4 Documentation to do: (any release a little bit at a time)
5 - Document query file format.
6 - Document problems with Verify and pruning.
7 - Document how to use multiple databases.
8 - VXA drives have a "cleaning required"
9 indicator, but Exabyte recommends preventive cleaning after every 75
12 In this context, it should be noted that Exabyte has a command-line
13 vxatool utility available for free download. (The current version is
14 vxatool-3.72.) It can get diagnostic info, read, write and erase tapes,
15 test the drive, unload tapes, change drive settings, flash new firmware,
17 Of particular interest in this context is that vxatool <device> -i will
18 report, among other details, the time since last cleaning in tape motion
19 minutes. This information can be retrieved (and settings changed, for
20 that matter) through the generic-SCSI device even when Bacula has the
21 regular tape device locked. (Needless to say, I don't recommend
22 changing tape settings while a job is running.)
23 - Lookup HP cleaning recommendations.
24 - Lookup HP tape replacement recommendations (see trouble shooting autochanger)
26 Testing to do: (painful)
28 - blocksize recognition code.
29 - Test if rewind at end of tape waits for tape to rewind.
32 For 1.33 Testing/Documentation:
33 - Figure out how to use ssh or stunnel to protect Bacula communications.
34 Add Dan's work to manual See ssl.txt
35 - Add db check test to regression. Test each function like delete,
37 - If you use restore replace=never, the directory attributes for
38 non-existent directories will not be restored properly.
41 - Check that all change in wait status in the SD are
42 signaled to the Director.
43 - Add a block copy option to bcopy.
44 - Investigate adding Mac Resource Forks.
45 - Finish work on Gnome restore GUI.
46 - Fix "llist jobid=xx" where no fileset or client exists.
48 it seems to be complaining about 12:00pm which should be a valid 12
49 hour time. I changed the time to 11:59am and everything works fine.
50 Also 12:00am works fine. 0:00pm also works (which I don't think
51 should). None of the values 12:00pm - 12:59pm work for that matter.
52 - Add level to estimate command.
53 - Fix option 2 of restore -- list where file is backed up -- require Client,
54 then list last 20 backups.
55 - Add all pools in Dir conf to DB also update them to catch changed
56 LabelFormats and such.
57 - Update volumes FromPool=xxx does all volumes.
58 - Pass Director resource name as an option to the Console.
59 - Add a "batch" mode to the Console (no unsolicited queries, ...).
60 - Add code to check for tape alerts -- tapeinfo.
61 - Make sure list of Volumes needed is in correct order for restore.
63 - Remove paths (and files that reference them) that have no trailing slash
64 in dbcheck -- or add a trailing slash.
65 - Remove Filenames (and files that reference them) that have a trailing
66 slash in dbcheck -- or remove the trailing slash.
67 - Remove orphaned paths/filenames by copying them to a new table with a
68 reference count, then mark all referenced files/paths and remove unreferenced
70 - Add a .list all files in the restore tree (probably also a list all files)
71 Do both a long and short form.
72 - Allow browsing the catalog to see all versions of a file (with
73 stat data on each file).
74 - Restore attributes of directory if replace=never set but directory
76 - Allow "delete job jobid=xxx,yyy,aaa-bbb" i.e. list + ranges.
77 - Use SHA1 on authentication if possible.
78 - See comtest-xxx.zip for Windows code to talk to USB.
79 - Make btape accept Device Names in addition to Archive names.
80 - Add Events and Perl scripting.
81 - Add John's appended files:
82 Appended = { /files/server/logs/http/*log }
83 and such files would be treated as follows.On a FULL backup, they would
84 be backed up like any other file.On an INCREMENTAL backup, where a
85 previous INCREMENTAL or FULL was already in thecatalogue and the length
86 of the file wasgreater than the length of the last backup, only thedata
87 added since the last backup will be dumped.On an INCREMENTAL backup, if
88 the length of the file is less than thelength of the file with the same
89 name last backed up, the completefile is dumped.On Windows systems, with
90 creation date of files, we can be evensmarter about this and not count
91 entirely upon the length.On a restore, the full and all incrementals
92 since it will beapplied in sequence to restore the file.
93 - Add a regression test for dbcheck.
94 - Add disk seeking on restore. - Allow
95 for optional cancelling of SD and FD in case DIR
96 gets a fatal error. Requested by Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net>
97 - Bizarre message: Error: Could not open WriteBootstrap file:
98 - Build console in client only build.
99 - Add "limit=n" for "list jobs"
100 - Check new HAVE_WIN32 open bits.
101 - Check if the tape has moved before writing.
102 - Handling removable disks -- see below:
103 - Multiple drive autochanger support -- see below.
104 - Keep track of tape use time, and report when cleaning is necessary.
105 - Fix FreeBSD mt_count problem.
106 - Add FromClient and ToClient keywords on restore command (or
107 BackupClient RestoreClient).
108 - Automatic "update slots" on user configuration directive when a
110 - Implement a JobSet, which groups any number of jobs. If the
111 JobSet is started, all the jobs are started together.
112 Allow Pool, Level, and Schedule overrides.
113 - Enhance cancel to timeout BSOCK packets after a specific delay.
114 - When I restore to Windows the Created, Accessed and Modifiedtimes are
115 those of the time of the restore, not those of the originalfile.
116 The dates you will find in your restore log seem to be the original
118 - Volume "add"ed to Pool gets recycled in first use. VolBytes=0
119 - If a tape is recycled while it is mounted, Stanislav Tvrudy must do an
120 additional mount to deblock the job.
122 bscan: sql_update.c:65 UPDATE File SET MD5='Ij+5kwN6TFIxK+8l8+/I+A' WHERE FileId=0
123 bscan: bscan.c:1074 Could not add MD5/SHA1 to File record. ERR=sql_update.c:65 Update problem: affected_rows=0
124 - Do scheduling by UTC using gmtime_r() in run_conf, scheduler, and
125 ua_status.!!! Thanks to Alan Brown for this tip.
126 - Look at updating Volume Jobs so that Max Volume Jobs = 1 will work
127 correctly for multiple simultaneous jobs.
128 - Correct code so that FileSet MD5 is calculated for < and | filename
130 - Mark Volume in error on error from WEOF.
131 - Implement the Media record flag that indicates that the Volume does disk
133 - Implement VolAddr, which is used when Volume is addressed like a disk,
134 and form it from VolFile and VolBlock.
135 - Make multiple restore jobs for multiple media types specifying
136 the proper storage type.
137 - Implement MediaType keyword in bsr?
138 - Fix fast block rejection (stored/read_record.c:118). It passes a null
139 pointer (rec) to try_repositioning().
140 - Look at extracting Win data from BackupRead.
141 - Having dashes in filenames apparently creates problems for restore
142 by filename??? hard to believe.
143 - Implement RestoreJobRetention? Maybe better "JobRetention" in a Job,
144 which would take precidence over the Catalog "JobRetention".
145 - Implement Label Format in Add and Label console commands.
146 - Possibly up network buffers to 65K. Put on variable.
147 - Put email tape request delays on one or more variables. User wants
148 to cancel the job after a certain time interval. Maximum Mount Wait?
149 - Job, Client, Device, Pool, or Volume?
150 Is it possible to make this a directive which is *optional* in multiple
151 resources, like Level? If so, I think I'd make it an optional directive
152 in Job, Client, and Pool, with precedence such that Job overrides Client
153 which in turn overrides Pool.
154 - Print a message when a job starts if the conf file is not current.
155 - To pass Include 1 or two letter commands
156 I Name Include name - first record
157 B Name Base name - repeat
160 E zzz Exclude expression (wild card)
162 D "reader" Reader program
163 T "writer" Writer program
164 O Options In current commpressed format
165 (compression, signature, onefs, recurse, sparse,
166 replace, verify options, ...)
168 B BaseName Start second option set any letter
171 F Number Number of filenames to follow
176 F Number Number of filenames to follow
180 - Spooling ideas taken from Volker Sauer's and other's emails:
181 > IMHO job spooling should be turned on
187 > where and 2) overrides 1) and 3) is independent.
189 Yes, this is the minimum that I think is necessary.
193 > It should be switched by job, because the job that backs up the machine
194 > with the bacula-sd on doesn't need spooling.
195 > It should be switched by schedule, because for full-backups I don't need
196 > spooling, so I can switch it off (because the network faster then the
199 True, with the exception that if you have enough disk spool space,
200 and you want to run concurrent jobs, spooling can eliminate the block
201 interleaving restore inefficiencies.
203 > And you should be able to turn it of by sd for sd-machines with low disk
204 > capacity or if you just don't need or want this feature.
207 > - definitly the possibility for multipe spool direcories
209 Having multiple directories is no problem -- having different maximum
210 sizes creates specification problems. At some point, I will probably
211 have a common SD pool of spool directories as well as a set of
212 private spool directories for each device. The first implementation
213 will be a set of private spool directories for each device since
214 managing a global pool with a bunch of threads writing into the same
215 directory is *much* more complicated and prone to error.
217 > - the ability to spool parts of a backup (not the whole client)
219 This may change in the future, but for the moment, it will spool
220 either to a job high water mark, or until the directory is full
221 (reaches max spool size or I/O error). It will then write to tape,
222 truncate the spool file, and begin spooling again.
224 > - spooling while writing to tape
226 Not within a job, but yes, if you run concurrent jobs -- each is a
227 different thread. Within a job could be a feature, but *much* later.
229 > - parallel spooling (like parallel jobs/ concurrent jobs) of clients
231 Yes, this is one of my main motivations for doing it (aside from
232 eliminating tape "shoe shine" during incremental backups.
234 > - flushing a backup that only went to disk (like amflush in amanda)
236 This will be a future feature, since spooling is different from backing
237 up to disk. The future feature will be "migration" which will move a job
238 from one backup Volume to another.
240 - New Storage specifications:
241 Passed to SD as a sort of BSR record called Storage Specification
245 MediaType -> Next MediaType
247 Device -> Next Device
248 Write Copy Resource that makes a copy of a resource.
250 Allow multiple Storage specifications
258 Allow Multiple Pool specifications (note, Pool currently
260 Allow Multiple MediaType specifications
261 Allow Multiple Device specifications
262 Perhaps keep this in a single SSR
263 Tie a Volume to a specific device by using a MediaType that
264 is contained in only one device.
265 In SD allow Device to have Multiple MediaTypes
268 - Look at www.nu2.nu/pebuilder as a helper for full windows
270 Ideas from Jerry Scharf:
271 First let's point out some big pluses that bacula has for this
273 more importantly it's active. Thank you so much for that
274 even more important, it's not flaky
275 it has an open access catalog, opening many possibilities
276 it's pushing toward heterogeneous systems capability
278 I don't remember an include file directive for config files
279 (not filesets, actual config directives)
280 can you check the configs without starting the daemon?
281 some warnings about possible common mistakes
283 doing the testing and blessing of concurrent backup writes
284 this is absolutely necessary in the enterprise
285 easy user recovery GUI with full access checking
286 Macintosh file client
287 macs are an interesting niche, but I fear a server is a rathole
288 working bare iron recovery for windows
289 much better handling on running config changes
290 thinking through the logic of what happens to jobs in progress
291 the option for inc/diff backups not reset on fileset revision
292 a) use both change and inode update time against base time
293 b) do the full catalog check (expensive but accurate)
294 sizing guide (how much system is needed to back up N systems/files)
295 consultants on using bacula in building a disaster recovery system
297 or how to get at fancy things that one could do with bacula
298 logwatch code for bacula logs (or similar)
299 linux distro inclusion of bacula (brings good and bad, but necessary)
300 win2k/XP server capability (icky but you asked)
301 support for Oracle database ??
303 - Look at adding SQL server and Exchange support for Windows.
304 - Restore: Enter Filename: 'C:/Documents and Settings/Comercial/My
305 Documents/MOP/formulário de registro BELAS ARTES.doc' causes Bacula to
307 - Each DVD-RAM disk would be a volume, just like each tape is
308 a volume. It's a 4.7GB media with random access, but there's nothing about
309 it that I can see that makes it so different than a tape from bacula's
310 perspective. Why couldn't I back up to a bare floppy as a volume (ignoring
312 - Make dev->file and dev->block_num signed integers so that -1 can
313 be an invalid value which happens with BSR.
314 - Create VolAddr for disk files in place of VolFile and VolBlock. This
315 is needed to properly specify ranges.
316 - Print bsmtp output to job report so that problems will be seen.
317 - Pass the number of files to be restored to the FD for reporting
318 - Add progress of files/bytes to SD and FD.
319 - Don't continue Restore if no files selected.
320 - Print warning message if FileId > 4 billion
321 - do a "messages" before the first prompt in Console
322 - Add a date and time stamp at the beginning of every line in the
323 Job report (Volker Sauer).
324 - Client does not show busy during Estimate command.
325 - Implement Console mtx commands.
326 - Add a default DB password to MySQL.
327 GRANT all privileges ON bacula.* TO bacula@localhost IDENTIFIED BY
330 - Implement a Mount Command and an Unmount Command where
331 the users could specify a system command to be performed
332 to do the mount, after which Bacula could attempt to
333 read the device. This is for Removeable media such as a CDROM.
334 - Most likely, this mount command would be invoked explicitly
335 by the user using the current Console "mount" and "unmount"
336 commands -- the Storage Daemon would do the right thing
337 depending on the exact nature of the device.
338 - As with tape drives, when Bacula wanted a new removable
339 disk mounted, it would unmount the old one, and send a message
340 to the user, who would then use "mount" as described above
341 once he had actually inserted the disk.
342 - Implement dump/print label to UA
343 - Implement disk spooling. Two parts: 1. Spool to disk then
344 immediately to tape to speed up tape operations. 2. Spool to
345 disk only when the tape is full, then when a tape is hung move
347 - Scratch Pool where the volumes can be re-assigned to any Pool.
348 - bextract is sending everything to the log file ****FIXME****
349 - Add Progress command that periodically reports the progress of
351 - Restrict characters permitted in a Resource name, and don't permit
353 - Allow multiple Storage specifications (or multiple names on
354 a single Storage specification) in the Job record. Thus a job
355 can be backed up to a number of storage devices.
356 - Implement some way for the File daemon to contact the Director
357 to start a job or pass its DHCP obtained IP number.
358 - Implement multiple Consoles.
359 - Implement a query tape prompt/replace feature for a console
361 Two jobs ready to go, first one blocked waiting for media
362 Cancel 2nd job ("waiting execution" one)
365 - Copy console @ code to gnome2-console
366 - Make AES the only encryption algorithm see
367 http://csrc.nist.gov/CryptoToolkit/aes/). It's
368 an officially adopted standard, has survived peer
369 review, and provides keys up to 256 bits.
370 - Think about how space could be freed up on a tape -- perhaps this
371 is a Merge or Compact feature that is needed.
372 - Modify FileSet, did not upgrade the current Increment job, but
373 waited for the next job to be upgraded.
374 - Take a careful look at SetACL http://setacl.sourceforge.net
375 - Implement a where command for the tree telling where a file
377 - Take a careful look at Level for the estimate command, maybe make
378 it a command line option.
379 - Add Volume name to "I cannot write on this volume because"
380 - Make tree walk routines like cd, ls, ... more user friendly
381 by handling spaces better.
382 - Write your PID file and chown root:wheel before drop.
383 - Make sure there is no symlink in a file before creating a
385 - Look at mktemp or mkstemp(3).
386 mktemp and mkstemp create files with predictable names too. That's
387 not the vulnerability. The vulnerability is in creating files without
388 using the O_EXCL flag, which means "only create this file if it doesn't
389 exist, including if the file is a dangling symlink."
391 It is *NOT* enough to do the equivalent of
393 if doesn't exist $filename
394 then create $filename
396 because between the test and the create another process could have
397 gotten the CPU and created the file. You must use atomic functions
398 (those that don't get interrupted by other processes) and O_EXCL is
399 the only way for this particular example.
400 - Automatically create pools, but instead of looking for what
401 in in Job records, walk through the pool resources.
402 - Check and double check tree code, why does it take so long?
403 - Add device name to "Current Volume not acceptable because ..."
404 - Make sure that Bacula rechecks the tape after the 20 min wait.
405 - Set IO_NOWAIT on Bacula TCP/IP packets.
406 - Try doing a raw partition backup and restore by mounting a
409 Yes, it would allow to highly automatic the request for new tapes. If a
410 tape is empty, bacula reads the barcodes (native or simulated), and if
411 an unused tape is found, it runs the label command with all the
412 necessary parameters.
414 By the way can bacula automatically "move" an empty/purged volume say
415 in the "short" pool to the "long" pool if this pool runs out of volume
417 - Eliminate orphaned jobs: dbcheck, normal pruning, delete job command.
418 Hm. Well, there are the remaining orphaned job records:
420 | 105 | Llioness Save | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | B | D | 0 | 0 | f |
421 | 110 | Llioness Save | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | B | I | 0 | 0 | f |
422 | 115 | Llioness Save | 2003-09-10 02:22:03 | B | I | 0 | 0 | A |
423 | 128 | Catalog Save | 2003-09-11 03:53:32 | B | I | 0 | 0 | C |
424 | 131 | Catalog Save | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | B | I | 0 | 0 | f |
426 As you can see, three of the five are failures. I already deleted the
427 one restore and one other failure using the by-client option. Deciding
428 what is an orphaned job is a tricky problem though, I agree. All these
429 records have or had 0 files/ 0 bytes, except for the restore. With no
430 files, of course, I don't know of the job ever actually becomes
431 associated with a Volume.
433 (I'm not sure if this is documented anywhere -- what are the meanings of
434 all the possible JobStatus codes?)
436 Looking at my database, it appears to me as though all the "orphaned"
437 jobs fit into one of two categories:
439 1) The Job record has a StartTime but no EndTime, and the job is not
442 2) The Job record has an EndTime, indicating that it completed, but
443 it has no associated JobMedia record.
446 This does suggest an approach. If failed jobs (or jobs that, for some
447 other reason, write no files) are associated with a volume via a
448 JobMedia record, then they should be purged when the associated volume
449 is purged. I see two ways to handle jobs that are NOT associated with a
452 1) purge them automatically whenever any volume is manually purged;
454 2) add an option to the purge command to manually purge all jobs with
455 no associated volume.
457 I think Restore jobs also fall into category 2 above .... so one might
458 want to make that "The Job record has an EndTime,, but no associated
459 JobMedia record, and is not a Restore job."
460 - make "btape /tmp" work.
461 - Make sure a rescheduled job is properly reported by status.
462 - Walk through the Pool records rather than the Job records
463 in dird.c to create/update pools.
464 - What to do about "list files job=xxx".
465 - When job rescheduled, status gives is waiting for Client Rufus
466 to connect to Storage File. Dir needs to inform SD that job
468 - Make Dmsg look at global before calling subroutine.
469 - Enable trace output at runtime for Win32
470 - Available volumes for autochangers (see patrick@baanboard.com 3 Sep 03
471 and 4 Sep) scan slots.
472 - Get and test MySQL 4.0
473 - Do a complete audit of all pthreads_mutex, cond, ... to ensure that
474 any that are dynamically initialized are destroyed when no longer used.
475 - Look at how fuser works and /proc/PID/fd that is how Nic found the
476 file descriptor leak in Bacula.
477 - Implement WrapCounters in Counters.
478 - Turn on SIGHUP in dird.c and test.
479 - Use system dependent calls to get more precise info on tape errors.
480 - Add heartbeat from FD to SD if hb interval expires.
481 - Suppress read error on blank tape when doing a label.
482 - Can we dynamically change FileSets?
483 - If pool specified to label command and Label Format is specified,
484 automatically generate the Volume name.
485 - Why can't SQL do the filename sort for restore?
486 - Look at libkse (man kse) for FreeBSD threading.
487 - Look into Microsoft Volume Shadowcopy Service VSS for backing
488 up system state components (Active Directory, System Volume, ...)
489 - Add ExhautiveRestoreSearch
490 - Look at the possibility of loading only the necessary
491 data into the restore tree (i.e. do it one directory at a
492 time as the user walks through the tree).
493 - Possibly use the hash code if the user selects all for a restore command.
494 - Orphaned Dir buffer at parse_conf.c:373 => store_dir
495 - Fix "restore all" to bypass building the tree.
496 - Prohibit backing up archive device (findlib/find_one.c:128)
497 - Implement Release Device in the Job resource to unmount a drive.
498 - Implement Acquire Device in the Job resource to mount a drive,
499 be sure this works with admin jobs so that the user can get
500 prompted to insert the correct tape. Possibly some way to say to
501 run the job but don't save the files.
502 - Implement FileOptions (see end of this document)
503 - Make things like list where a file is saved case independent for
506 - Bacula needs to propagate SD errors.
507 > > cluster-dir: Start Backup JobId 252, Job=REUTERS.2003-08-11_15.04.12
508 > > prod4-sd: REUTERS.2003-08-11_15.04.12 Error: Write error on device
509 /dev/nst0. ERR=Input/output error.
510 > > prod4-sd: REUTERS.2003-08-11_15.04.12 Error: Re-read of last block failed.
511 Last block=5162 Current block=5164.
512 > > prod4-sd: End of medium on Volume "REU007" Bytes=16,303,521,933
514 - Use autochanger to handle multiple devices.
515 - Add SuSE install doc to list.
516 - Check and rechedk "Invalid block number"
517 - Make bextract release the drive properly between tapes
518 so that an autochanger can be made to work.
519 - User wants to NOT backup up certain big files (email files).
520 - Maybe remove multiple simultaneous devices code in SD.
521 - On Windows with very long path names, it may be impossible to create
522 a file (and thus restore it) because the total length is too long.
523 We must cd into the directory then create the file without the
525 - lstat() is not going to work on Win32 for testing date.
526 - Implement a Recycle command
527 - Add client name to cram-md5 challenge so Director can immediately
528 verify if it is the correct client.
529 - Add JobLevel in FD status (but make sure it is defined).
530 - Audit all UA commands to ensure that we always prompt where possible.
531 - Check Jmsg in bnet, may not work, must dup bsock.
532 - Suppress Job Name in Jmsg for console
533 - Create Pools that are referenced in a Run statement at startup if possible.
534 - Use runbeforejob to unload, then reload a volume previously used,
535 then the next job run gets an error reading the drive.
536 - Make bootstrap filename unique.
537 - Test a second language e.g. french.
538 - Start working on Base jobs.
539 - Make "make binary-release" work from any directory.
540 - Implement UnsavedFiles DB record.
541 - Implement argc/argv for daemon command line scanning using table driven
543 - Implement table driven single argc/argv scanner to pickup all arguments.
544 Much like xxx_conf.c scan table.
545 keyword, handler(store_routine), store_address, code, flags, default.
546 - From Phil Stracchino:
547 It would probably be a per-client option, and would be called
548 something like, say, "Automatically purge obsoleted jobs". What it
549 would do is, when you successfully complete a Differential backup of a
550 client, it would automatically purge all Incremental backups for that
551 client that are rendered redundant by that Differential. Likewise,
552 when a Full backup on a client completed, it would automatically purge
553 all Differential and Incremental jobs obsoleted by that Full backup.
554 This would let people minimize the number of tapes they're keeping on
555 hand without having to master the art of retention times.
556 - Implement a M_SECURITY message class.
557 - When doing a Backup send all attributes back to the Director, who
558 would then figure out what files have been deleted.
559 - Currently in mount.c:236 the SD simply creates a Volume. It should have
560 explicit permission to do so. It should also mark the tape in error
561 if there is an error.
562 - Make sure all restore counters are working correctly in the FD.
563 - SD Bytes Read is wrong.
564 - Look at ALL higher level routines that call block.c to be sure
565 they don't expect something in errmsg.
566 - Investigate doing RAW backup of Win32 partition.
567 - Add thread specific data to hold the jcr -- send error messages from
568 low level routines by accessing it and using Jmsg().
569 - Cancel waiting for Client connect in SD if FD goes away.
571 - Examine Bare Metal restore problem (a FD crash exists somewhere ...).
572 - Implement timeout in response() when it should come quickly.
573 - Implement console @echo command.
574 - Implement a Slot priority (loaded/not loaded).
575 - Implement "vacation" Incremental only saves.
576 - Implement single pane restore (much like the Gftp panes).
577 - Implement Automatic Mount even in operator wait.
578 - Implement create "FileSet"?
579 - Fix watchdog pthread crash on Win32 (this is pthread_kill() Cygwin bug)
580 - Implement "scratch pool" where tapes are defined and can be
581 taken by any pool that needs them.
582 - Implement restore "current system", but take all files without
583 doing selection tree -- so that jobs without File records can
585 - Add prefixlinks to where or not where absolute links to FD.
586 - Issue message to mount a new tape before the rewind.
587 - Simplified client job initiation for portables.
588 - If SD cannot open a drive, make it periodically retry.
589 - Add more of the config info to the tape label.
591 - If tape is marked read-only, then try opening it read-only rather than
592 failing, and remember that it cannot be written.
593 - Refine SD waiting output:
594 Device is being positioned
595 > Device is being positioned for append
596 > Device is being positioned to file x
598 - Figure out some way to estimate output size and to avoid splitting
599 a backup across two Volumes -- this could be useful for writing CDROMs
600 where you really prefer not to have it split -- not serious.
601 - Have SD compute MD5 or SHA1 and compare to what FD computes.
602 - Make VolumeToCatalog calculate an MD5 or SHA1 from the
603 actual data on the Volume and compare it.
604 - Implement Bacula plugins -- design API
605 - Make bcopy read through bad tape records.
606 - Program files (i.e. execute a program to read/write files).
607 Pass read date of last backup, size of file last time.
608 - Add Signature type to File DB record.
609 - CD into subdirectory when open()ing files for backup to
610 speed up things. Test with testfind().
611 - Priority job to go to top of list.
612 - Why are save/restore of device different sizes (sparse?) Yup! Fix it.
613 - Implement some way for the Console to dynamically create a job.
614 - Restore to a particular time -- e.g. before date, after date.
615 - Solaris -I on tar for include list
616 - Need a verbose mode in restore, perhaps to bsr.
617 - bscan without -v is too quiet -- perhaps show jobs.
618 - Add code to reject whole blocks if not wanted on restore.
619 - Check if we can increase Bacula FD priorty in Win2000
620 - Make sure the MaxVolFiles is fully implemented in SD
621 - Check if both CatalogFiles and UseCatalog are set to SD.
622 - Figure out how to do a bare metal Windows restore
623 - Possibly add email to Watchdog if drive is unmounted too
624 long and a job is waiting on the drive.
625 - Restore program that errs in SD due to no tape, reports
626 OK incorrectly in output.
627 - After unmount, if restore job started, ask to mount.
628 - Convert all %x substitution variables, which are hard to remember
629 and read to %(variable-name). Idea from TMDA.
630 - Remove NextId for SQLite. Optimize.
631 - Move all SQL statements into a single location.
632 - Add UA rc and history files.
633 - put termcap (used by console) in ./configure and
634 allow -with-termcap-dir.
635 - Fix Autoprune for Volumes to respect need for full save.
636 - Fix Win32 config file definition name on /install
637 - Compare tape to Client files (attributes, or attributes and data)
638 - Make all database Ids 64 bit.
639 - Write an applet for Linux.
640 - Allow console commands to detach or run in background.
641 - Fix status delay on storage daemon during rewind.
642 - Add SD message variables to control operator wait time
643 - Maximum Operator Wait
644 - Minimum Message Interval
645 - Maximum Message Interval
646 - Send Operator message when cannot read tape label.
647 - Verify level=Volume (scan only), level=Data (compare of data to file).
648 Verify level=Catalog, level=InitCatalog
650 - Add keyword search to show command in Console.
651 - Events : tape has more than xxx bytes.
652 - Complete code in Bacula Resources -- this will permit
653 reading a new config file at any time.
654 - Handle ctl-c in Console
655 - Implement script driven addition of File daemon to config files.
656 - Think about how to make Bacula work better with File (non-tape) archives.
657 - Write Unix emulator for Windows.
658 - Put memory utilization in Status output of each daemon
659 if full status requested or if some level of debug on.
660 - Make database type selectable by .conf files i.e. at runtime
661 - Set flag for uname -a. Add to Volume label.
662 - Implement throttled work queue.
663 - Restore files modified after date
664 - SET LD_RUN_PATH=$HOME/mysql/lib/mysql
665 - Implement Restore FileSet=
666 - Create a protocol.h and protocol.c where all protocol messages
668 - Remove duplicate fields from jcr (e.g. jcr.level and jcr.jr.Level, ...).
669 - Timout a job or terminate if link goes down, or reopen link and query.
670 - Concept of precious tapes (cannot be reused).
671 - Make bcopy copy with a single tape drive.
672 - Permit changing ownership during restore.
675 > My suggestion: Add a feature on the systray menu-icon menu to request
676 > an immediate backup now. This would be useful for laptop users who may
677 > not be on the network when the regular scheduled backup is run.
679 > My wife's suggestion: Add a setting to the win32 client to allow it to
680 > shut down the machine after backup is complete (after, of course,
681 > displaying a "System will shut down in one minute, click here to cancel"
682 > warning dialog). This would be useful for sites that want user
683 > woorkstations to be shut down overnight to save power.
686 - From Terry Manderson <terry@apnic.net>
687 jobdefs { # new structure
688 name = "monthlyUnixBoxen"
700 jobdefs = "genericUnixSet"
706 jobdefs = "genericUnixSet"
712 jobdefs = "UnixDevelBoxSet"
717 - Autolabel should be specified by DIR instead of SD.
720 - AutoScan (check checksum of tape)
721 - Format command = "format /dev/nst0"
725 - Seek resolution (usually corresponds to buffer size)
726 - EODErrorCode=ENOSPC or code
727 - Partial Read error code
728 - Partial write error code
729 - Nonformatted read error
730 - Nonformatted write error
731 - WriteProtected error
735 - IgnoreCloseErrors=yes
745 - FD sends unsaved file list to Director at end of job (see
747 - File daemon should build list of files skipped, and then
748 at end of save retry and report any errors.
749 - Write a Storage daemon that uses pipes and
750 standard Unix programs to write to the tape.
752 - Need something that monitors the JCR queue and
753 times out jobs by asking the deamons where they are.
754 - Enhance Jmsg code to permit buffering and saving to disk.
755 - device driver = "xxxx" for drives.
757 - Ensure that /dev/null works
758 - Need report class for messages. Perhaps
759 report resource where report=group of messages
760 - enhance scan_attrib and rename scan_jobtype, and
761 fill in code for "since" option
762 - Director needs a time after which the report status is sent
763 anyway -- or better yet, a retry time for the job.
764 - Don't reschedule a job if previous incarnation is still running.
765 - Some way to automatically backup everything is needed????
766 - Need a structure for pending actions:
768 - termination status (part of buffered msgs?)
770 Read, Write, Clean, Delete
771 - Login to Bacula; Bacula users with different permissions:
772 owner, group, user, quotas
773 - Store info on each file system type (probably in the job header on tape.
774 This could be the output of df; or perhaps some sort of /etc/mtab record.
777 - Design at hierarchial storage for Bacula. Migration and Clone.
778 - Implement FSM (File System Modules).
779 - Audit M_ error codes to ensure they are correct and consistent.
780 - Add variable break characters to lex analyzer.
781 Either a bit mask or a string of chars so that
782 the caller can change the break characters.
783 - Make a single T_BREAK to replace T_COMMA, etc.
784 - Ensure that File daemon and Storage daemon can
785 continue a save if the Director goes down (this
786 is NOT currently the case). Must detect socket error,
787 buffer messages for later.
788 - Enhance time/duration input to allow multiple qualifiers e.g. 3d2h
789 - Add ability to backup to two Storage devices (two SD sessions) at
790 the same time -- e.g. onsite, offsite.
791 - Add the ability to consolidate old backup sets (basically do a restore
792 to tape and appropriately update the catalog). Compress Volume sets.
793 Might need to spool via file is only one drive is available.
794 - Compress or consolidate Volumes of old possibly deleted files. Perhaps
795 someway to do so with every volume that has less than x% valid
799 Migration: Move a backup from one Volume to another
800 Clone: Copy a backup -- two Volumes
802 Bacula Migration is based on Jobs (apparently Networker is file by file).
804 Migration triggered by:
808 Highwater mark (keep total size)
813 ======================================================
815 It is somewhat like a Full save becomes an incremental since
816 the Base job (or jobs) plus other non-base files.
818 - A Base backup is same as Full backup, just different type.
819 - New BaseFiles table that contains:
821 BaseJobId - Base JobId referenced for this FileId (needed ???)
822 JobId - JobId currently running
823 FileId - File not backed up, exists in Base Job
824 FileIndex - FileIndex from Base Job.
825 i.e. for each base file that exists but is not saved because
826 it has not changed, the File daemon sends the JobId, BaseId,
827 FileId, FileIndex back to the Director who creates the DB entry.
828 - To initiate a Base save, the Director sends the FD
829 the FileId, and full filename for each file in the Base.
830 - When the FD finds a Base file, he requests the Director to
831 send him the full File entry (stat packet plus MD5), or
832 conversely, the FD sends it to the Director and the Director
833 says yes or no. This can be quite rapid if the FileId is kept
834 by the FD for each Base Filename.
835 - It is probably better to have the comparison done by the FD
836 despite the fact that the File entry must be sent across the
838 - An alternative would be to send the FD the whole File entry
839 from the start. The disadvantage is that it requires a lot of
840 space. The advantage is that it requires less communications
842 - The Job record must be updated to indicate that one or more
844 - At end of Job, FD returns:
845 1. Count of base files/bytes not written to tape (i.e. matches)
846 2. Count of base file that were saved i.e. had changed.
847 - No tape record would be written for a Base file that matches, in the
848 same way that no tape record is written for Incremental jobs where
849 the file is not saved because it is unchanged.
850 - On a restore, all the Base file records must explicitly be
851 found from the BaseFile tape. I.e. for each Full save that is marked
852 to have one or more Base Jobs, search the BaseFile for all occurrences
854 - An optimization might be to make the BaseFile have:
860 This would avoid the need to explicitly fetch each File record for
861 the Base job. The Base Job record will be fetched to get the
862 VolSessionId and VolSessionTime.
863 =========================================================
867 =============================================================
869 Request For Comments For File Backup Options
872 Subject: File Backup Options
875 A few days ago, a Bacula user who is backing up to file volumes and
876 using compression asked if it was possible to suppress compressing
877 all .gz files since it was a waste of CPU time. Although Bacula
878 currently permits using different options (compression, ...) on
879 a directory by directory basis, it cannot do it on a file by
880 file basis, which is clearly what was desired.
882 Proposed Implementation:
883 To solve this problem, I propose the following:
885 - Add a new Director resource type called Options.
887 - The Options resource will have records for all
888 options that can currently be specified on the Include record
889 (in a FileSet). Examples below.
891 - The Options resource will permit an exclude option as well
892 as a number of additional options.
894 - The heart of the Options resource is the ability to
895 supply any number of Match records which specify POSIX
896 regular expressions. These Match regular expressions are
897 applied to the fully qualified filename (path and all). If
898 one matches, then the Options will be used.
900 - When an Match specification matches an included file, the
901 options specified in the Options resource will override
902 the default options specified on the Include record.
904 - Include records will be modified to permit referencing one or
905 more Options resources. The Options will be used
906 in the order listed on the Include record and the first
907 one that matches will be applied.
909 - Options (or specifications) currently supplied on the Include
910 record will be deprecated (i.e. removed in a later version a
911 year or so from now).
913 - The Exclude record will be deprecated as the same functionality
914 can be obtained by using an Exclude = yes in the Options.
917 The following records can appear in the Options resource. An
918 asterisk preceding the name indicates a feature not currently
921 - Regexp "xxx" - Match regular expression
922 - Wild "xxx" - Do a wild card match
925 - Compression= (GZIP, ...)
926 - Signature= (MD5, SHA1, ...)
928 - OneFs= (yes/no) - remain on one filesystem
929 - Recurse= (yes/no) - recurse into subdirectories
930 - Sparse= (yes/no) - do sparse file backup
931 - *Exclude= (yes/no) - exclude file from being saved
932 - *Reader= (filename) - external read (backup) program
933 - *Plugin= (filename) - read/write plugin module
935 - Include= (yes/no) - Include the file matched no additional
936 patterns are applied.
939 - verify= (ipnougsamc5) - verify options
942 - replace= (always/ifnewer/ifolder/never) - replace options currently
944 - *Writer= (filename) - external write (restore) program
948 Currently options specifying compression, MD5 signatures, recursion,
949 ... of a FileSet are supplied on the Include record. These will now
950 all be collected into a Options resource, which will be
951 specified in the Include in place of the options. Multiple Options
952 may be specified. Since the Options may contain regular expressions
953 that are applied to the full filename, this will give the ability
954 to specify backup options on a file by file basis to whatever level
963 Include = compression=GZIP signature=MD5 {
975 Wild = /*.?*/ # matches all files.
980 That's a lot more to do the same thing, but it gives the ability to
981 apply options on a file by file basis. For example, suppose you
982 want to compress all files but not any file with extensions .gz or .Z.
983 In that case, you will need to group two sets of options using
984 the Options resource. Files may be anywhere except in an
985 option set??? All OptionSets apply to all files in the order
986 the OptionSets were specified. To have files included with
987 different option sets without using wild-cards, use two or more
988 Includes -- each one is handled in turn using only the files and
989 optionsets specified in the include.
996 # Note multiple Matches are ORed
997 Wild = "*.gz" # matches .gz files
998 Wild = "*.Z" # matches .Z files
1003 Wild = "*.?*" # matches all files
1009 Now, since the no Compression option is specified in the
1010 first group of Options, *.gz or *.Z file will have an MD5 signature computed,
1011 but will not be compressed. For all other files, the *.gz *.Z will not
1012 match, so the second group of options will be used which will include GZIP
1016 - Is it necessary to provide some means of ANDing regular expressions
1017 and negation? (not currently planned)
1019 e.g. Wild = /*.gz/ && !/big.gz/
1021 - I see that Networker has a "null" module which, if specified, does not
1022 backup the file, but does make an record of the file in the catalog
1023 so that the catalog will reflect an exact picture of the filesystem.
1024 The result is that the file can be "seen" when "browsing" the save
1025 sets, but it cannot be restored.
1027 Is this really useful? Should it be implemented in Bacula?
1030 After implementing the above, the user will be able to specify
1031 on a file by file basis (using regular expressions) what options are
1032 applied for the backup.
1035 =============================================
1037 ==========================================================
1039 For each Incremental job that is run, there may be files that
1040 were found but not saved because they were locked (this applies
1041 only to Windows). Such a system could send back to the Director
1042 a list of Unsaved files.
1044 - New UnSavedFiles table that contains:
1048 - Then in the next Incremental job, the list of Unsaved Files will be
1049 feed to the FD, who will ensure that they are explicitly chosen even
1050 if standard date/time check would not have selected them.
1051 =============================================================
1054 Done: (see kernsdone for more)
1057 - John's Full save failed with 1.32c FD and 1.31 Dir no FD status,
1058 and no error message.
1059 - Add fd and st as Console keywords.
1060 - Recycling volume with a Slot requires an operator intervention:
1061 rufus-dir: Start Backup JobId 18, Job=kernsave.2003-11-01_21.23.52
1062 rufus-dir: Pruned 1 Job on Volume Vol01 from catalog.
1063 rufus-dir: There are no Jobs associated with Volume Vol01. Marking it purged.
1064 rufus-dir: Recycled volume "Vol01"
1065 rufus-sd: Please mount Volume "Vol01" on Storage Device "DDS-4" for Job kernsave.2003-11-01_21.23.52
1066 Use "mount" command to release Job.
1067 - Implement Dan's bacula script (email of 26 Oct).
1068 - Add JobName= to VerifyToCatalog so that all verifies can be done at the end.
1069 - Edit the Client/Storage name into authentication failure messages.
1070 - Fix packet too big problem. This is most likely a Windows TCP stack
1072 - Implement ClientRunBeforeJob and ClientRunAfterJob.
1073 - Implement forward spacing block/file: position_device(bsr) --
1074 just before read_block_from_device();
1077 Multiple drive autochanger data: see Alan Brown
1078 mtx -f xxx unloadStorage Element 1 is Already Full(drive 0 was empty)
1079 Unloading Data Transfer Element into Storage Element 1...source Element
1080 Address 480 is Empty
1082 (drive 0 was empty and so was slot 1)
1083 > mtx -f xxx load 15 0
1084 no response, just returns to the command prompt when complete.
1085 > mtx -f xxx status Storage Changer /dev/changer:2 Drives, 60 Slots ( 2 Import/Export )
1086 Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 15 Loaded):VolumeTag = HX001
1087 Data Transfer Element 1:Empty
1088 Storage Element 1:Empty
1089 Storage Element 2:Full :VolumeTag=HX002
1090 Storage Element 3:Full :VolumeTag=HX003
1091 Storage Element 4:Full :VolumeTag=HX004
1092 Storage Element 5:Full :VolumeTag=HX005
1093 Storage Element 6:Full :VolumeTag=HX006
1094 Storage Element 7:Full :VolumeTag=HX007
1095 Storage Element 8:Full :VolumeTag=HX008
1096 Storage Element 9:Full :VolumeTag=HX009
1097 Storage Element 10:Full :VolumeTag=HX010
1098 Storage Element 11:Empty
1099 Storage Element 12:Empty
1100 Storage Element 13:Empty
1101 Storage Element 14:Empty
1102 Storage Element 15:Empty
1103 Storage Element 16:Empty....
1104 Storage Element 28:Empty
1105 Storage Element 29:Full :VolumeTag=CLNU01L1
1106 Storage Element 30:Empty....
1107 Storage Element 57:Empty
1108 Storage Element 58:Full :VolumeTag=NEX261L2
1109 Storage Element 59 IMPORT/EXPORT:Empty
1110 Storage Element 60 IMPORT/EXPORT:Empty
1112 Unloading Data Transfer Element into Storage Element 15...done
1114 (just to verify it remembers where it came from, however it can be
1115 overrriden with mtx unload {slotnumber} to go to any storage slot.)
1117 There needs to be a table of drive # to devices somewhere - If there are
1118 multiple changers or drives there may not be a 1:1 correspondance between
1119 changer drive number and system device name - and depending on the way the
1120 drives are hooked up to scsi busses, they may not be linearly numbered
1121 from an offset point either.something like
1123 Autochanger drives = 2
1124 Autochanger drive 0 = /dev/nst1
1125 Autochanger drive 1 = /dev/nst2
1126 IMHO, it would be _safest_ to use explicit mtx unload commands at all
1127 times, not just for multidrive changers. For a 1 drive changer, that's
1133 MTX's manpage (1.2.15):
1134 unload [<slotnum>] [ <drivenum> ]
1135 Unloads media from drive <drivenum> into slot
1136 <slotnum>. If <drivenum> is omitted, defaults to
1137 drive 0 (as do all commands). If <slotnum> is
1138 omitted, defaults to the slot that the drive was
1139 loaded from. Note that there's currently no way
1140 to say 'unload drive 1's media to the slot it
1141 came from', other than to explicitly use that
1142 slot number as the destination.AB
1148 undef# camcontrol devlist
1149 <WANGTEK 51000 SCSI M74H 12B3> at scbus0 target 2 lun 0 (pass0,sa0)
1150 <ARCHIVE 4586XX 28887-XXX 4BGD> at scbus0 target 4 lun 0 (pass1,sa1)
1151 <ARCHIVE 4586XX 28887-XXX 4BGD> at scbus0 target 4 lun 1 (pass2)
1153 tapeinfo -f /dev/sg0 with a bad tape in drive 1:
1154 [kern@rufus mtx-1.2.17kes]$ ./tapeinfo -f /dev/sg0
1155 Product Type: Tape Drive
1157 Product ID: 'C5713A '
1159 Attached Changer: No
1160 TapeAlert[3]: Hard Error: Uncorrectable read/write error.
1161 TapeAlert[20]: Clean Now: The tape drive neads cleaning NOW.
1168 Medium Type: Not Loaded
1171 DataCompEnabled: yes
1172 DataCompCapable: yes
1173 DataDeCompEnabled: yes
1180 Handling removable disks
1182 From: Karl Cunningham <karlc@keckec.com>
1184 My backups are only to hard disk these days, in removable bays. This is my
1185 idea of how a backup to hard disk would work more smoothly. Some of these
1186 things Bacula does already, but I mention them for completeness. If others
1187 have better ways to do this, I'd like to hear about it.
1189 1. Accommodate several disks, rotated similar to how tapes are. Identified
1190 by partition volume ID or perhaps by the name of a subdirectory.
1191 2. Abort & notify the admin if the wrong disk is in the bay.
1192 3. Write backups to different subdirectories for each machine to be backed
1194 4. Volumes (files) get created as needed in the proper subdirectory, one
1196 5. When a disk is recycled, remove or zero all old backup files. This is
1197 important as the disk being recycled may be close to full. This may be
1198 better done manually since the backup files for many machines may be
1199 scattered in many subdirectories.
1204 - Change console to bconsole.
1205 - Change smtp to bsmtp.
1206 - Fix time difference problem between Bacula and Client
1207 so that everything is in GMT.
1208 - Fix TimeZone problem!
1209 - Mount a tape that is not right for the job (wrong # files on tape)
1210 Bacula asks for another tape, fix problems with first tape and
1211 say "mount". All works OK, but status shows:
1212 Device /dev/nst0 open but no Bacula volume is mounted.
1213 Total Bytes=1,153,820,213 Blocks=17,888 Bytes/block=64,502
1214 Positioned at File=9 Block=3,951
1215 Full Backup job Rufus.2003-10-26_16.45.31 using Volume "DLT-24Oct03" on device /dev/nst0
1216 Files=21,003 Bytes=253,954,408 Bytes/sec=2,919,016
1217 FDReadSeqNo=192,134 in_msg=129830 out_msg=5 fd=7
1218 - Upgrade to cygwin 1.5
1219 - Optimize fsf not to read.
1220 - Use ioctl() fsf if it exists. Figure out where we are from
1221 the mt_status command. Use slow fsf only if other does not work.
1222 - Enhance "update slots" to include a "scan" feature
1223 scan 1; scan 1-5; scan 1,2,4 ... to update the catalog
1224 - Allow a slot or range of slots on the label barcodes command.
1225 - Finish implementation of Verify=DiskToCatalog
1226 - Make sure that Volumes are recycled based on "Least recently used"
1227 rather than lowest MediaId.
1228 - Add flag to write only one EOF mark on the tape.
1229 - Implement autochanger testing in btape "test" command.
1230 - Implement lmark to list everyfile marked.
1231 - Make mark/unmark report how many files marked/unmarked.
1232 - Keep last 5 or 10 completed jobs and show them in a similar list.
1233 - Make a Running Jobs: output similar to current Scheduled Jobs:
1234 - Change "create_media_record in bscan to use Archive instead of Full.
1235 - Have some way to estimate the restore size or have it printed.
1236 - Volume problems occurs if you have valid volume, written, then it is
1237 truncated. You get 12-Nov-2003 11:48 rufus-sd: kernsave.2003-11-12_11.48.09 Warning: mount.c:228 Volume on /tmp is not a Bacula labeled Volume, because:
1238 block.c:640 Read zero bytes on device /tmp.
1239 - Make sure that 64 bit I/O packets are used on Cygwin.
1240 - Add to supported autochangers
1242 Auto-Changer : QUALSTAR TLS-4210
1243 Manufufactur : Qualstar
1244 Tapes : 12 (AIT1: 36GB, AIT2: 50GB all uncompressed)
1245 Drives : 2xAIT2 (installed in the Qualstar: SONY SDX-500C AIT2)
1246 - Document estimate command in tree.
1247 - Document lsmark command in tree.
1248 - Setup a standard job that builds a bootstrap file and saves
1249 it with the catalog database.
1250 - See if a restore job can add a file to the tape (prohibit this).
1251 - Restrict characters permitted in a name.
1252 - In restore, provide option for limiting to a particular Pool.
1253 - In restore, list FileSets that only have different base names --
1254 i.e. any FileSet with the same name should be treated as the same.
1255 - Make Scheduler sort jobs by StartTime, Priority.
1256 - Make sure smtp and any other useful program is executable by the world
1257 in case Bacula is not running as root.
1258 - Look at Dan's field width problems in PostgreSQL.
1259 - Look at effect of removing GROUP BYs.
1260 - In restore take all filesets with same base name.
1261 - From Alan Brown <ajb2@mssl.ucl.ac.uk>
1262 BTW, there's a make install bug in 1.33 - with --enable-gnome,
1263 gnome-console is built, but the binary and .conf are not being installed.
1264 - Permit Bacula and apcupsd donations (not done for apcupsd).
1265 - Fix Ctl-C crashing the Console (readline?).
1266 - Look at code in recycle_oldes_purged_volume() recycle.c. Why not
1267 let SQL do ORDER BY LastWritten ASC?
1268 - Look at find_next_volume() algorithm. Currently, it selects:
1269 +---------+------------+---------------------+-----------+
1270 | MediaId | VolumeName | LastWritten | VolBytes |
1271 +---------+------------+---------------------+-----------+
1272 | 3 | Test13 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | 1 |
1273 | 4 | Test14 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | 1 |
1274 | 1 | test11 | 2003-12-03 18:39:55 | 4,004,926 |
1275 | 2 | test12 | 2004-01-04 15:25:56 | 2,078,691 |
1276 +---------+------------+---------------------+-----------+
1277 but perhaps it should fill already used Volumes first, and use
1278 Append volumes before Purged, or Recycled, ...
1279 - Possibly remove the "|| ap == NULL" on lines 123 and 207 of lib/var.c,
1280 which creates compile problems on alpha systems.
1281 var.c:123: no match for `va_list & == long int'
1282 - Check "restore" 3 (JobId), then it asks for Storage resource. Does
1283 it verify that the correct volume is chosen?
1284 - Make Bacula "poll a drive".
1285 - Notes for final checking of Nic's code:
1286 Could I get you to double check the switch () statements in the
1287 job_check_maxwaittime and job_check_maxruntime functions in
1289 - Define week of year for scheduler. W01, W02, ...
1290 Week 01 of a year is per definition the first week that has the
1291 Thursday in this year, which is equivalent to the week that contains the
1292 fourth day of January. In other words, the first week of a new year is
1293 the week that has the majority of its days in the new year. Week 01
1294 might also contain days from the previous year and the week before week
1295 01 of a year is the last week (52 or 53) of the previous year even if it
1296 contains days from the new year. A week starts with Monday (day 1) and
1297 ends with Sunday (day 7). For example, the first week of the year 1997
1298 lasts from 1996-12-30 to 1997-01-05 and can be written in standard
1301 The week notation can also be extended by a number indicating the day
1302 of the week. For example, the day 1996-12-31, which is the Tuesday (day
1303 2) of the first week of 1997, can also be written as
1304 1997-W01-2 or 1997W012
1305 - Either restrict the characters in a name, or fix the problem
1306 emailing with names containing / (smtp command line breaks).
1307 - Implement .consolerc for Console
1308 - Implement scan: for every slot it finds, zero the slot of
1309 Volume other volume having that slot.
1310 - Make restore job check if all the files are actually restored.
1311 - Look at 2Gb limit for SQLite.
1312 - Fix get_storage_from_media_type (ua_restore) to use command line
1314 - Don't print "Warning: Wrong Volume mounted ..." if mounting second volume.
1315 - Write a mini-readline with history and editing.
1316 - Take a careful look a the Basic recycling algorithm. When Bacula
1317 chooses, the order should be:
1319 - Look for Recycle or Purged
1322 Instead of using lowest media Id, find the least recently used
1325 When the tape is mounted and Bacula requests the status
1326 - Do everything possible to use it.
1328 Define a "available" status, which is the currently mounted
1329 Volume and all volumes that are currently in the autochanger.
1330 - Is a pool specification really needed for a restore? Yes, and
1331 you may want to exclude archive Pools.
1332 - Implement a PostgreSQL driver.
1333 - Fix restore to list errors if Invalid block found, and if # files
1334 restored does not match # expected.
1335 - Something is not right in last block of fill command.
1336 - Add FileSet to command line arguments for restore.
1337 - Enhance time and size scanning routines.
1338 - Add Console usr permissions -- do by adding filters for
1339 jobs, clients, storage, ...
1340 - Put max network buffer size on a directive.
1341 - Why does "mark cygwin" take so long!!!!!!!!
1342 - Implement alist processing for ACLs from Console.
1343 - When a file is set for restore, walk back up the chain of
1344 directories, setting them to be restored.
1345 - Figure out a way to set restore on a directory without recursively
1346 decending. (recurse off?).
1347 - Fix restore to only pull in last Differential and later Incrementals.
1348 - Implement 3 Pools for a Job:
1351 Full Backup Pool = xxx
1352 Incremental Backup Pool = yyy
1353 Differential Backup Pool = zzz
1355 - Look at ASSERT() at 384 src/lib/bnet.c
1356 - Dates are wrong in restore list from Win32 FD.
1357 - Dates are wrong in catalog from Win32 FD.
1358 - Remove h_errno from bnet.c by including proper header.
1359 - For "list jobs" order by EndTime.
1360 - Make two tape fill test work.
1361 - Add atime preservation.
1362 - Do not err job if could not write bootstrap file.
1363 - Save and restore last_job across executions.
1364 - Have each daemon save the last_jobs structure when exiting and
1365 read it back in when starting up.
1366 - "restore jobid=1 select" calls get_storage_xxx, which prints "JobId 1 is
1368 - Make column listing for running jobs JobId Level Type Started Name Status
1369 - Why does Bacula need the drive open to do "autochanger list" ?
1370 - Add data compare on write/read in btape "test".
1371 - Rescue builds incorrect script files on Rufus.
1372 - Release SQLite 2.8.9
1373 - During install, copy any console.conf to bconsole.conf.
1374 - Check: Run = Level=Differential feb-dec 1 at 1:05 to see if wday is empty.
1375 - Look at installation file permissions with Scott so that make install
1377 - Finish code passing files=nnn to restore start.
1378 - Add ctl-c to console to stop current command and discard buffered
1380 - Estimate to Tibs never returns.
1381 - Symbolic link a directory to another one, then backup the symbolic link.
1382 - Check and possibly fix problems with hard links.
1383 - Fix query buffer clobber ua_query.c
1384 - Allow "delete job jobid=xx jobid=xxx".
1385 - Update volume FromPool (or FromPool=xxx) refreshes the Volume defaults from Pool.
1386 - Implement multiple Volume in "purge jobs volume=".
1387 - Test Qmsg() code to be used in bnet.c to prevent recursion. Queue the
1388 message. If dequeueing toss the messages. Lock while dequeuing so that
1389 it cannot be called recursively and set dequeuing flag.
1390 - On unknown client in restore "client=xxx"
1391 Could not find Client "Matou": ERR=Query failed: DROP TABLE temp1:
1392 ERR=no such table: temp1
1393 - Null dlist head and tail pointers if all items are removed.
1394 - Build console in client-only build.
1395 - Phil says that Windows file sizes mismatch in Verify when they should,
1396 and that either the file size or the catalog size was zero.
1397 - Check time/dates printed during restore when using Win32 API.
1398 - Once a job is canceled, make sure the status reflects that even if the
1399 job is "stuck" in the run queue.
1400 - Test work on conio.c -- particularly linking.
1401 - Complete Win32 installer