt with backups and storage management issues/products as a
828 developer and as a consultant. I am currently migrating my personal
829 network from amanda to bacula specifically because of the ability to
830 cross media boundaries during storing backups.
831 Are you familiar with the commercial product called ADSM (I think IBM
832 now sells it under the Tivoli label)? It has a couple of interesting
833 ideas that may apply to the following topics.
835 1. Migration: Consider that when you need to restore a system, there
836 may be pressure to hurry. If all the information for a single client
837 can eventually end up on the same media (and in chronological order),
838 the restore is facillitated by not having to search past information
839 from other clients. ADSM has the concept of "client affinity" that
840 may be associated with it's storage pools. It seems to me that this
841 concept (as an optional feature) might fit in your architecture for
844 ADSM also has the concept of defining one or more storage pools as
845 "copy pools" (almost mirrors, but only in the sense of contents).
846 These pools provide the ability to have duplicte data stored both
847 onsite and offsite. The copy process can be scheduled to be handled
848 by their storage manager during periods when there is no backup
849 activity. Again, the migration process might be a place to consider
850 implementing something like this.
853 > It strikes me that it would be very nice to be able to do things
855 > have the Job(s) backing up the machines run, and once they have all
856 > completed, start a migration job to copy the data from disks Volumes
858 > a tape library and then to offsite storage. Maybe this can already
860 > done with some careful scheduling and Job prioritzation; the events
861 > mechanism described below would probably make it very easy.
863 This is the goal. In the first step (before events), you simply
865 the Migration to tape later.
867 2. Base jobs: In ADSM, each copy of each stored file is tracked in
868 the database. Once a file (unique by path and metadata such as dates,
869 size, ownership, etc.) is in a copy pool, no more copies are made. In
870 other words, when you start ADSM, it begins like your concept of a
871 base job. After that it is in the "incremental" mode. You can
872 configure the number of "generations" of files to be retained, plus a
873 retention date after which even old generations are purged. The
874 database tracks the contents of media and projects the percentage of
875 each volume that is valid. When the valid content of a volume drops
876 below a configured percentage, the valid data are migrated to another
877 volume and the old volume is marked as empty. Note, this requires
878 ADSM to have an idea of the contents of a client, i.e. marking the
879 database when an existing file was deleted, but this would solve your
880 issue of restoring a client without restoring deleted files.
882 This is pretty far from what bacula now does, but if you are going to
883 rip things up for Base jobs,.....
884 Also, the benefits of this are huge for very large shops, especially
885 with media robots, but are a pain for shops with manual media
889 > Base jobs sound pretty useful, but I'm not dying for them.
891 Nobody is dying for them, but when you see what it does, you will die
894 3. Restoring deleted files: Since I think my comments in (2) above
895 have low probability of implementation, I'll also suggest that you
896 could approach the issue of deleted files by a mechanism of having the
897 fd report to the dir, a list of all files on the client for every
898 backup job. The dir could note in the database entry for each file
899 the date that the file was seen. Then if a restore as of date X takes
900 place, only files that exist from before X until after X would be
901 restored. Probably the major cost here is the extra date container in
902 each row of the files table.
904 Thanks for "listening". I hope some of this helps. If you want to
905 contact me, please send me an email - I read some but not all of the
906 mailing list traffic and might miss a reply there.
908 Please accept my compliments for bacula. It is doing a great job for
909 me!! I sympathize with you in the need to wrestle with excelence in
910 execution vs. excelence in feature inclusion.
915 ==============================
918 - Design at hierarchial storage for Bacula. Migration and Clone.
919 - Implement FSM (File System Modules).
920 - Audit M_ error codes to ensure they are correct and consistent.
921 - Add variable break characters to lex analyzer.
922 Either a bit mask or a string of chars so that
923 the caller can change the break characters.
924 - Make a single T_BREAK to replace T_COMMA, etc.
925 - Ensure that File daemon and Storage daemon can
926 continue a save if the Director goes down (this
927 is NOT currently the case). Must detect socket error,
928 buffer messages for later.
929 - Enhance time/duration input to allow multiple qualifiers e.g. 3d2h
930 - Add ability to backup to two Storage devices (two SD sessions) at
931 the same time -- e.g. onsite, offsite.
932 - Add the ability to consolidate old backup sets (basically do a restore
933 to tape and appropriately update the catalog). Compress Volume sets.
934 Might need to spool via file is only one drive is available.
935 - Compress or consolidate Volumes of old possibly deleted files. Perhaps
936 someway to do so with every volume that has less than x% valid
940 Migration: Move a backup from one Volume to another
941 Clone: Copy a backup -- two Volumes
943 Bacula Migration is based on Jobs (apparently Networker is file by file).
945 Migration triggered by:
949 Highwater mark (keep total size)
954 ======================================================
956 It is somewhat like a Full save becomes an incremental since
957 the Base job (or jobs) plus other non-base files.
959 - A Base backup is same as Full backup, just different type.
960 - New BaseFiles table that contains:
962 BaseJobId - Base JobId referenced for this FileId (needed ???)
963 JobId - JobId currently running
964 FileId - File not backed up, exists in Base Job
965 FileIndex - FileIndex from Base Job.
966 i.e. for each base file that exists but is not saved because
967 it has not changed, the File daemon sends the JobId, BaseId,
968 FileId, FileIndex back to the Director who creates the DB entry.
969 - To initiate a Base save, the Director sends the FD
970 the FileId, and full filename for each file in the Base.
971 - When the FD finds a Base file, he requests the Director to
972 send him the full File entry (stat packet plus MD5), or
973 conversely, the FD sends it to the Director and the Director
974 says yes or no. This can be quite rapid if the FileId is kept
975 by the FD for each Base Filename.
976 - It is probably better to have the comparison done by the FD
977 despite the fact that the File entry must be sent across the
979 - An alternative would be to send the FD the whole File entry
980 from the start. The disadvantage is that it requires a lot of
981 space. The advantage is that it requires less communications
983 - The Job record must be updated to indicate that one or more
985 - At end of Job, FD returns:
986 1. Count of base files/bytes not written to tape (i.e. matches)
987 2. Count of base file that were saved i.e. had changed.
988 - No tape record would be written for a Base file that matches, in the
989 same way that no tape record is written for Incremental jobs where
990 the file is not saved because it is unchanged.
991 - On a restore, all the Base file records must explicitly be
992 found from the BaseFile tape. I.e. for each Full save that is marked
993 to have one or more Base Jobs, search the BaseFile for all occurrences
995 - An optimization might be to make the BaseFile have:
1001 This would avoid the need to explicitly fetch each File record for
1002 the Base job. The Base Job record will be fetched to get the
1003 VolSessionId and VolSessionTime.
1004 =========================================================
1007 ==========================================================
1009 For each Incremental job that is run, there may be files that
1010 were found but not saved because they were locked (this applies
1011 only to Windows). Such a system could send back to the Director
1012 a list of Unsaved files.
1014 - New UnSavedFiles table that contains:
1018 - Then in the next Incremental job, the list of Unsaved Files will be
1019 feed to the FD, who will ensure that they are explicitly chosen even
1020 if standard date/time check would not have selected them.
1021 =============================================================
1025 Multiple drive autochanger data: see Alan Brown
1026 mtx -f xxx unloadStorage Element 1 is Already Full(drive 0 was empty)
1027 Unloading Data Transfer Element into Storage Element 1...source Element
1028 Address 480 is Empty
1030 (drive 0 was empty and so was slot 1)
1031 > mtx -f xxx load 15 0
1032 no response, just returns to the command prompt when complete.
1033 > mtx -f xxx status Storage Changer /dev/changer:2 Drives, 60 Slots ( 2 Import/Export )
1034 Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 15 Loaded):VolumeTag = HX001
1035 Data Transfer Element 1:Empty
1036 Storage Element 1:Empty
1037 Storage Element 2:Full :VolumeTag=HX002
1038 Storage Element 3:Full :VolumeTag=HX003
1039 Storage Element 4:Full :VolumeTag=HX004
1040 Storage Element 5:Full :VolumeTag=HX005
1041 Storage Element 6:Full :VolumeTag=HX006
1042 Storage Element 7:Full :VolumeTag=HX007
1043 Storage Element 8:Full :VolumeTag=HX008
1044 Storage Element 9:Full :VolumeTag=HX009
1045 Storage Element 10:Full :VolumeTag=HX010
1046 Storage Element 11:Empty
1047 Storage Element 12:Empty
1048 Storage Element 13:Empty
1049 Storage Element 14:Empty
1050 Storage Element 15:Empty
1051 Storage Element 16:Empty....
1052 Storage Element 28:Empty
1053 Storage Element 29:Full :VolumeTag=CLNU01L1
1054 Storage Element 30:Empty....
1055 Storage Element 57:Empty
1056 Storage Element 58:Full :VolumeTag=NEX261L2
1057 Storage Element 59 IMPORT/EXPORT:Empty
1058 Storage Element 60 IMPORT/EXPORT:Empty
1060 Unloading Data Transfer Element into Storage Element 15...done
1062 (just to verify it remembers where it came from, however it can be
1063 overrriden with mtx unload {slotnumber} to go to any storage slot.)
1065 There needs to be a table of drive # to devices somewhere - If there are
1066 multiple changers or drives there may not be a 1:1 correspondance between
1067 changer drive number and system device name - and depending on the way the
1068 drives are hooked up to scsi busses, they may not be linearly numbered
1069 from an offset point either.something like
1071 Autochanger drives = 2
1072 Autochanger drive 0 = /dev/nst1
1073 Autochanger drive 1 = /dev/nst2
1074 IMHO, it would be _safest_ to use explicit mtx unload commands at all
1075 times, not just for multidrive changers. For a 1 drive changer, that's
1081 MTX's manpage (1.2.15):
1082 unload [<slotnum>] [ <drivenum> ]
1083 Unloads media from drive <drivenum> into slot
1084 <slotnum>. If <drivenum> is omitted, defaults to
1085 drive 0 (as do all commands). If <slotnum> is
1086 omitted, defaults to the slot that the drive was
1087 loaded from. Note that there's currently no way
1088 to say 'unload drive 1's media to the slot it
1089 came from', other than to explicitly use that
1090 slot number as the destination.AB
1096 undef# camcontrol devlist
1097 <WANGTEK 51000 SCSI M74H 12B3> at scbus0 target 2 lun 0 (pass0,sa0)
1098 <ARCHIVE 4586XX 28887-XXX 4BGD> at scbus0 target 4 lun 0 (pass1,sa1)
1099 <ARCHIVE 4586XX 28887-XXX 4BGD> at scbus0 target 4 lun 1 (pass2)
1101 tapeinfo -f /dev/sg0 with a bad tape in drive 1:
1102 [kern@rufus mtx-1.2.17kes]$ ./tapeinfo -f /dev/sg0
1103 Product Type: Tape Drive
1105 Product ID: 'C5713A '
1107 Attached Changer: No
1108 TapeAlert[3]: Hard Error: Uncorrectable read/write error.
1109 TapeAlert[20]: Clean Now: The tape drive neads cleaning NOW.
1116 Medium Type: Not Loaded
1119 DataCompEnabled: yes
1120 DataCompCapable: yes
1121 DataDeCompEnabled: yes
1128 Handling removable disks
1130 From: Karl Cunningham <karlc@keckec.com>
1132 My backups are only to hard disk these days, in removable bays. This is my
1133 idea of how a backup to hard disk would work more smoothly. Some of these
1134 things Bacula does already, but I mention them for completeness. If others
1135 have better ways to do this, I'd like to hear about it.
1137 1. Accommodate several disks, rotated similar to how tapes are. Identified
1138 by partition volume ID or perhaps by the name of a subdirectory.
1139 2. Abort & notify the admin if the wrong disk is in the bay.
1140 3. Write backups to different subdirectories for each machine to be backed
1142 4. Volumes (files) get created as needed in the proper subdirectory, one
1144 5. When a disk is recycled, remove or zero all old backup files. This is
1145 important as the disk being recycled may be close to full. This may be
1146 better done manually since the backup files for many machines may be
1147 scattered in many subdirectories.
1152 - Save mount point for directories not traversed with onefs=yes.
1153 - Add seconds to start and end times in the Job report output.
1154 - if 2 concurrent backups are attempted on the same tape
1155 drive (autoloader) into different tape pools, one of them will exit
1156 fatally instead of halting until the drive is idle
1157 - Update StartTime if job held in Job Queue.
1158 - Look at www.nu2.nu/pebuilder as a helper for full windows
1159 bare metal restore. (done by Scott)
1160 - Fix orphanned buffers:
1161 Orphaned buffer: 24 bytes allocated at line 808 of rufus-dir job.c
1162 Orphaned buffer: 40 bytes allocated at line 45 of rufus-dir alist.c
1163 - Implement Preben's suggestion to add
1164 File System Types = ext2, ext3
1165 to FileSets, thus simplifying backup of *all* local partitions.
1166 - Try to open a device on each Job if it was not opened
1167 when the SD started.
1168 - Add dump of VolSessionId/Time and FileIndex with bls.
1169 - If Bacula does not find the right tape in the Autochanger,
1170 then mark the tape in error and move on rather than asking
1171 for operator intervention.
1172 - Cancel command should include JobId in list of Jobs.
1173 - Add performance testing hooks
1174 - Bootstrap from JobMedia records.
1175 - Implement WildFile and WildDir to solve problem of
1176 saving only *.doc files.
1178 Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
1179 Storage: DDS-4-changer
1183 The defined Storage resources are:
1184 - Copy Changer Device and Changer Command from Autochanger
1185 to Device resource in SD if none given in Device resource.
1186 - 1. Automatic use of more than one drive in an autochanger (done)
1187 - 2. Automatic selection of the correct drive for each Job (i.e.
1188 selects a drive with an appropriate Volume for the Job) (done)
1189 - 6. Allow multiple simultaneous Jobs referencing the same pool write
1190 to several tapes (some new directive(s) are are probably needed for
1193 - Key on Storage rather than Pool (done)
1194 - Allow multiple drives to use same Pool (change jobq.c DIR) (done).
1195 - Synchronize multiple drives so that not more
1196 than one loads a tape and any time (done)
1197 - 4. Use Changer Device and Changer Command specified in the
1198 Autochanger resource, if none is found in the Device resource.
1199 You can continue to specify them in the Device resource if you want
1200 or need them to be different for each device.
1201 - 5. Implement a new Device directive (perhaps "Autoselect = yes/no")
1202 that can allow a Device be part of an Autochanger, and hence the changer
1203 script protected, but if set to no, will prevent the Device from being
1204 automatically selected from the changer. This allows the device to
1205 be directly accessed through its Device name, but not through the
1207 #6 Select one from among Multiple Storage Devices for Job
1208 #5 Events that call a Python program
1209 (Implemented in Dir/SD)
1210 - Make sure the Device name is in the Query packet returned.
1211 - Don't start a second file job if one is already running.
1212 - Implement EOF/EOV labels for ANSI labels
1213 - Implement IBM labels.
1214 - When Python creates a new label, the tape is immediately
1215 recycled and no label created. This happens when using
1216 autolabeling -- even when Python doesn't generate the name.
1217 - Scratch Pool where the volumes can be re-assigned to any Pool.
1218 - 28-Mar 23:19 rufus-sd: acquire.c:379 Device "DDS-4" (/dev/nst0)
1219 is busy reading. Job 6 canceled.
1220 - Remove separate thread for opening devices in SD. On the other
1221 hand, don't block waiting for open() for devices.
1222 - Fix code to either handle updating NumVol or to calculate it in
1224 - Ensure that you cannot exclude a directory or a file explicitly
1226 #4 Embedded Python Scripting
1227 (Implemented in Dir/SD/FD)
1228 - Add Python writable variable for changing the Priority,
1229 Client, Storage, JobStatus (error), ...
1232 - Add disk seeking on restore; turn off seek on tapes.
1234 - Look at dird_conf.c:1000: warning: `int size'
1235 might be used uninitialized in this function
1236 - Indicate when a Job is purged/pruned during restore.
1237 - Implement some way to turn off automatic pruning in Jobs.
1238 - Implement a way an Admin Job can prune, possibly multiple
1239 clients -- Python script?
1240 - Look at Preben's acl.c error handling code.
1241 - SD crashes after a tape restore then doing a backup.
1242 - If drive is opened read/write, close it and re-open
1243 read-only if doing a restore, and vice-versa.
1245 data-fd: RestoreFiles.2004-12-07_15.56.42 Error:
1246 > ..\findlib\../../findlib/create_file.c:275 Could not open e:/: ERR=Der
1247 > Prozess kann nicht auf die Datei zugreifen, da sie von einem anderen
1248 > Prozess verwendet wird.
1249 Restore restores all files, but then fails at the end trying
1250 to set the attributes of e:
1251 from failed jobs.- Resolve the problem between Device name and Archive name,
1252 and fix SD messages.
1253 - Tell the "restore" user when browsing is no longer possible.
1254 - Add a restore directory-x
1255 - Write non-optimized bsrs from the JobMedia and Media records,
1256 even after Files are pruned.
1257 - Delete Stripe and Copy from VolParams to save space.
1258 - Fix option 2 of restore -- list where file is backed up -- require Client,
1259 then list last 20 backups.
1260 - Finish implementation of passing all Storage and Device needs to
1262 - Move test for max wait time exceeded in job.c up -- Peter's idea.
1263 ## Consider moving docs to their own project.
1264 ## Move rescue to its own project.
1265 - Add client version to the Client name line that prints in
1267 - Fix the Rescue CDROM.
1268 - By the way: on page http://www.bacula.org/?page=tapedrives , at the
1269 bottom, the link to "Tape Testing Chapter" is broken. It goes to
1270 /html-manual/... while the others point to /rel-manual/...
1271 - Device resource needs the "name" of the SD.
1272 - Specify a single directory to restore.
1273 - Implement MediaType keyword in bsr?
1274 - Add a date and time stamp at the beginning of every line in the
1275 Job report (Volker Sauer).
1276 - Add level to estimate command.
1277 - Add "limit=n" for "list jobs"
1278 - Make bootstrap filename unique.
1279 - Make Dmsg look at global before calling subroutine.
1281 it seems to be complaining about 12:00pm which should be a valid 12
1282 hour time. I changed the time to 11:59am and everything works fine.
1283 Also 12:00am works fine. 0:00pm also works (which I don't think
1284 should). None of the values 12:00pm - 12:59pm work for that matter.
1285 - Require restore via the restore command or make a restore Job
1286 get the bootstrap file.
1287 - Implement Maximum Job Spool Size