4 Documentation to do: (any release a little bit at a time)
5 - Document running a test version.
6 - Document query file format.
7 - Document static linking
8 - Document problems with Verify and pruning.
9 - Document how to use multiple databases.
10 - For FreeBSD typical /dev/nrsa0 and for mtx /dev/pass1
11 - VXA drives have a "cleaning required"
12 indicator, but Exabyte recommends preventive cleaning after every 75
14 - Lookup HP cleaning recommendations.
15 - Lookup HP tape replacement recommendations (see trouble shooting autochanger)
16 - Document FInclude ...
17 - Document need to add "-u root" to most of MySQL script calls
18 (./create_mys... ./make_my...).
21 Testing to do: (painful)
22 - that ALL console command line options work and are always implemented
23 - blocksize recognition code.
24 - multiple simultaneous Volumes
25 - Test if rewind at end of tape waits for tape to rewind.
27 - Test not zeroing Autochanger slot when it is wrong.
28 - Test multiple simultaneous Volumes
29 - That restoring a hard link that already exists works correctly.
31 - Test of last block is correct in JobMedia when splitting file
34 - Figure out how to use ssh or stunnel to protect Bacula communications.
37 - Implement non-blocking writes and bsock->terminate in heartbeat thread,
38 or set it in status.c cancel.
39 - Add restore to specific date.
40 - lstat() is not going to work on Win32 for testing date.
41 - Implement a Recycle command
42 - Something is not right in last block of fill command.
43 - Check this below from Phil.
44 This was SD reported data rather than FD data!
45 > When the job was done, Bacula reported 11084 files restored:
48 > Job: Zocalo_Restore.2003-06-05_16.42.01
50 > Start time: 05-Jun-2003 16:42
51 > End time: 06-Jun-2003 01:21
52 > Files Restored: 11,084
53 > Bytes Restored: 65,474,772
55 > FD termination status: OK
56 > Termination: Restore OK
58 > when it should probably have reported 11084 files scanned, 250 restored.
59 > The bytes restored count looks about right.
61 - If during a restore, a hard linked file already exists (on option), delete
62 the file and re-link it. This is to avoid the possibility that the
63 user had re-linked the file between the backup and the restore.
64 Do lstat() to see if it is already properly linked.
65 Same for symlinked file.
66 Make sure ifnewer, ifolder, never, ... apply correctly.
67 - Implement List Volume Job=xxx or List scheduled volumes or
69 - Instrument use_count on DEVICE packets and ensure that the device is
70 being close()ed at the appropriate time.
71 - Check if Incremental is working correctly when it looks for the previous Job
73 - Add next Volume to be used to status output.
74 - Add a recycle command.
75 - Make bootstrap filename unique.
76 - Sort JobIds entered into recover tree.
77 - The bsr for Dan's job has file indexes covering the whole range rather
78 than only the range contained on the volume.
79 Constrain FileIndex to be within range for Volume.
80 - Should Bacula make an Append tape as Purged when purging?
81 - Test a second language e.g. french.
82 - Start working on Base jobs.
83 - Make "make binary-release" work from any directory.
84 - Document c:/working directory better than /working directory.
85 - Unsaved Flag in Job record.
86 - Base Flag in Job record.
87 - Implement UnsavedFiles DB record.
88 - Use switch() in backup.c and restore.c in FD instead of giant if statement.
89 - Implement argc/argv for daemon command line scanning using table driven
91 - Implement table driven single argc/argv scanner to pickup all arguments.
92 Much like xxx_conf.c scan table.
93 keyword, handler(store_routine), store_address, code, flags, default.
94 - Make | and < work on FD side.
95 - Pass prefix_links to FD.
96 - Implement a M_SECURITY message class.
97 - From Phil Stracchino:
98 It would probably be a per-client option, and would be called
99 something like, say, "Automatically purge obsoleted jobs". What it
100 would do is, when you successfully complete a Differential backup of a
101 client, it would automatically purge all Incremental backups for that
102 client that are rendered redundant by that Differential. Likewise,
103 when a Full backup on a client completed, it would automatically purge
104 all Differential and Incremental jobs obsoleted by that Full backup.
105 This would let people minimize the number of tapes they're keeping on
106 hand without having to master the art of retention times.
107 - Prohibit backing up archive device (findlib/find_one.c:128)
108 - Make Restore report an error if FD or SD term codes are not OK.
109 - Add JobLevel in FD status (but make sure it is defined).
110 - Make Pool resource handle Counter resources.
111 - Restrict characters permitted in a Resource name, and don't permit
113 - Implement new serialize subroutines
114 send(socket, "string", &Vol, "uint32", &i, NULL)
115 - Audit all UA commands to ensure that we always prompt where possible.
119 - When doing a Backup send all attributes back to the Director, who
120 would then figure out what files have been deleted.
121 - Currently in mount.c:236 the SD simply creates a Volume. It should have
122 explicit permission to do so. It should also mark the tape in error
123 if there is an error.
124 - Make sure all restore counters are working correctly in the FD.
125 - SD Bytes Read is wrong.
126 - Configure mtx-changer to have correct path to mtx.
127 - Look at ALL higher level routines that call block.c to be sure
128 they don't expect something in errmsg.
129 - Investigate doing RAW backup of Win32 partition.
130 - Add JobName= to VerifyToCatalog so that all verifies can be done at the end.
131 - Add thread specific data to hold the jcr -- send error messages from
132 low level routines by accessing it and using Jmsg().
133 - Cancel waiting for Client connect in SD if FD goes away.
134 - Testing Tibs job erred and hung director on Storage resource. This was
135 because there were a whole pile of jobs hanging around in the SD
136 waiting for a connection from the FD that was never coming.
137 - Possibly update all client records at startup.
139 - Add Progress command that periodically reports the progress of
141 - Implement "Reschedule OnError=yes interval=nnn times=xxx"
142 - One block was orphaned in the SD probably after cancel.
143 - Add all command line arguments to "update", e.g. slot=nn volStatus=append, ...
146 - Examine Bare Metal restore problem (a FD crash exists somewhere ...).
147 - Implement timeout in response() when it should come quickly.
148 - Implement console @echo command.
149 - Implement a Slot priority (loaded/not loaded).
150 - Implement "vacation" Incremental only saves.
151 - Implement single pane restore (much like the Gftp panes).
152 - Implement Automatic Mount even in operator wait.
153 - Implement create "FileSet"?
154 - Implement Release Device in the Job resource to unmount a drive.
155 - Implement Acquire Device in the Job resource to mount a drive,
156 be sure this works with admin jobs so that the user can get
157 prompted to insert the correct tape. Possibly some way to say to
158 run the job but don't save the files.
159 - Implement all command line args on run.
160 - Implement command line "restore" args.
161 - Implement "restore current select=no"
162 - Fix watchdog pthread crash on Win32 (this is pthread_kill() Cygwin bug)
163 - Implement "scratch pool" where tapes are defined and can be
164 taken by any pool that needs them.
165 - Implement restore "current system", but take all files without
166 doing selection tree -- so that jobs without File records can
168 - Implement disk spooling. Two parts: 1. Spool to disk then
169 immediately to tape to speed up tape operations. 2. Spool to
170 disk only when the tape is full, then when a tape is hung move
172 - Implement a relocatable bacula.spec
173 - Allow multiple Storage specifications (or multiple names on
174 a single Storage specification) in the Job record. Thus a job
175 can be backed up to a number of storage devices.
176 - Implement dump/print label to UA
177 - Add prefixlinks to where or not where absolute links to FD.
178 - Issue message to mount a new tape before the rewind.
179 - Simplified client job initiation for portables.
180 - If SD cannot open a drive, make it periodically retry.
181 - Implement LabelTemplate (at least first cut).
182 - Add more of the config info to the tape label.
183 - Implement a Mount Command and an Unmount Command where
184 the users could specify a system command to be performed
185 to do the mount, after which Bacula could attempt to
186 read the device. This is for Removeable media such as a CDROM.
187 - Most likely, this mount command would be invoked explicitly
188 by the user using the current Console "mount" and "unmount"
189 commands -- the Storage Daemon would do the right thing
190 depending on the exact nature of the device.
191 - As with tape drives, when Bacula wanted a new removable
192 disk mounted, it would unmount the old one, and send a message
193 to the user, who would then use "mount" as described above
194 once he had actually inserted the disk.
196 - Make some way so that if a machine is skipped because it is not up
197 that Bacula will continue retrying for a specified period of time --
199 - If tape is marked read-only, then try opening it read-only rather than
200 failing, and remember that it cannot be written.
201 - Refine SD waiting output:
202 Device is being positioned
203 > Device is being positioned for append
204 > Device is being positioned to file x
206 - Figure out some way to estimate output size and to avoid splitting
207 a backup across two Volumes -- this could be useful for writing CDROMs
208 where you really prefer not to have it split -- not serious.
209 - Add RunBeforeJob and RunAfterJob to the Client program.
210 - Have SD compute MD5 or SHA1 and compare to what FD computes.
211 - Make VolumeToCatalog calculate an MD5 or SHA1 from the
212 actual data on the Volume and compare it.
213 - Implement FileOptions (see end of this document)
214 - Implement Bacula plugins -- design API
215 - Make bcopy read through bad tape records.
216 - Fix read_record to handle multiple sessions.
217 - Program files (i.e. execute a program to read/write files).
218 Pass read date of last backup, size of file last time.
219 - Add Signature type to File DB record.
220 - CD into subdirectory when open()ing files for backup to
221 speed up things. Test with testfind().
222 - Priority job to go to top of list.
223 - Why are save/restore of device different sizes (sparse?) Yup! Fix it.
224 - Implement some way for the Console to dynamically create a job.
225 - Restore to a particular time -- e.g. before date, after date.
226 - Solaris -I on tar for include list
227 - Need a verbose mode in restore, perhaps to bsr.
228 - bscan without -v is too quiet -- perhaps show jobs.
229 - Add code to reject whole blocks if not wanted on restore.
230 - Check if we can increase Bacula FD priorty in Win2000
231 - Make sure the MaxVolFiles is fully implemented in SD
232 - Check if both CatalogFiles and UseCatalog are set to SD.
233 - Need return status on read_cb() from read_records(). Need multiple
234 records -- one per Job, maybe a JCR or some other structure with
235 a block and a record.
236 - Figure out how to do a bare metal Windows restore
237 - Possibly add email to Watchdog if drive is unmounted too
238 long and a job is waiting on the drive.
239 - Use read_record.c in SD code.
240 - Restore program that errors in SD due to no tape reports
241 OK incorrectly in output.
242 - After unmount, if restore job started, ask to mount.
243 - Convert all %x substitution variables, which are hard to remember
244 and read to %(variable-name). Idea from TMDA.
245 - Remove NextId for SQLite. Optimize.
246 - Move all SQL statements into a single location.
247 - Add UA rc and history files.
248 - put termcap (used by console) in ./configure and
249 allow -with-termcap-dir.
250 - Enhance time and size scanning routines.
251 - Fix Autoprune for Volumes to respect need for full save.
252 - Fix Win32 config file definition name on /install
253 - Compare tape to Client files (attributes, or attributes and data)
254 - Make all database Ids 64 bit.
255 - Write an applet for Linux.
256 - Add estimate to Console commands
257 - Implement new daemon communications protocol.
258 - Allow console commands to detach or run in background.
259 - Fix status delay on storage daemon during rewind.
260 - Add SD message variables to control operator wait time
261 - Maximum Operator Wait
262 - Minimum Message Interval
263 - Maximum Message Interval
264 - Send Operator message when cannot read tape label.
265 - Verify level=Volume (scan only), level=Data (compare of data to file).
266 Verify level=Catalog, level=InitCatalog
268 - Add keyword search to show command in Console.
269 - Events : tape has more than xxx bytes.
270 - Complete code in Bacula Resources -- this will permit
271 reading a new config file at any time.
272 - Handle ctl-c in Console
273 - Implement script driven addition of File daemon to config files.
274 - Think about how to make Bacula work better with File (non-tape) archives.
275 - Write Unix emulator for Windows.
276 - Put memory utilization in Status output of each daemon
277 if full status requested or if some level of debug on.
278 - Make database type selectable by .conf files i.e. at runtime
279 - Set flag for uname -a. Add to Volume label.
280 - Implement throttled work queue.
281 - Restore files modified after date
282 - Restore file modified before date
283 - Restore -- do nothing but show what would happen
284 - SET LD_RUN_PATH=$HOME/mysql/lib/mysql
285 - Implement Restore FileSet=
286 - Create a protocol.h and protocol.c where all protocol messages
288 - Remove duplicate fields from jcr (e.g. jcr.level and jcr.jr.Level, ...).
289 - Timout a job or terminate if link goes down, or reopen link and query.
290 - Concept of precious tapes (cannot be reused).
291 - Make bcopy copy with a single tape drive.
292 - Permit changing ownership during restore.
295 > My suggestion: Add a feature on the systray menu-icon menu to request
296 > an immediate backup now. This would be useful for laptop users who may
297 > not be on the network when the regular scheduled backup is run.
299 > My wife's suggestion: Add a setting to the win32 client to allow it to
300 > shut down the machine after backup is complete (after, of course,
301 > displaying a "System will shut down in one minute, click here to cancel"
302 > warning dialog). This would be useful for sites that want user
303 > woorkstations to be shut down overnight to save power.
306 - Autolabel should be specified by DIR instead of SD.
309 - AutoScan (check checksum of tape)
310 - Format command = "format /dev/nst0"
314 - Seek resolution (usually corresponds to buffer size)
315 - EODErrorCode=ENOSPC or code
316 - Partial Read error code
317 - Partial write error code
318 - Nonformatted read error
319 - Nonformatted write error
320 - WriteProtected error
324 - IgnoreCloseErrors=yes
334 - FD sends unsaved file list to Director at end of job (see
336 - File daemon should build list of files skipped, and then
337 at end of save retry and report any errors.
338 - Write a Storage daemon that uses pipes and
339 standard Unix programs to write to the tape.
341 - Need something that monitors the JCR queue and
342 times out jobs by asking the deamons where they are.
343 - Enhance Jmsg code to permit buffering and saving to disk.
344 - device driver = "xxxx" for drives.
346 - Ensure that /dev/null works
347 - Need report class for messages. Perhaps
348 report resource where report=group of messages
349 - enhance scan_attrib and rename scan_jobtype, and
350 fill in code for "since" option
351 - Director needs a time after which the report status is sent
352 anyway -- or better yet, a retry time for the job.
353 - Don't reschedule a job if previous incarnation is still running.
354 - Some way to automatically backup everything is needed????
355 - Need a structure for pending actions:
357 - termination status (part of buffered msgs?)
359 Read, Write, Clean, Delete
360 - Login to Bacula; Bacula users with different permissions:
361 owner, group, user, quotas
362 - Store info on each file system type (probably in the job header on tape.
363 This could be the output of df; or perhaps some sort of /etc/mtab record.
366 - Design at hierarchial storage for Bacula. Migration and Clone.
367 - Implement FSM (File System Modules).
368 - Audit M_ error codes to ensure they are correct and consistent.
369 - Add variable break characters to lex analyzer.
370 Either a bit mask or a string of chars so that
371 the caller can change the break characters.
372 - Make a single T_BREAK to replace T_COMMA, etc.
373 - Ensure that File daemon and Storage daemon can
374 continue a save if the Director goes down (this
375 is NOT currently the case). Must detect socket error,
376 buffer messages for later.
377 - Enhance time/duration input to allow multiple qualifiers e.g. 3d2h
378 - Add ability to backup to two Storage devices (two SD sessions) at
379 the same time -- e.g. onsite, offsite.
380 - Add the ability to consolidate old backup sets (basically do a restore
381 to tape and appropriately update the catalog). Compress Volume sets.
382 Might need to spool via file is only one drive is available.
383 - Compress or consolidate Volumes of old possibly deleted files. Perhaps
384 someway to do so with every volume that has less than x% valid
388 Migration: Move a backup from one Volume to another
389 Clone: Copy a backup -- two Volumes
391 Bacula Migration is based on Jobs (apparently Networker is file by file).
393 Migration triggered by:
397 Highwater mark (keep total size)
401 Bacula Projects Roadmap
403 last update 8 May 2003
405 Item 1: Multiple simultaneous Jobs. (done)
406 Done -- Restore part needs better implementation to work correctly
407 Also, it needs considerable testing
409 What: Permit multiple simultaneous jobs in Bacula.
411 Why: An enterprise level solution needs to go fast without the
412 need for the system administrator to carefully tweak
413 timing. Based on the benchmarks, during a full
414 backup, NetWorker typically hit 10 times the bandwidth to
415 the tape compared to Bacula--largely. This is probably due to
416 running parallel jobs and multi-threaded filling of buffers
417 and writing them to tape. This should also make things work
418 better when you have a mix of fast and slow machines backing
421 Notes: Bacula was designed to run multiple simultaneous jobs. Thus
422 implementing this is a matter of some small cleanups and
426 Item 2: Make the Storage daemon use intermediate file storage to buffer data.
427 Deferred -- not necessary yet.
429 What: If data is coming into the SD too fast, buffer it to
430 disk if the user has configured this option.
432 Why: This would be nice, especially if it more or less falls out
433 when implementing (1) above. If not, it probably should not
434 be given a high priority because fundamentally the backup time
435 is limited by the tape bandwidth. Even though you may finish a
436 client job quicker by spilling to disk, you still have to
437 eventually get it onto tape. If intermediate disk buffering
438 allows us to improve write bandwidth to tape, it may make
441 Notes: Whether or not this is implemented will depend upon performance
442 testing after item 1 is implemented.
445 Item 3: Write the bscan program -- also write a bcopy program.
448 What: Write a program that reads a Bacula tape and puts all the
449 appropriate data into the catalog. This allows recovery
450 from a tape that is no longer in the database, or it allows
451 re-creation of a database if lost.
453 Why: This is a fundamental robustness and disaster recovery tool
454 which will increase the comfort level of a sysadmin
455 considering adopting Bacula.
457 Notes: A skeleton of this program already exists, but much work
458 needs to be done. Implementing this will also make apparent
459 any deficiencies in the current Bacula tape format.
462 Item 4: Implement Base jobs.
464 What: A base job is sort of like a Full save except that you
465 will want the FileSet to contain only files that are unlikely
466 to change in the future (i.e. a snapshot of most of your
467 system after installing it). After the base job has been run,
468 when you are doing a Full save, you can specify to exclude
469 all files saved by the base job that have not been modified.
471 Why: This is something none of the competition does, as far as we know
472 (except BackupPC, which is a Perl program that saves to disk
473 only). It is big win for the user, it makes Bacula stand out
474 as offering a unique optimization that immediately saves time
477 Notes: Big savings in tape usage. Will require more resources because
478 the e. DIR must send FD a list of files/attribs, and the FD must
479 search the list and compare it for each file to be saved.
482 Item 5: Implement Label templates
484 What: This is a mechanism whereby Bacula can automatically create
485 a tape label for new tapes according to a detailed specification
486 provided by the user.
488 Why: It is a major convenience item for folks who use automated label
491 Notes: Bacula already has a working form of automatic tape label
492 creation, but it is very crude. The design for the complete
493 tape labeling project is already documented in the manual.
496 Item 6: Write a regression script.
497 Done -- Continue to expand its testing.
499 What: This is an automatic script that runs and tests as many features
500 of Bacula as possible. The output is compared to previous
501 versions of Bacula and any differences are reported.
503 Why: This is an enormous help in preventing introduction of new
504 errors in parts of the program that already work correctly.
506 Notes: This probably should be ranked higher, it's something the typical
507 user doesn't see. Depending on how it's implemented, it may
508 make sense to defer it until the archival tape format and
509 user interface mature.
512 Item 7: GUI for interactive restore
513 Item 8: GUI for interactive backup
515 What: The current interactive restore is implemented with a tty
516 interface. It would be much nicer to be able to "see" the
517 list of files backed up in typical GUI tree format.
518 The same mechanism could also be used for creating
519 ad-hoc backup FileSets (item 8).
521 Why: Ease of use -- especially for the end user.
523 Notes: Rather than implementing in Gtk, we probably should go directly
524 for a Browser implementation, even if doing so meant the
525 capability wouldn't be available until much later. Not only
526 is there the question of Windows sites, most
527 Solaris/HP/IRIX, etc, shops can't currently run Gtk programs
528 without installing lots of stuff admins are very wary about.
529 Real sysadmins will always use the command line anyway, and
530 the user who's doing an interactive restore or backup of his
531 own files will in most cases be on a Windows machine running
535 Item 9: Add SSL to daemon communications.
536 Inprogress as of version 1.31.
538 What: This provides for secure communications between the daemons.
540 Why: This would allow doing backup across the Internet without
541 privacy concerns (or with much less concern).
543 Notes: The vast majority of near term potential users will be backing up
544 a single site over a LAN and, correctly or not, they probably
545 won't be concerned with security, at least not enough to go to
546 the trouble to set up keys, etc. to screw things down. We suspect
547 that many users genuinely interested in multi-site backup
548 already run some form of VPN software in their internetwork
549 connections, and are willing to delegate security to that layer.
552 Item 10: Define definitive tape format.
555 What: Define that definitive tape format that will not change
556 for the next millennium.
558 Why: Stability, security.
560 Notes: See notes for item 11 below.
563 Item 11: New daemon communication protocol.
565 What: The current daemon to daemon protocol is basically an ASCII
566 printf() and sending the buffer. On the receiving end, the
567 buffer is sscanf()ed to unpack it. The new scheme would
568 be a binary format that allows quick packing and unpacking
569 of any data type with named fields.
571 Why: Using binary packing would be faster. Named fields will permit
572 error checking to ensure that what is sent is what the
573 receiver really wants.
575 Notes: These are internal improvements in the interest of the
576 long-term stability and evolution of the program. On the one
577 hand, the sooner they're done, the less code we have to rip
578 up when the time comes to install them. On the other hand, they
579 don't bring an immediately perceptible benefit to potential
580 users. Item 10 and possibly item 11 should be deferred until Bacula
581 is well established with a growing user community more or
582 less happy with the feature set. At that time, it will make a
583 good "next generation" upgrade in the interest of data
589 ======================================================
591 It is somewhat like a Full save becomes an incremental since
592 the Base job (or jobs) plus other non-base files.
594 - New BaseFile table that contains:
595 JobId, BaseJobId, FileId (from Base).
596 i.e. for each base file that exists but is not saved because
597 it has not changed, the File daemon sends the JobId, BaseId,
598 and FileId back to the Director who creates the DB entry.
599 - To initiate a Base save, the Director sends the FD
600 the FileId, and full filename for each file in the Base.
601 - When the FD finds a Base file, he requests the Director to
602 send him the full File entry (stat packet plus MD5), or
603 conversely, the FD sends it to the Director and the Director
604 says yes or no. This can be quite rapid if the FileId is kept
605 by the FD for each Base Filename.
606 - It is probably better to have the comparison done by the FD
607 despite the fact that the File entry must be sent across the
609 - An alternative would be to send the FD the whole File entry
610 from the start. The disadvantage is that it requires a lot of
611 space. The advantage is that it requires less communications
613 - The Job record must be updated to indicate that one or more
615 - At end of Job, FD returns:
616 1. Count of base files/bytes not written to tape (i.e. matches)
617 2. Count of base file that were saved i.e. had changed.
618 - No tape record would be written for a Base file that matches, in the
619 same way that no tape record is written for Incremental jobs where
620 the file is not saved because it is unchanged.
621 - On a restore, all the Base file records must explicitly be
622 found from the BaseFile tape. I.e. for each Full save that is marked
623 to have one or more Base Jobs, search the BaseFile for all occurrences
625 - An optimization might be to make the BaseFile have:
631 This would avoid the need to explicitly fetch each File record for
632 the Base job. The Base Job record will be fetched to get the
633 VolSessionId and VolSessionTime.
634 =========================================================
638 =============================================================
640 Request For Comments For File Backup Options
643 Subject: File Backup Options
646 A few days ago, a Bacula user who is backing up to file volumes and
647 using compression asked if it was possible to suppress compressing
648 all .gz files since it was a waste of CPU time. Although Bacula
649 currently permits using different options (compression, ...) on
650 a directory by directory basis, it cannot do it on a file by
651 file basis, which is clearly what was desired.
653 Proposed Implementation:
654 To solve this problem, I propose the following:
656 - Add a new Director resource type called FileOptions.
658 - The FileOptions resource will have records for all
659 options that can currently be specified on the Include record
660 (in a FileSet). Examples below.
662 - The FileOptions resource will permit an exclude option as well
663 as a number of additional options.
665 - The heart of the FileOptions resource is the ability to
666 supply any number of ApplyTo records which specify POSIX
667 regular expressions. These ApplyTo regular expressions are
668 applied to the fully qualified filename (path and all). If
669 one matches, then the FileOptions will be used.
671 - When an ApplyTo specification matches an included file, the
672 options specified in the FileOptions resource will override
673 the default options specified on the Include record.
675 - Include records will be modified to permit referencing one or
676 more FileOptions resources. The FileOptions will be used
677 in the order listed on the Include record and the first
678 one that matches will be applied.
680 - Options (or specifications) currently supplied on the Include
681 record will be deprecated (i.e. removed in a later version a
682 year or so from now).
684 - The Exclude record will be deprecated as the same functionality
685 can be obtained by using an Exclude = yes in the FileOptions.
688 The following records can appear in the FileOptions resource. An
689 asterisk preceding the name indicates a feature not currently
693 - Compression= (GZIP, ...)
694 - Signature= (MD5, SHA1, ...)
696 - OneFs= (yes/no) - remain on one filesystem
697 - Recurse= (yes/no) - recurse into subdirectories
698 - Sparse= (yes/no) - do sparse file backup
699 - *Exclude= (yes/no) - exclude file from being saved
700 - *Reader= (filename) - external read (backup) program
701 - *Plugin= (filename) - read/write plugin module
704 - verify= (ipnougsamc5) - verify options
707 - replace= (always/ifnewer/ifolder/never) - replace options currently
709 - *Writer= (filename) - external write (restore) program
713 Currently options specifying compression, MD5 signatures, recursion,
714 ... of a FileSet are supplied on the Include record. These will now
715 all be collected into a FileOptions resource, which will be
716 specified on the Include in place of the options. Multiple FileOptions
717 may be specified. Since the FileOptions contain regular expressions
718 that are applied to the full filename, this will give the ability
719 to specify backup options on a file by file basis to whatever level
728 Include = compression=GZIP signature=MD5 {
737 Include = FileOptions=Opts {
748 That's a lot more to do the same thing, but it gives the ability to
749 apply options on a file by file basis. For example, suppose you
750 want to compress all files but not any file with extensions .gz or .Z.
751 You could do so as follows:
755 Include = FileOptions=NoCompress FileOptions=Opts {
763 ApplyTo = /*.?*/ # matches all files
768 # Note multiple ApplyTos are ORed
769 ApplyTo = /*.gz/ # matches .gz files */
770 ApplyTo = /*.Z/ # matches .Z files */
773 Now, since the NoCompress FileOptions is specified first on the
774 Include line, any *.gz or *.Z file will have an MD5 signature computed,
775 but will not be compressed. For all other files, the NoCompress will not
776 match, so the Opts options will be used which will include GZIP
780 - Is it necessary to provide some means of ANDing regular expressions
781 and negation? (not currently planned)
783 e.g. ApplyTo = /*.gz/ && !/big.gz/
785 - I see that Networker has a "null" module which, if specified, does not
786 backup the file, but does make an record of the file in the catalog
787 so that the catalog will reflect an exact picture of the filesystem.
788 The result is that the file can be "seen" when "browsing" the save
789 sets, but it cannot be restored.
791 Is this really useful? Should it be implemented in Bacula?
794 After implementing the above, the user will be able to specify
795 on a file by file basis (using regular expressions) what options are
796 applied for the backup.
799 =============================================
801 ==========================================================
803 For each Incremental job that is run, there may be files that
804 were found but not saved because they were locked (this applies
805 only to Windows). Such a system could send back to the Director
806 a list of Unsaved files.
808 - New UnSavedFiles table that contains:
812 - Then in the next Incremental job, the list of Unsaved Files will be
813 feed to the FD, who will ensure that they are explicitly chosen even
814 if standard date/time check would not have selected them.
815 =============================================================
818 Done: (see kernsdone for more)
819 - Heartbeat between daemons.
820 - Fix Dir heartbeat in restore and verify vol. Be sure to make
821 bnet_recv() ignore BNET_HEARTBEAT.
822 - Implement HEART_BEAT while SD waiting for tapes.
823 - Include RunBeforeJob and RunAfterJob output in the message
825 - Change M_INFO to M_RESTORED for all restored files.
826 - Fix command prompt in gnome-console by checking on Ready.
827 - Merge SQLite, MySQL, and Rel spec into a single file.
828 - Fix config of "console"
829 - Check if cancel works with FD (fixed).
830 - Properly configure console and gconsole (currently for source not
831 configured for installation).
832 - Error labeling tape from console gets Jmsg error because of no Job.
833 - Test and implement get_pint and get_yesno.
834 - Implement global with DB name and add to btraceback.gdb
835 - Remove subsysdir from conf files (used only in autostart scripts).
837 rufus-dir: Max configured use duration exceeded. Marking Volume "MatouBackup" as Used.
838 rufus-sd: Volume "" previously written, moving to end of data.
839 rufus-sd: Matou.2003-05-10_10.39.18 Error: I canot write on this volume because:
840 The number of files mismatch! Volume=1 Catalog=0
841 rufus-sd: Matou.2003-05-10_10.39.18 Error: askdir.c:155 NULL Volume name. This shouldn't happen!!!
842 - Shell character expansion is failing occassionally.
843 - Add a section to the doc on Manual cycling of Volumes.
844 - Check if Job/File retentions apply to multivolume jobs.
845 - Fix missing casette in autoloader during read:
846 14-May-2003 14:41 undef-sd: RestoreFiles.2003-05-14_14.41.00 Warning: acquire.c:106 Volume name mismatch. Wanted TestVolume0005 got TestVolume0010
847 14-May-2003 14:41 undef-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded" command.
848 14-May-2003 14:41 undef-sd: 3302 Issuing autochanger "unload" command.
849 14-May-2003 14:42 undef-sd: 3303 Issuing autochanger "load slot 1" command.
850 14-May-2003 14:42 undef-sd: 3304 Autochanger "load slot 1" status is OK.
851 14-May-2003 14:42 undef-sd: RestoreFiles.2003-05-14_14.41.00 Warning: acquire.c:106 Volume name mismatch. Wanted TestVolume0005 got TestVolume0009
852 14-May-2003 14:42 undef-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded" command.
853 14-May-2003 14:42 undef-sd: RestoreFiles.2003-05-14_14.41.00 Warning: acquire.c:106 Volume name mismatch. Wanted TestVolume0005 got TestVolume0009
854 14-May-2003 14:42 undef-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded" command.
855 14-May-2003 14:42 undef-sd: RestoreFiles.2003-05-14_14.41.00 Warning: acquire.c:106 Volume name mismatch. Wanted TestVolume0005 got TestVolume0009
856 14-May-2003 14:42 undef-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded" command.
857 14-May-2003 14:42 undef-sd: RestoreFiles.2003-05-14_14.41.00 Warning: acquire.c:106 Volume name mismatch. Wanted TestVolume0005 got TestVolume0009
858 14-May-2003 14:42 undef-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded" command.
859 14-May-2003 14:42 undef-sd: RestoreFiles.2003-05-14_14.41.00 Fatal error: acquire.c:129 Too many errors trying to mount device "/dev/nrsa0".
860 14-May-2003 14:42 undef-dir: Bacula 1.31 (12May03): 14-May-2003 14:42
861 - Fix problem reported by Christopher McCurdy <cmccurdy@eecis.udel.edu>
862 xeon-fd: Could not stat c:/Documents and Settings/All
863 Users/Application Data/Humc:\Documents and Settings\All User98_AIX.kbf:
864 ERR=No such file or directory
866 - The following Re-read last block at EOT failed. ERR=block.c:523 Read zero bytes on device /dev/nrsa0.
867 undef-sd: block.c:523 Read zero bytes on device /dev/nrsa0.
868 apparently masks the standard EOM message.
869 - BSD (probably) does not have strtoll()
870 - BSD does not have ioctl() MTEOM
871 - BSD defines a number of MT_xxx variables which conflict
872 with those defined by Bacula.
873 - Make default duration days if no qualifier (e.g. s) is specified.
874 - BSDI fix finding gcc version
875 - When the FD errs (e.g. disk full) have a more graceful shutdown.
876 - Make sure Bacula prunes/purges canceled and failed jobs too and all
877 jobs with zero JobFiles.
878 - Implement Volume name checking.
879 - Document what characters can go into Volume names.
880 - Getting the following on all directories on Win32
881 19-May-2003 01:14 tibs-fd: Could not access c:/cygwin/home/kern/rxvt: ERR=Permission denied
882 - Cancellation caused JobMedia error:
883 babylon5-dir: Last FULL backup time not found. Doing FULL backup.
884 babylon5-dir: Start Backup JobId 416, Job=Zocalo_Save.2003-05-19_02.15.06
885 babylon5-sd: End of media on Volume VXA-V17-Inc-001 Bytes=31,982,900,672 Blocks=495,781.
886 babylon5-sd: Job Zocalo_Save.2003-05-19_02.15.06 waiting. Cannot find any appendable volumes.
887 babylon5-sd: Someone woke me up, but I cannot find any appendable volumes
888 for Job=Zocalo_Save.2003-05-19_02.15.06.
889 babylon5-sd: Zocalo_Save.2003-05-19_02.15.06 Fatal error: Job
890 Zocalo_Save.2003-05-19_02.15.06 canceled while waiting for mount on
891 Storage Device "Ecrix_VXA-1".
892 babylon5-sd: Zocalo_Save.2003-05-19_02.15.06 Fatal error: Cannot fixup device
893 error. Job Zocalo_Save.2003-05-19_02.15.06 canceled while waiting for
894 mount on Storage Device "Ecrix_VXA-1".
896 babylon5-dir: Zocalo_Save.2003-05-19_02.15.06 Error: Catalog error creating
897 JobMedia record. sql_create.c:125 Create JobMedia failed. Record already
899 babylon5-sd: Zocalo_Save.2003-05-19_02.15.06 Error: Error creating JobMedia
900 record: 1991 Update JobMedia error
902 babylon5-sd: Zocalo_Save.2003-05-19_02.15.06 Error: askdir.c:158 NULL Volume
903 name. This shouldn't happen!!!
904 zocalo-fd: Zocalo_Save.2003-05-19_02.15.06 Error: bnet.c:310 Write error
905 sending to Storage daemon:babylon5:9103: ERR=Broken pipe
906 - Volume names with spaces get jammed into the catalog with 0x1
907 i.e. the SD bashes the Volume but they are not unbased by Dir.
908 jerom-dir: MonthlySave.2003-05-10_17.12.01 Error: Unable to get Media
909 record for Volume Tape^A1: ERR=sql_get.c:788 Media record for Volume
911 jerom-sd: MonthlySave.2003-05-10_17.12.01 Error: Error updating Volume
912 Info: 1991 Catalog Request failed: sql_get.c:788 Media record for Volume
914 - ChangeServiceConfig2A does not exist on WinNT (ADVAPI32.DLL).
915 - Fix "access not allowed" for backup of files on WinXP.
916 - Check for existence of all new Win32 API's. See LoadLibrary in
918 - Count errors during restore and print them in the Job report.
919 - Bug: fix access problems on files restored on WinXP.
920 - Put system type returned by FD into catalog.
921 - Finish WIN32_DATA stream code (bextract, check if can handle stream)
922 - Make SD keep track of Files, Bytes during restore.
923 - If you enter the userid by hand for restore, you get:
924 Enter JobId(s), comma separated, to restore: 74
925 You have selected the following JobId: 74
926 Building directory tree for JobId 74 ...
927 134645140 items inserted into the tree and marked for extraction.
928 - Add SDWriteSeqNo to SD, and probably Read on FD side.
929 - If bootstrap is non-zero for restore, do not show JobId in the
930 OK to run? (yes/mod/no): list.
931 - When all cassettes in magazine are used, got:
932 22-May-2003 18:24 undef-sd: 3304 Autochanger "load slot 1" status is OK.
933 22-May-2003 18:24 undef-sd: NightlySave.2003-05-22_14.08.16 Warning: mount.c:245 Director wanted Volume "TestVolume0009".
934 Current Volume "TestVolume0005" not acceptable because:
935 1998 Volume "TestVolume0005" not Append or Recycle.
936 22-May-2003 18:24 undef-sd: NightlySave.2003-05-22_14.08.16 Error: Autochanger Volume "TestVolume0009" not found in slot 1.
937 Setting slot to zero in catalog.
938 22-May-2003 18:24 undef-sd: Please mount Volume "TestVolume0009" on Storage Device "ARCHIVE 4586" for Job NightlySave.2003-05-22_14
940 Use "mount" command to release Job.
941 22-May-2003 19:24 undef-sd: Please mount Volume "TestVolume0009" on Storage Device "ARCHIVE 4586" for Job NightlySave.2003-05-22_14
943 Use "mount" command to release Job.
944 - Don't zero the Slot when the wrong volume is found -- simply ask
946 - Implement MTIOCERRSTAT on FreeBSD to clear tape error conditions.
947 - Shell expansion fails for working_directory in SD from time to time.
948 - File the Automatically selected: xxx
949 to say Automatically selected Pool: xxx
950 - Default duration with no qualifier is sec should be 1 day
951 - zap sd_auth_key in SD after FD connection.
952 - Find a solution for the multiple FileSet problem (when it is changed). Add date?
953 - Look at Python for a Bacula scripting language -- www.python.org
954 - When Marking a file in Restore that is a hard link, also
955 mark the link so that the data will be reloaded.
956 - Emergency restore info:
958 - Backup working directory
960 - Why don't we get an error message from Win32 FD when bootstrap
961 file cannot be created for restore command?
962 - Fix Win2000 error with no messages during startup.
963 - Make restore more robust in counting error and not immediately bailing
964 out. Also print error message once, but try to continue.
965 - Add code to check that blocks are sequential on restore.
966 - Remove "rufus" and such references from regress.
967 - No READLINE_SRC if found in alternate directory.
968 - If ./btape is called without /dev, assume argument is a Storage resource name.
969 - Find general solution for sscanf size problems (as well as sprintf. Do at run time?
970 - Bytes restored is wrong.
971 - The "List last 20 Jobs run" doesnt work correctly in restore.
972 It doesnt show the last 20 jobs , but some older ones.
973 - Fix Verify VolumeToCatalog to use BSRs -- it is broken.
974 - Implement Release Storage=xxx
975 - Fix restore on Win95/98
976 - Remove the Jmsg() in sql_find.c:102 or only print on hard error.
977 - Implement FileSet VolIndex -- done, but must update old records.