1 kern;;;07 August 2010 at 21:55 CET
3 Bacula Developer's Conference
10 - Meeting the Bacula developers in person.
11 - Learning how we maintain the source code.
12 - Hearing presentations about Bacula from the developers.
13 - Learning about and helping define the Bacula roadmap.
14 - Giving feedback or ideas directly to the developers.
15 - Learning more about Bacula Systems.
16 - Hearing from Bacula users.
18 If so, you should know that there will be a Bacula Developer's conference in
19 Yverdon, Switzerland (about 1.5 hour by train from Geneva Airport) on the 27th
20 and 28th of September. In addition, Bacula Systems will hold an Open House on
21 Sunday the 26th beginning at noon where you can meet most of the Bacula
22 Systems founders and key Bacula developers person.
24 This conference will be most appropriate for developers and advanced Bacula
25 users, but it is open and free for everyone interested in Bacula. If you are
26 or have been a contributor to the Bacula project, the project may be able to
27 sponsor part of your trip -- please ask.
31 Bacula Systems Open House. Visit the Bacula Systems offices and meet the
32 Bacula developers and the Bacula Systems founders. Totally informal and
36 Day 1: Monday 27 September 2010
37 Presentations by Bacula developers and anyone else who would like to give a
38 formal presentation (30 to 45 minutes)
41 - Swisscom sharing our experiences with Bacula (SAP backup, ...)
42 - DassIT new Bacula conf file GUI editor
44 - Linux Bare Metal Recovery
45 - Bacula development process
49 Day 2: Tuesday 28 September 2010
50 Birds of a feather meetings:
51 Informal direct conversations with the developers, planning,
54 - How patches are integrated
56 - CDash regression dashboard
58 - Roadmap discussion and input
59 - How Bacula plugins work
64 We are still in the process of organizing the presentations and the time with
65 the developers, so if you are planning to attend and you would like to make a
66 formal presentation, or if you have some particular subjects that you would
67 like us to address, please let us know as soon as possible.
71 Kern;;;06 August 2010 at 19:15 CET
72 We have released Bacula Version 5.0.3 to Source Forge
74 This 5.0.3 version is significant bug fix update to version 5.0.2.
75 It includes new code and some new features.
76 There is no database change since prior versions of 5.0.
78 Note, if you are running 5.0.0, read the 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 release notes below in
79 the 5.0.1 release section.
84 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
87 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.0.3
88 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
91 Changes and New Features:
92 - If a VSS (Windows) snapshot fails, the whole Job is failed, previously
93 it printed a warning message and continued.
94 - New editing codes %b = Job Bytes and %f = Job Files for runscripts
95 - Any non-Bacula project plugins (i.e. third party plugins)
96 must be upgraded to specify AGPLv3 in place of the GPLv2 used previously
97 for the PLUGIN_LICENSE.
98 - The bat Media page text columns can be sorted by clicking on the column.
99 - If possible, the SD will automatically update the catalog Volume size if
100 it does not match the Volume size. The mismatch between the Volume sizes
101 typically occurs when the FD has a comm line drop or the FD crashes.
105 1538 1554 1564 1567 1568 1569 1571 1577 1581 1582 1587 1594 1595 1606 1610
107 - Change license from GPLv2 to AGPLv3
108 - Make Win32 no filesystem change more explicit
109 - Backport Branch-4.0 release to Branch-5.0
110 - Massive backport from Branch-5.1 to Branch-5.0
111 - Fix postgresql catalog creation when version is not on the first line
112 - Fix bug #1610 handle empty xattr values on Linux and xBSD.
113 - Garbage collect memory pool at end of job and before sm_dump
114 - Add xattr seg fault protection suggested by Marco for bug #1610
115 - Add archlinux to os.m4
116 - More fixes for 32/64 bit problems in smartall
117 - Fix 32/64 bit problem in smartalloc dump routine
118 - Fix bad copy/paste in commit c88dccb88 prably a seg fault
119 - Add .dump and .exit commands for daemons
120 - Make SD automatically fix the Volume size in the Catalog when out of sync
121 - Use Pmsg in smartall.c rather than printf for tracing Windows
122 - Up maximum block size to 20M
123 - Fix for TLS bugs #1568 and #1599
124 - Improve comm line error handling for TLS, may fix bug #1568 and #1599
125 - Fix problem when sending Cancel event to plugin
126 - Convert all Jmsg on the watchdog thread to Qmsg
127 - Fix SD crash due to mismatched lock/unlock in error condition
128 - Fix bug #1587 if you have clients with different catalogs configured, both
129 catalogs contains all clients after a reload or restart of the dir
130 - Fix bug #1577 During migration: ERROR in block.c:950 Failed ASSERT: dev->is_open()
131 by moving and commenting out the ASSERT()
132 - Skip HB kill in FD if HB thread terminated
133 - Fix crash from unequal volume_lock/unlock calls
134 - New prunning algorithm -- should be more accurate
135 - Save any dumps during regression to dumps directory
136 - Fix crash from rw_lock/unlock miss match
137 - Attempt to fix duplicate job kill seg fault
138 - Replace pthread_kill by my_thread_send_signal() in jcr.c
139 - fix #1595 about batch mode detection problem for postgresql with non standard
141 - Fix #1594 about prune copy jobs
142 - Apply literal string fix in printf submitted by Luca Berra
143 - Fix bug #1582 Restore from multiple storage daemons breaks subsequent backups
144 - Fix segfault on "cancel jobid=" command
145 - Fix bug #1554 Windows installer doesn't honor /S flag
146 - Remove pool zap code that breaks 2drive-concurrent-test
147 - Fix #1571 and install libraries with 755 perms
148 - Fix bug #1581 ASSERTs in src/dird/jobq.c can never trigger
149 - Fix problem with BaseJob and Accurate FileSet options on client side
150 - Fix for bug #1569 deadlock/crash in Dir
151 - Fix segfault when loading Plugins
152 - Fix #1567 about display of long volume names truncated during restore
153 - Added new bacula-libs package.
154 - Fix bug #1538 Start Scripts return incorrect value
155 - Fix bug #1564 init scripts not LSB compliant
157 See ChangeLog for more details.
160 Kern;;;01 August 2010 at 17:23 CET
161 Welcome to our new bacula.org server
163 This is our new bacula.org server, graciously provided
164 by UKFast. Our previous server, also hosted by UKFast, was
165 getting to be a bit old, so they furnished us a new one,
166 and we are very pleased.
169 Kern;;;28 April 2010 at 19:15 CET
170 Eric has released Bacula Version 5.0.2 to Source Forge
172 This 5.0.2 version is primarily a important bug fix update to version 5.0.1.
174 Note, if you are running 5.0.0, read the 5.0.1 release notes below.
179 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
182 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.0.2
183 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
190 1502 1511 1517 1524 1527 1532 1536 1541 1549 1551 1553 1559 1560
192 - Probable fix for SD crash bug #1553
193 - Fix #1559 problem when restoring pruned jobs with a regexp
194 - Fix for bug #1560 bcopy cannot find Volume
195 - Fix cancel crash bug #1551
196 - Check if sql backend is thread-safe
197 - Correct Pool display in SD status. Fixes bug #1541
198 - Fix cancel crash reported by Stephen Thompson
199 - Rewind on close to fix #1549
200 - Remove closelog() in bpipe fixes bug #1536
201 - Fix #1517 about missing Base level in .level command
202 - Replace ASSERT in block.c with fail Job
203 - Fix database locking calling db_lock and returning from function without
205 - Add missing db_unlock to bvfs_update_cache.
206 - Fix #1532 about permission on binaries
207 - Fix #1527 about deadlock during migration
208 - Another fix for OpenSSLv1
209 - Add -lrt to Solaris links
210 - Fix tls.c for OpenSSLv1
211 - Fix #1511 when trying to insert more than 50.000 directories in bvfs
212 - Fix plugin load not to stop if one plugin bad -- pointed out by James
213 - Remove --without-qwt from configure statement.
214 - Second correct fix to bug #1524 verify fails after adding or removing files
215 - Fix bug #1524 verify fails after adding or removing files
216 - Apply fix suggested by Andreas in bug #1502 for mediaview column sort problem
217 - Fix OpenSSL 1.x problem in crypto.c on Fedora 12
218 - Display AllowCompress warning message only if compression used in FileSet
222 Kern;;;25 February 2010 at 15:35
223 Bacula Version 5.0.1 has been released to Source Forge
225 Bacula version 5.0.1 source code and Windows (32/64 bit) binaries have been
226 released to Source Forge (thanks Eric).
228 This is a major bug fix release including a few directives that have been
229 rewritten, one new directive, and some different directive behavior (see the
230 release notes below). As is usual for a patch release (last digit changes by
231 one), this version is compatible with the 5.0.0 database and with prior
232 clients. However, you *must* upgrade all components that are on any one
233 machine (that is you must upgrade your Director, Storage daemon, and File
234 daemon at the same time, if they reside on the same machine).
236 Note, Bacula does not normally uninstall previous versions, and we have
237 changed the shared object naming convention, so you might want to first save
238 your configuration files then uninstall the old Bacula using the old Bacula
239 uninstall prior to installing the new one. If you do not, it should not be
240 serious, but you may be left with some older Bacula shared objects that are
241 not used and hence wasting a small amount of disk space.
243 If you are upgrading from version 3.0.x or prior, please see the full release
244 notes as you must do a database upgrade. When updating from 5.0.0 to this
245 release there is no database upgrade needed.
247 Scott has made a number of changes and improvements in the rpm packaging over
248 the past few weeks since version 5.0.0 was released, so he will probably be
249 releasing the 5.0.1 rpms quite soon.
251 Thanks for using Bacula :-)
257 ============= Performance Note ==================
259 Some of you have encountered performance problems with your
260 database (mainly with MySQL) with Bacula version 5.0.0. This is
261 mainly because we've changed the SQL query used for restore,
262 accurate jobs and base jobs. We have extensively tested this
263 change, and though it should be a little bit slower than the previous
264 versions, on a well configured database it should run
267 We strongly recommend to avoid the temptation to add new indexes.
268 In general, these will cause very significant performance
269 problems in other areas. A better approch is to carefully check
270 that all your MySQL memory configuation parameters are are
271 suitable for the size of your installation. If you backup
272 millions of files, you need to adapt the database memory
273 configuration parameters concerning sorting, joining and global
274 memory. By default, sort and join parameters are very small
275 (sometimes 8Kb), and having sufficient memory specified by those
276 parameters is extremely important to run fast.
278 If adjusting your MySQL memory configuration values does not
279 solve your problem, you can also consider switching to
280 PostgreSQL, which performs much better with Bacula on big
281 installations (many millions of files per Job). However for
282 large installations, you will also need to adjust the default
283 PostgreSQL memory configuration parameters.
285 ==========================================
288 Release Notes for Bacula 5.0.1
290 Bacula code: Total files = 1,081 Total lines = 217,272 (Using SLOCCount)
292 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
293 The Allow Duplicate Jobs directive has been significantly
294 reworked, and the default value has changed. See below.
296 Truncate On Purge has been totally rewritten. See the new
297 features section of the manual.
299 When Volume Poll Interval is set in the SD DEVICE configuration,
300 (default 5 mins), after a certain number of polling tries (approx
301 10) polling will stop and the operator will be asked to
302 resolve the problem. Previously there was no limit, and an
303 error message could be produced at each poll attempt.
304 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
308 - We believe that we have resolved most of the problems
309 concerning canceled or failed jobs being "stuck" in the
310 Director. There is one outstanding problem in the SD when
311 canceling jobs that we will fix in the next major release.
312 If you see jobs that seem to be stuck, in general issuing
313 a cancel command in bconsole should now make them go away.
316 - The default for "Allow Duplicate Jobs" has been changed from
317 no to yes. If you use this directive, please check your
318 conf file, and note the next two items !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
319 - AllowHigherDuplicates disabled. It did not work as documented
321 - New directive "CancelLowerLevelDuplicates" See New Features
322 section in the manual.
323 - Truncate on Purge rewritten. See New Features section in the manual.
326 1448 1466 1467 1468 1476 1481 1486 1488 1494 1497
327 1499 1501 1505 1509 1513
329 - Ensure SD asks for help when looping even if poll set. Fixes bug #1513.
330 - Fix three-pool regress bug
331 - Modify bacula.spec fixes bug #1505
332 - This version fixes an issue where the console window would start out
333 docked. It is fixed by initiating the variables in the Pages class wi
335 - Fix make_catalog_backup.pl fails when catalog db is on other host
336 - Apply MacOSX installer patch from bug #1509
337 - Apply fix to previous fix of Copy problem. Fix proposed by reporter o
339 - Fix bug #1501 -t does not print errors
340 - Apply SQLite3 update fix from bug #1497
341 - Apply bashism fix for diskchanger.in script from bug #1499
342 - Apply rpm fix for Sci Linux from bug #1494
343 - Take most recent Ukranian po from bug #1448
344 - Probable fix for Copy/Migration bug #1476
345 - Fix bug #1488 -- avoid recursion and race conditions in messages.c
346 - Upgrade cats library also to 5.0.0
347 - Fix missing console page in bat
348 - Add bat help files to Window install
349 - Improve Windows upgrade to ensure old FD is shutdown
350 - Fix bug #1481 -- bat consumes all console file descriptors
351 - Backport truncate on purge from 5.1.x
352 - Fix bug #1486 -- bat doesn't show any errors on command-line
353 - Update the bsock error URL
354 - Correct .my.cnf umask in make_catalog_backup.pl
355 - Apply fix for dbcheck use by make_catalog_backup.pl
356 - Fix seg fault in bscan from new comment field
357 - Allow multiple CNs when using TLS
358 - Fix seg fault in SQlite driver
359 - Make shared libs version the same as the Bacula release version
360 - Remove file_index sequential check
361 - Fix #1466 about Bogus pruning message
364 1. The default query.sql file is now, except for some comments, empty.
365 The old file, which we no longer support (it is impossible or difficult to
366 make it work on every backend, and the queries are mostly contributed) can
367 be found in <bacula-source>/examples/sample-query.sql. The sample file is
368 not installed by the Makefiles
370 2. When you install the mtx-changer script, you must also install
371 mtx-changer.conf if it does not exist. This new file (mtx-changer.conf) is
372 required for mtx-changer to work, but it is a user configurable file, so on
373 any update, any existing file should not be overwritten.
375 3. Bat should be built on every platform that is capabable of running Qt.
376 However, the Qt code is changing rather quickly and is not always
377 compatible from version to version. We have built and verified bat on Qt
378 4.3.4. We strongly recommend that you do not build and distribute bat with
379 any other version of Qt unless you personally test it. To build against Qt
380 4.3.4, download the depkgs-qt package from the Bacula Source Forge download
381 location, read the README file and follow the instructions.
383 If you are building for Bacula version 5.0.0, please ensure that you do not
384 have qmake-qt4 loaded on your system. If you do, either remove it or
385 rename it before trying to build bat. If you do not, bat will probably be
386 built using the shared objects on your system. For Bacula 5.0.1 and later,
387 this problem (bug) does not exist.
389 depkgs-qt does not install Qt on your system, nor does it interfere with
390 you having any other version of Qt installed on your system. Once you
391 build bat with depkgs-qt, it should *not* use the Qt shared objects, but
392 rather they will be linked into the program. After fully installing bat
393 (make install), you can run "ldd bat" to see what shared objects it will
394 use. If any Qt shared objects are referenced, something has gone wrong.
396 4. Unless absolutely necessary, we recommend that you do not define any
397 special library environment variables that apply to the ./configure -- for
398 example: LIBDIR=/... ./configure <your-options> is strongly discouraged.
399 Doing so, could potentially cause Bacula to be linked against the wrong
402 5. The Bacula project strongly recommends that you install Bacula into a
403 single directory, with a few minor exceptions such as the MySQL or
404 PostgreSQL databases. Preferrably this should be /opt/bacula. The full
408 # Recommended configure script for Bacula
411 CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall" \
413 --sbindir=${prefix}/bin \
414 --sysconfdir=${prefix}/etc \
415 --docdir=${prefix}/html \
416 --htmldir=${prefix}/html \
417 --with-working-dir=${prefix}/working \
418 --with-pid-dir=${prefix}/working \
419 --with-subsys-dir=${prefix}/working \
420 --with-scriptdir=${prefix}/scripts \
421 --with-plugindir=${prefix}/plugins \
422 --libdir=${prefix}/lib \
423 --enable-smartalloc \
424 --enable-tray-monitor \
427 --with-dump-email=${email} \
428 --with-job-email=${email} \
429 --with-smtp-host=localhost \
432 Obviously, the email, and some of the minor options (mysql, postgresql,
433 ...) can be changed to suit your distribution, but the directory names
434 defined above are strongly recommended, and over time the default values in
435 the bacula-dir.conf and bacula-sd.conf will reflect these choices.
437 If you have any questions about this or would like a detailed document
438 describing our recommendations including packaging requirements, please
439 send an email to the bacula-devel list.
441 6. Starting with Bacula version 3.0.0 up to Bacula 5.0.0, the shared
442 libraries that Bacula uses by default are named xxx-1.0.0. Starting with
443 Bacula 5.0.1, we are going to name the libraries using the Bacula version.
444 So in Bacula 5.0.1, the libraries will be named xxx-5.0.1. With future
445 versions, the last digit may or may not change when we distribute patch
446 updates (i.e. the last digit of the version changes). This will depend on
447 whether or not we have changed something in the library. Hopefully this
448 new procedure will resolve some of the incompatibility problems between
449 different versions of the shared objects.
451 7. The default build option for bconsole is conio (my own little console
452 routines). I did this because some years ago, readline was very difficult
453 to maintain -- it and where it was found seemed to change on every release.
454 This generated at the time a number of support problems. It seems to me
455 that since then there have been very few problems with readline. As a
456 consequence, I have no problem if you want to make bconsole with readline
457 enabled. It will actually give some very nice new bconsole command
458 completion functionality that Eric has written. Bottom line: feel free to
459 use readline or not as you please.
463 Eric;;;25 January 2010 at 10:00
464 Bacula Version 5.0.0 has been released to Source Forge
467 -----------------------------------------------------------
468 You might be wondering why this release jumps from 3.0.x to
469 5.0.0 thus skipping version 4.0.0. We have done this for
470 several reasons: first, we wanted a way of distinguishing
471 the numbering system for the Bacula System Enterprise version
472 and the Bacula Project version. So, to do so, we have decided
473 that the first number of the Bacula Project version will always
474 be odd, and the first number of the Enterprise version will always
475 be even. Thus the Bacula Project now moves from 3.0.x to 5.0.x.
476 In addition, we want to keep the Bacula Project version larger
477 than the Enterprise version to indicate that the Bacula Project
478 version is more advanced or has more features than the
479 Enterprise version. For memory, the current Enterprise version
480 is 2.6.1, and the next release (in a few months -- before June 2010)
481 will be version 4.0.0.
484 --------------------------------------------------------------
485 Please note the three Warnings below before doing any install or
489 Changes since 3.0.3a (the last Bacula Project release):
490 -------------------------------------------------------
493 1337 1351 1352 1354 1357 1361 1367 1369 1370 1373
494 1376 1391 1403 1409 1420 1422 1427 1428 1431 1450
498 - Problem that locks the Director when the SMTP server wasn't
499 responding to the bsmtp program
500 - Restore's dir command shows incorrect file sizes
501 - Fix various problems with the reload command
502 - Fix problems with conio
503 - Eliminate several deadlocks or potential race conditions from SD
506 - Project 5: Truncate volume after purge
507 - Project 6: File Deduplication using Base Jobs
508 - Project 10: Restore from Multiple Storage Daemons
509 - Project 11: AllowCompression per Device
510 - Project 23: Add Maximum Concurent Jobs for Devices to balance load
512 - Add Accurate Fileset Options to configure accurate detection. Can use
513 checksum verification for example.
514 - Allow FD to keep root read but drop write permission (CAP)
515 - Secure handling of passwords for catalog backup
516 - Add Tab-completion for Bconsole when using Readline
517 - Add Bvfs API to query the catalog without building a memory tree
518 - Add new speed test to btape program
519 - Add new Bat screens (Autochanger content, Job view, Media view, ...)
520 - Windows version of Bat
521 - Added Spanish Bacula translation
522 - New bconsole -u nnn option to have timeout on commands
523 - Allow Migrate, Copy, and Virtual Full to read and write
525 - show disabled -- shows disabled Jobs
526 - Add Pool File and Job retention periods (take precedence over Client)
527 - Many ACL improvements
528 - Level added to FD status Job entry
529 - Allow turning on/off Block Checksum per device
530 - Set Device Poll interval to 5 minutes -- previously did not poll
531 - Implement lock manager with bad order protection
534 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
535 the same time, and on any given machine, you must run only one version
536 of Bacula. This means that on the Director and Storage daemon machines,
537 you *must* upgrade your File daemon as well.
539 Older 3.0.x and possibly 2.4.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.0.0
540 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
541 Daemons immediately. However, we recommend that you do so as soon
542 as is reasonable for your situation.
544 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
546 New Catalog format in version 5.0.0 (3.1.9 or later)
547 -----------------------------------------------------
549 This release of Bacula uses a new catalog format. We provide a set of
550 scripts that permit to convert a 3.0.x (version 11) catalog to 5.0.0 (version
551 12). The Bacula project rpms distributed on Source Forge will automatically
552 detect the database change and do the upgrade for you. We strongly
553 recommend that you save a copy of your existing database before upgrading
556 The simplest way to upgrade the database assuming you are building from
558 1. Stop any current version of Bacula from running.
559 2. Save a copy of your existing database.
560 3. Configure, build, and install the 5.0.0 version of Bacula
561 Note the new ./configure options in the manuals see the link
562 at the bottom of this file.
563 4. cd <your-scripts-installation-directory>
564 5. ./update_bacula_tables
565 6. If you have multiple catalogs, edit the update_bacula_tables
566 script and put the name of another database, and then
567 execute the script again. Repeat this until all Bacula
568 catalogs have been updated.
569 7. Start the new Bacula. If everything worked, it should
570 not print any error messages.
572 If you start from scratch, you don't need to run the update_bacula_tables
573 script because the create_bacula_tables script automatically creates the new
574 table format. However, if you are using a version of Bacula older than 3.1.9
575 (e.g. 3.0.3) then you need to run the update_bacula_tables script that will
576 be found in the <bacula>/src/cats directory after you run the ./configure
577 command. As mentioned above, before running this script, please backup your
578 catalog database, and when you do running it, be sure shutdown Bacula and be
579 aware that running the script can take some time depending on your database
581 ================================================================
584 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
585 If you upgrade a previous Win32 client installation, you must
586 first stop the File daemon, then uninstall it before attempting
587 the upgrade. If you do not do so, the upgrade will probably
588 fail and you will need to manually find and run the
589 Uninstall.exe file, before you can upgrade to the new version.
590 This is because the file locations are different. If you want
591 to save your previous bacula-fd.conf file, please do so before
593 ================================================================
595 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
596 Due to permissions problems on Windows Vista and later systems,
597 we no longer require SYSTEM or Administrator permissions to
598 access the binaries and configuation files. If you wish
599 to restrict access to these files, please see the New Features
600 section of the manual for how to set access control lists.
601 ================================================================
603 Note, the Win32 Installer no longer installs the Bacula Servers
604 (Director and Storage daemon). See the New Features section of
605 the manual for more details.
607 ============ Documentation improvements needed ==================
609 Note!!!!! The 5.0.0+ documentation has a number of known problems:
611 1. We have reduced the number of manuals, which has fixed many
612 of the broken links found in the old 3.0.x version, but there
613 are still some that need fixing.
615 2. Integration of the 3.0.x features into the main manuals has
618 The documentation will not be completed in the near future due to lack
619 manpower. If you are unhappy with this situation as we are, we suggest
620 you help by submitting patches to the documentation. Thanks.
624 This release includes large number of new features and changes.
625 It should be more or less compatible with previous xx.conf files
626 and File daemons providing that you are not using any of the new
629 Please see the New Features chapter of the new manual, which documents
630 some but not all the new features (we are still working on it):
632 http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/New_Features_in_5_0_0.html
634 The ChangeLog has more details.
639 Kern;;;18 October 2009 at 21:00
640 Bacula Version 3.0.3 has been released to Source Forge
642 Note, if you are not already running 3.0.x, read the 3.0.x release notes
645 Version 3.0.3 is primarily a important bug fix update to version 3.0.2.
649 1391, 1288, 1346, 1352, 1359, 1355, 1363, 1364, 1365, 1366, 1368,
650 1369, 1370, 1371, 1382
653 Apply James' fix for some Exchange plugin crashes
654 Integrate patch for building dmg on OSX from Lorenz Schori <lo@znerol.ch>
655 Fix bug #1391 Job status improperly set due to subtle variable overload problem
656 Fix #1352 about double free with regexp and big filenames on windows
657 Apply Graham's idea for recovering from disk full by recursing
658 when doing fixup_write_error ...
659 Make fix for VirtualFull changing device based on suggestion by
660 Nicolae Mihalache <mache@abcpages.com>
661 Fix concurrent Job recycle bug #1288
662 Backport part of one possible fix from bug #1346
663 Fix bug #1382 newly created disk volumes -> file not found warning
664 Fix Alpha ifdefing -- should fix bug #1359
665 Use old code for selecting file during restore.
666 Cherry-pick 3.1.x commits
667 tweak space on projects file
668 Fix seg fault in ignoredir code
669 Apply Frank's slash patch
670 Fix seg fault in SD bug #1371
671 3.0.2-Fix-seg-fault-in-SD-bug-1371.patch
672 Add more info when SD connection refused
673 3.0.2-Add-more-info-when-SD-connection-refused.patch
674 Fix bug #1355 Director crashes with double free in Accurate SQL query
676 Fixes bug #1368 ASSERT Failure on MacOS.
677 3.0.2-mac-path-len.patch
678 Fix #1364 and #1363 about compression buffer error.
679 3.0.2-zlib-buffer.patch
680 Fixes bug #1365 and #1366 about MacOSX resource forks.
681 3.0.2-bug-1365.patch and 3.0.2-bug-1366.patch
682 Fix "Exclude Dir Containing" fileset option
683 3.0.2-exclude-dir-containing-fd.patch
684 3.0.2-exclude-dir-containing.patch
685 3.0.2-exclude-dir-containing-top_level.patch
688 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
691 Older 3.0.x and possibly 2.4.x File Daemons are compatible with the 3.0.3
692 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
697 Kern;;;20 July 2009 at 14:49
698 Bacula Version 3.0.2 has been released to Source Forge
699 Note, if you are not already running 3.0.x, read the 3.0.x release notes
702 Version 3.0.2 is primarily a important bug fix update to version 3.0.1 with
703 some enhancements (see below).
708 1029, 1285, 1298, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1311, 1315
709 1317, 1318, 1323, 1325, 1331, 1333, 1335
712 - Fix problem with the Postgresql driver that sometime displays <NULL> values
713 - Cleanup old job records when starting the Director
714 - Fix bugs in xattr code
715 - Fix encoding problem with Postgresql
716 - Fix that prevents restore by file selection from using Copy job
719 - Security enhancement for the File Daemon
720 - New directive to specify source address for outgoing connexions
721 - Show volume availability in autochanger when doing restore.
722 This is project 31 in the projects file.
723 - Add accurate=yes/no option to estimate command
724 - Add --with-hostname, --with-bsrdir, --with-logdir to ./configure
725 - Add a restore menu that contructs a full restore when entering a JobId.
726 This is project 2 in the projects file.
727 - Add new Nagios plugin
730 Like always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
733 Older 3.0.x and possibly 2.4.x File Daemons are compatible with the 3.0.2
734 Director and Storage daemons. It should be no need to upgrade older File
738 Kern;;;30 April 2009 at 17:49
739 Bacula Version 3.0.1 has been released to Source Forge.
741 Note, if you are not already running 3.0.0, please read the 3.0.0 release notes. Important!!!
743 Version 3.0.1 is primarily a minor bug fix update to version 3.0.0 with
744 one enhancement (see below).
748 1276, 1274, 1275, 1272 1246, 1268, 1281, 1282.
751 - Check for job_canceled() in fd_plugin code.
752 - Update Win32 table creation to have new DB version 11 format
753 - Remove illegal Options in Exclude of default Win32/64 bacula-dir.conf
754 - Remove 'Reposition' messages when restoring
755 - Updated projects file
756 - Tweak version string to display versionid field at the end
757 and keep fields order.
758 - Add additional mysql connection debug code submitted by:
759 Chandranshu <chandranshu@gmail.com>
762 - Modify insertion of read Volumes in SD to be done *before* the
763 drive reservation. This ensures that a Volume to be read will not
764 be reserved for writing. Significant improvement in eliminating
765 tape deadlock situations.
767 Note, both the Director and Storage daemons must be upgraded at the
768 same time. The 3.0.1 File daemons are compatible with 3.0.0 file
769 daemons and as noted below in the 3.0.0 release notes the Director
770 and Storage daemon should be compatible with 2.4.x File daemons.
771 In general, we do not expect any of the 3.0.x File daemons to work with older
772 Directors and Storage daemons (as has always been the case for Bacula
775 ============ Documentation improvements needed ==================
777 Note!!!!! The 3.0.0+ documentation needs rather extensive modifications in the
780 1. Missing documentation.
781 2. Correction of links within various manuals -- most fail.
782 3. Integration of the new features into the main documents.
785 The documentation will not be completed in the near future due to lack
786 manpower. If you are unhappy with this situation as we are, we suggest
787 you help by submitting patches to the documentation. Thanks.
791 Kern;;;09 April 2009 at 22:30
792 Bacula Version 3.0.0 has been released to Source Forge.
794 This is to inform you that we have uploaded the Bacula version 3.0.0 source
795 tar files and the Win32/64 installer files to the Bacula Source Forge
798 There are quite a number of new features in this release, and upgrading to it
799 requires a database upgrade, so please read the release notes carefully
800 (included below) and the documentation for the new features at:
802 http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html
804 There is still a good deal of work to do to finish the release process (mainly
805 reorganizing the web site manuals ...), but at least the source files are
806 released. The rpms should follow shortly (probably this weekend).
808 If you are currently using 2.4.4, please note that within a few months that
809 version will no longer be supported, so please consider the possibility of
812 This release probably has the most new features that we have ever released,
813 and it has taken a long time to produce it. The basic code is very well
814 tested, and if you stick to 2.4.4 features, you are unlikely to experience
815 problems. However, many of the new features have not been well tested, so
816 your help will be appreciated.
818 The following issues with 3.0.0 are known and we are working on them:
820 1. The documentation is not 100% complete (there are so many new features that
821 we missed documenting some).
823 2. All the new documentation is in the New Features chapter, but not all of it
824 has yet been integrated back into the appropriate chapters.
826 3. James has reported that the Exchange plugin may crash if you cancel a job
827 while it is running. He is working on this.
829 4. The SD has many new features that will make it more stable. One in
830 particular is that it knows what Volumes will be read during a migration,
831 copy, or Virtual backup job, and will ensure that they are not selected for
832 writing (something easy to do if you are using disk files and the same pool
833 for reading an writing). However, the day after the release was cut, I found
834 a problem with this code that prevents it from working properly during
835 certain pre-allocations of the write tape.
837 5. There is still an outstanding bug report on VSS failing (it seems to be a
840 As I previously announced, we will now make 3.0.0 our main release source code
841 stream, and we hope to release new version every six months and bug fix
842 updates even sooner. To be able to do this, we will support version 2.4.4
843 only for a few more months. There after the project will only support the
844 most current release ...
846 This release comprises a lot of work by a lot of different people and many
847 contributions. Normally I hesitate to mention particular people or
848 contributions because I always forget someone, but since this was such a big
849 release, I would like to mention at least the big contributions:
851 Sponsor Company(s) - Programmer - Project
852 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Accurate Backup
853 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Catalog format enhancements
854 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - bextract non-portable Win32 data
855 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Win64 File daemon
856 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - SD deadlock detection + postmortum dump
857 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Faster Attribute despooling if DIR & FD on
859 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Virtual tape emulation
860 Bacula Systems - Kern Sibbald - USB rescue key
861 Equiinet funded development - James Harper - MS Exchange plugin
863 Personal contributions:
864 Kjetil Torgrim Homme - Regex expressions for restore in bootstrap file
865 Marco van Wieringen - ACL code overhaul
866 Marco van Wieringen - Solaris ZFS/NFSv4 ACL support
867 Marco van Wieringen - Extended Attribute support
868 Marco van Wieringen - Shared Objects
869 Dirk Bartley - Bat speedup + stability improvement + many enhancements
870 Joao Henrique Freitas - libdbi catalog driver
871 Scott Barninger - rpm packaging
872 Kern Sibbald - many big and little projects ...
873 Many people -- see the AUTHORS file.
875 Many thanks to everyone for making Bacula what it is today.
877 === List of new features ===
881 - Solaris ZFS/NFSv4 ACL support
882 - Extended Attribute support
883 --disable-xattr (default=auto)
885 --enable-libtool (default)
888 - Catalog Format Enhancements
889 - Support for more than 4 Billion file entries
891 - Duplicate Job Control
893 - bextract non-portable Win32 data
894 - State File updated at Job Termination
899 - Console Enhancements
904 - Restore seek optimization
905 - Virtual Tape Emulation
907 - RunScript Enhancements
908 - Status enhancements
909 - FD connect timeout default to 3 minutes
910 - ftruncate implemented for NFS Volumes
911 - FD Version compatibily flag
912 - Statistics Enhancements
913 - Faster Attribute despooling
914 - Document split into 6 manuals
915 - GPLv2 license now compatible with OpenSSL
917 - Postmortum dump improvements in SD
918 - Deadlock mutex detection in SD
919 - Improved Volume management in SD to avoid deadlocks.
920 - New configure install options
921 --docdir= (default=/usr/share/doc/bacula-VERSION)
922 --htmldir= (default=/usr/share/doc/bacula-VERSION/html -- bat help files)
923 --plugindir= (default=sysconfdir, where plugins will be installed)
924 - New Bare Metal Recovery with USB key. See rescue/linux/usb
929 - Exclude Dirs Containing
933 - Full/Diff/Incr Max Run Time
935 - Max Console Connections
936 - Spool Size (in Job resource)
937 - Allow Mixed Priorities
938 - Allow Duplicate Jobs
939 - Allow Higher Duplicates
940 - Cancel Queued Duplicates
941 - Cancel Running Duplicates
943 - Console (in RunScript)
945 New features from Project Items Completed for version 3.0.0
947 Item 1: Accurate restoration of renamed/deleted files
948 Item 3: Merge multiple backups (Synthetic Backup or Consolidation)
949 Item 4: Implement Catalog directive for Pool resource in Director
950 Item 5: Add an item to the restore option where you can select a Pool
951 Item 8: Implement Copy pools
952 Item 12: Add Plug-ins to the FileSet Include statements.
953 Item 13: Restore only file attributes (permissions, ACL, owner, group...)
954 Item 18: Better control over Job execution
955 Item 26: Store and restore extended attributes, especially selinux file
957 Item 27: make changing "spooldata=yes|no" possible for
958 Item 28: Implement an option to modify the last written date for volumes
959 Item n: Split documentation into several books
960 ================================
963 Release Notes for Bacula 3.0.0
965 Bacula code: Total files = 520 Total lines = 205,459 (*.h *.c *.in)
967 The diff between 2.4.4 and 2.5.x is 208,340 lines, so this release
968 represents an enormous effort.
970 This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
971 but they should be compatible with all 2.4.x File daemons, unless you
972 use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should
973 not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. However, any
974 release of version 2.5.40 or greater requires a database upgrade.
976 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
978 New Catalog format in version 3.0.0 (2.5.40 or later)
979 -----------------------------------------------------
981 This release of Bacula uses a new catalog format. We provide a set of
982 scripts that permit to convert a 2.4.x (version 10) catalog to 3.0.0 (version
983 11). The Bacula project rpms distributed on Source Forge will automatically
984 detect the database change and do the upgrade for you. We strongly
985 recommend that you save a copy of your existing database before upgrading
988 The simplest way to upgrad the database assuming you are building from
990 1. Stop any current version of Bacula from running.
991 2. Save a copy of your existing database.
992 3. Configure, build, and install the 3.0.0 version of Bacula
993 Note the new ./configure options in the manuals see the link
994 at the bottom of this file.
995 4. cd <your-scripts-installation-directory>
996 5. ./update_bacula_tables
997 6. If you have multiple catalogs, edit the update_bacula_tables
998 script and put the name of another database, and then
999 execute the script again. Repeat this until all Bacula
1000 catalogs have been updated.
1001 7. Start the new Bacula. If everything worked, it should
1002 not print any error messages.
1004 The upgrade operation will convert the FileId index field of the File table
1005 from 32 bits to 64 bits. This operation will take TIME and will *temporarily*
1006 DOUBLE THE SIZE of your catalog. Bacula must be shutdown during this update,
1007 so, won't be able to run jobs during this period. For example, a 3 million
1009 catalog will take 2 mins to upgrade on a normal machine. Don't forget to
1010 backup it before executing the script.
1012 If you start from scratch, you don't need to run the update_bacula_tables
1013 script because the create_bacula_tables script automatically creates the new
1014 table format. However, if you are using a version of Bacula older than 2.5.40
1015 (e.g. 2.4.4) then you need to run the update_bacula_tables script that will
1016 be found in the <bacula>/src/cats directory after you run the ./configure
1017 command. As mentioned above, before running this script, please backup your
1018 catalog database, and when you do running it, be sure shutdown Bacula and be
1019 aware that running the script can take some time depending on your database
1023 Important New configure options :
1024 ----------------------
1026 This release of Bacula 3.0.0 uses libtool by default
1027 to generate the Bacula libraries as shared objects rather than
1028 being directly linked in as in prior versions. This means that
1029 the Bacula shared objects, must either be in a shared object
1030 directory known to the loader or they must be in the directory
1031 where the Bacula binaries are installed. It is also possible
1032 to explicitly specify the libraries directory on the ./configure
1033 line (--libdir=/full-path/dir), but this should not be necessary.
1035 ./configure --libdir=<full-path>
1037 If you have problems with libtool or you wish to use the old
1038 way of building libraries and linking them into Bacula, you
1039 can do so by disabling libtool on the configure command line with:
1041 ./configure --disable-libtool
1043 During the installation of Bacula 3.0.0, it will now install
1044 bat help files (if you have configured bat). These files
1045 are placed in /usr/share/doc/bacula/html by default. If you
1046 want to put them elsewhere use:
1048 ./configure --htmldir=<full-path>
1050 During the installation of Bacula, it will now install the
1051 ReleaseNotes, License, technotes, ChangeLog, and similar
1052 files in /usr/share/doc/bacula by default. If you
1053 want to put them elsewhere use:
1055 ./configure --docdir=<full-path>
1057 During the installation of Bacula, any plugins will be
1058 installed in the plugindir, which is by default the
1059 same as libdir (/usr/lib). You can specify an alternate
1062 ./configure --with-plugindir=<full-path>
1064 ==============================================================
1066 This release includes large number of new features and changes.
1067 It should be more or less compatible with previous xx.conf files
1068 and File daemons providing that you are not using any of the new
1071 Please see the New Features chapter of the new manual, which documents
1072 some but not all the new features (we are still working on it):
1074 http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html
1076 The ChangeLog has more details.
1079 Kern;;;03 Nobember 2008 at 17:35
1080 Critical 2.4.3-orphaned-jobs.patch released
1081 We recently found and corrected a serious bug in Bacula that causes jobs to be
1082 orphaned or "stuck" in the director during the pruning process. Depending on
1083 what jobs get stuck and how many there are, it could prevent additional jobs
1084 from running. As best we can tell, this problem occurs only during what could
1085 be called extreme pruning conditions -- i.e. there are insufficient Volumes
1086 available for normal operations.
1088 In any case, we recommend that everyone apply the 2.4.3-orphaned-jobs.patch,
1089 which you can find in the bacula-patches section of the Source Forge download
1090 area as well as in the directory patches of both the trunk and Branch-2.4 SVN.
1093 Kern;;;12 October 2008 at 10:30am
1094 Creation of Bacula Systems SA
1095 Dear Members of the Bacula Community,
1097 I'm pleased to announce the creation of Bacula Systems S.A., a new company to
1098 provide professional support and service for Bacula. I believe you will be
1099 pleased to see how we have married a strong commitment to the ethos of honest
1100 open source software with the availability of services desired by a wide
1101 range of Bacula users.
1103 As many of you know, I began work on Bacula in 2000 and released the first
1104 public version in April 2002 to Source Forge. Although I have personally
1105 written a very substantial part of the code, I offer sincere thanks to the
1106 many members of the community who have provided ideas, fixes, testing, and
1107 contributions of code, without which Bacula would not be what it is today.
1108 It has been a labor of love and I am pleased that so many people have found
1111 Before telling you more about Bacula Systems, let me reiterate my unfaltering,
1112 ongoing commitment to open source software and the Bacula open source
1113 project. The code for Bacula and all future releases will remain available as
1114 free open source software under the GPL license that I transferred to the
1115 protection of the Free Software Foundation of Europe. Unlike some other open
1116 source projects, there will be no separate "enterprise" or proprietary
1117 version of the Bacula source code. www.bacula.org will continue to be the
1118 home for Bacula project development.
1120 So, why create Bacula Systems? The company was created to respond to requests
1121 from users who want professional support with guaranteed levels of service
1122 and response times. To ensure continuity and the highest level of knowledge
1123 transfer, I will take the position of Chairman of the Board and Chief
1124 Technical Officer of Bacula Systems S.A..
1126 Several members of the Bacula community have joined me to start the company.
1127 The other team members are also strongly dedicated to the spirit of keeping
1128 Bacula open and free while simultaneously offering commercial services to
1129 those for whom it is essential in making the decision to deploy Bacula.
1130 Bacula Systems is self-financed -- the initial capital comes from the
1131 founders; no outside venture capital was sought or accepted. This means we
1132 have the power to establish the company's priorities and we can remain
1133 dedicated to "honest open source". Bacula Systems S.A. is a Swiss company
1134 with offices in Yverdon-les-Bains, and with branches in France and Germany
1135 initially. We will open additional branches as business requires.
1137 I will continue to support development of Bacula via bacula.org and the Bacula
1138 community. Future developments will be in the "community" code base which
1139 will remain free. Bacula Systems will offer "funded development" to
1140 customers who wish to accelerate the addition of certain features to Bacula.
1141 Code developed this way will be contributed to the free distribution and will
1142 be available to the entire community at no charge. Bacula Systems will
1143 provide additional fee-based services, including high quality consulting,
1144 training, documentation and certified binaries.
1146 Our goal in establishing Bacula Systems is to be inclusive of the community,
1147 and expand it by creating opportunities for members of the Bacula community
1148 through a well-defined Partner Program. If you provide IT services or
1149 consulting, the Bacula Systems Partner Program can provide you with the
1150 additional back-up (pardon the pun) support you need to serve your customers
1153 Our plan is to develop an international network of partners who offer high
1154 value added services to Bacula users -- installing, configuring and optimizing
1155 Bacula for their customers, as well as Level 3 and 4 support, with guaranteed
1156 service levels. We will also provide training and tools to our partners.
1158 The Bacula project website, www.bacula.org, and Source Forge will be unchanged
1159 in the mission and ideals of being free sources of information, mail lists
1160 and forum-based support for and by the community. Both Bacula source code and
1161 Bacula binaries will continue to be available for free, as in the past, and
1162 new releases will also be available for free. The new commercial website,
1163 www.baculasystems.com will provide information on commercial subscriptions
1164 for those users who want guaranteed levels of service, support, documentation
1165 and certified binaries.
1167 All members of the Bacula community are encouraged to register for free at
1168 www.baculasystems.com, so that you will receive announcements and news about
1169 our commercial activities, and so that you can send feedback to our new
1170 company, Bacula Systems.
1172 Thank you for your interest and participation in the Bacula community.
1179 Kern;;;11 October 2008 at 11:30am
1180 Bacula version 2.4.3 Released
1181 This is to let you know that the source tar files and the Win32 binaries for
1182 Bacula version 2.4.3 have been released to the Bacula Source Forge download
1186 This is a bug fix to version 2.4.2. All daemons are compatible
1187 with other 2.4.x versions.
1190 1159, 1162. 1149, 1128, 1143, 1140, 1129
1193 - Apply 2.4.2-cancel-non-running-jobs.patch to be able to cancel
1194 a non created job faster.
1195 - This should correct bug #1159 where Migration does not properly
1196 respect the Migration Low Bytes directive.
1197 - Fix typo in configure.in that breaks --with-db-password option
1198 - This code should fix the race condition that leads to a Director
1199 crash at job end time when the job list is updated. This was reported
1201 - Remove all double quotes from SQLite creating script and
1202 replace by single quotes as suggested by John Huttley.
1203 - Fix SQL case problem that may cause the failure of DiskToCatalog
1205 - Copy missing storage name into edit buffer. As far as I can tell
1206 this never caused a bug.
1207 - Remove catalog dependency for bcopy
1208 - Modify catalog scripts to have an easier packaging integration,
1209 using default variables.
1210 Make difference between SQLite3 and SQLite in db_get_type()
1211 - Attempt to fix bug #1128 InChanger flag cleared during Migration
1212 job when reading from one autochanger and writing to another.
1213 - Add more information to SD acquire.c INFO messages.
1214 - Fix NULL Volume name error when reading and the drive must
1216 - Fix a Verify InitCatalog problem where in certain cases
1217 a garbage filename may be entered in the verification database. This
1219 - Add space after version before date in bat about dialog.
1220 - Fix seg fault in Dir during estimate command with no level value
1221 given. This fixes bug #1140.
1222 - Add message to migration job when the target job is already migrated.
1223 This closes bug #1129.
1225 Unless some really serious new bug shows up, this will be the last release
1226 until the next major version (3.0.0), which we hope will be ready around the
1230 Kern;;;26 July 2008 at 10:30am
1231 Bacula version 2.4.2 Released
1232 This is to inform you that we have released the source and Win32 binaries of
1233 Bacula version 2.4.2 to the Bacula Source Forge download area.
1235 This is an important bug fix release since version 2.4.1.
1238 1034, 1125, 1118, 1124, 1107, 1129, 1126
1242 - When a migration job actually runs, re-check the Job record
1243 and skip if the job is already migrated. This should
1244 significantly reduce the problems with bug #1129.
1245 - Break the do_swapping into do_unload, do_swapping, and
1246 do_load. It is much more logical that way.
1247 - Implement a set_dcr_from_vol subroutine in acquire.c for
1248 reading volumes. This allows the dcr to be refreshed after being
1249 zapped when the wrong volume is mounted. This should fix bug #1126 -
1250 - During multiple tape restore, bacula
1251 does not ask for physical tape change, but rereads same tape
1252 - Apply patch submitted for bug #1107 with a small modification.
1253 This fixes a bug where bcopy copied too many records.
1254 - Make some tweaks to bsmtp based on patch submitted in bug #1124.
1255 This fixes bug #1124.
1256 - Make the default bat restore Pool be Any. This fixes bug #1118.
1257 - Fix bug #1125 which reports a SD crash at the end of a tape
1258 during restore. It was a debug statement that should not be
1260 - Fix #1034 by setting big timeout on mysql connections
1261 - Do partial integration of the Win32 bat build created by Eric.
1262 - Ensure that SD tried to mount a volume not in an autochanger
1263 at least once before asking for operator intervention.
1264 - Fix a pthreads bug in the Win32 pthreads emulation code affects only
1265 version 2.5.x and above.
1268 Kern;;;7 July 2008 at 10:30am
1269 Bacula version 2.4.1 Released
1270 This is to inform you that we have released the source and Win32 binaries of
1271 Bacula version 2.4.1 to the Bacula Source Forge download area.
1274 1103, 1100, 1105, 1094, 1109, 1106, 1101, 1102, 1112
1278 - Clear in-use bit on vol when unused while swapping.
1279 - Remove sleep at end of ./bacula
1280 - Clear hash packet for hardlinked files correctly. This corrects
1281 a long standing bug where hardlinked files selected individually
1282 would occasionally not be restored.
1283 - Apply Eric's patch to ensure that autoprune does not return
1284 a Volume not in the autochanger unless requested to do so.
1285 - Correct bat restore display of multiple drives. This fixes
1287 - Do find_a_volume() each time an unload is done. This
1288 fixes the failure of maxvol2-test.
1289 - Use Qmsg() in job.c watchdog callback.
1290 - Release main control rwlock if ABORTing.
1291 - Make watchdog connect timeout queue messages rather than sending
1292 directly to avoid lock conflicts with the real thread.
1293 - Remove const char that causes problems with Python, which has
1294 older 'incorrect' headers.
1295 - Add const char in dbd.c to avoid compiler warnings.
1296 - Fix mtx-changer to detect both versions of Ubuntu (Debian)
1297 mt. This fixes bug #1116.
1298 - Fix failure of 2drive-concurrent-test. Always read label;
1299 clear_unload() only after drive is defined in acquire_for_read().
1300 - Generally clean up the manual tape loading code. The main
1301 conceptial change is that when a volume is marked to be unloaded,
1302 its volume name is retained, and it is only marked as unloaded
1303 when either the autoloader says it is unloaded or another tape
1304 is read on that drive.
1305 - Fix a recycling problem with two autochangers reported in bug
1306 #1106. This may also (unlikely) fix a second recycling bug as
1308 - Fix a SD lock volumes deadlock problem reported in bug #1100.
1309 - Fix format problem in bscan output reported in bug #1105.
1310 - Copy more data when restarting a job so that run
1311 overrides are kept. This should fix bug #1094.
1312 - Backport updates to jobq.c where possible.
1313 - Fix bug where SD did not ask operator if the device could not
1314 be opened. Reported by Eric.
1315 - Add dbuser to DIR conf file (replaces user).
1316 - Add --with-db-password to ./configure
1317 - Fix regress to handle db_password.
1318 - Fix a couple of pedantic compiler warnings.
1319 - Fix bug when starting a restore on a storage that doesn't
1320 have the requested MediaType.
1321 - More work on word alignments -- eliminate all ints from
1322 the configuration routines.
1323 - Fix bug reported by Scott Barninger where the bacula script
1324 refers to scripts in the wrong directory. Needed to meet the
1325 requirements of recent FHS location changes.
1326 - Fix word alignment problem on non-Intel 64 bit machines
1327 such as Solaris. This should fix bug #1097 -- bus error in SD.
1328 - Add missing win32/patches/wxWidgets.patch to 2.4 repository.
1332 Kern;;;4 Jun 2008 at 10:30am
1333 Bacula version 2.4.0 Released
1334 This is to inform you that we have released the source and Win32 binaries of
1335 Bacula version 2.4.0 to the Bacula Source Forge download area.
1337 This release consists mainly of a number of bug fixes since 2.2.x
1338 but most importantly, a rewrite of significant portions of the
1339 Storage daemon reservation and autochanger code. This rewritten
1340 code is simpler, more stable, and works much better, particularly
1341 with multiple drive autochangers than the prior code did. That
1342 said, there are still a number of issues to be resolved. Note,
1343 the new code has not been tested in manual volume mount situations.
1345 As usual, we strongly recommend when installing to keep the Director and the
1346 Storage daemon on the same version. However, since this release only
1347 contains refactored code and bug fixes rather than new features, the clients
1348 (File daemons) should function perfectly with any 2.2.x version, and there is
1349 no database upgrade needed.
1351 =====================================================
1353 Release Notes for Bacula 2.4.0
1355 Bacula code: Total files = 500 Total lines = 188,654 (*.h *.c *.in)
1357 This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
1358 but they should be compatible with all 2.0.x File daemons, unless you
1359 use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should
1360 not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. There is
1361 no database upgrade needed from version 2.0.x to 2.2.0 nor from version
1362 2.2.x to version 2.4.0
1364 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
1365 As of Version 2.4.0, the Win32 FD should not descend into
1366 any reparse point directory or reparse mount points unless the
1367 specified directory is explicitly mentioned at the top level of
1368 FileSet (as with Unix). A file that is linked to another file will
1369 be backed up, much like Unix hardlinked files. If you want
1370 reparse directories backed up, you must explicitly include them
1372 ======================================================
1374 This release consists mainly of a number of bug fixes since 2.2.x
1375 but most importantly, a rewrite of significant portions of the
1376 Storage daemon reservation and autochanger code. This rewritten
1377 code is simpler, more stable, and works much better, particularly
1378 with multiple drive autochangers than the prior code did. That
1379 said, there are still a number of issues to be resolved. Note,
1380 the new code has not been tested in manual volume mount situations.
1383 1095, 1086, 1091, 1070, 1041, 1083, 1078, 1066, 1068, 1038
1384 1062, 1065, 1046, 1047, 1031
1387 - You can now build bat without the QWT libraries. Use
1388 --without-qwt as a ./configure option.
1390 Release Version 2.4.0
1391 - Update version to 2.4.0 to reflect the magnitude of the SD changes.
1392 - Make sure to clear JS_WaitMedia when operator mounts a Volume.
1393 This fixes bug #1095.
1394 - Add create_postgresql_database.sql to Win32 installer. Should
1395 fix problem reported by Juilio Monteiro.
1396 - Get correct slot when auto unloading a device. This fixes bug
1398 - Fix possible seg fault if SQL error.
1399 - Fix renaming a Volume, which used the wrong Volume name.
1400 - If operator has rewind tape, print warning, release tape and
1401 try once more. If tape is positioned somewhere, something went
1402 wrong, so mark the tape in error and try once more. Previously
1403 this error was fatal, now it produces an error message.
1404 - Ensure correct volume name displayed during restore
1405 - Fix a few more Coverity reported problems.
1406 - Fix #1091 about bad output in estimate command.
1407 - Modify autochanger locking to attempt to avoid race
1409 - Make sure device not busy before doing label command.
1410 - Display open() errors except when polling. Previously too
1411 many were suppressed. This should fix bug #1070.
1412 - Fix Win32 reparse points. Bacula will not recurse into any
1413 reparse point directory, including mount points, unless the
1414 directory is explicitly mentioned at the top level (same as
1415 with Unix). A file that is linked to another file will be
1416 backed up -- much as Unix does for hardlinked files.
1417 This fixes bug #1041.
1418 - Remove StorageId test when pruning and recycling (Eric's changes).
1419 - Fix buffer overruns detected by Coverity.
1420 - Implement --without-qwt
1421 - Fix layout of restore tree dialog
1422 - Add configure bat QWT libraries, so that bat can be built
1423 with or without the QWT libaries.
1424 - Implement regression that explicitly tests swapping a Volume
1425 from one drive to another.
1426 - Enhance disk-changer to detect most error conditions.
1427 - Fix SD code so that it properly swaps a Volume between drives.
1428 This fixes bug #1083.
1429 - Prevent a Volume that is being swapped from being freed from
1430 the volume list. This will most likely fix, at least partially,
1432 - Fix strippath so that it does not get a buffer overrun and crash FD.
1433 This fixes bug #1078.
1434 - Make inability to change owner/group when creating a dir only a
1435 warning rather than an error.
1436 - Fix SQL query in migration code
1437 - Fix bat seg fault at termination.
1438 - Add Bacula generated version to bat about box.
1439 - Backport development stream SD reservation system changes.
1440 - When wrong volume is mounted during read, unload_autochanger.
1441 - Stop searching for Volumes in SD askdir if DIR returns the
1442 same volume name twice in a row.
1443 - Rework class structures for VOLRES, DCR, and DEVICE to make
1444 the method names a bit more logical, and for more logically
1445 handling the responsibilities.
1446 - Remove redundant code in terminating the scheduler that just
1447 causes a seg fault in many cases.
1448 - Improve algorithm for detecting pre-reserved volume and
1450 - Prevent volume from being released while being swapped.
1451 - Refactor parts of stored/mount.c
1452 - Add sanity checks for VolWriteTime and VolReadTime
1453 - Take care of bad clock changes while computing VolWriteTime
1454 and VolReadTime. This should fix or limit #1066
1455 - Correct error string numbers in dird/catreq.c
1456 - Restructure reserving, acquiring, and mounting volumes. Calls to
1457 autochanger are deferred for mount.c -- simplifes the code.
1458 - Do not prune any running job. It just fails the job.
1459 - Lock the volumes when changing dev->reserved_device and marking
1460 the volume unused otherwise the device can get reserved by
1461 another job before the volume is released, thus blocking it.
1462 - Correct some SD catalog request error messages.
1463 - Turn off code in read_record that causes a seg fault in the SD
1464 when reading past an EOS_LABEL.
1465 - Turn off unloading the autochanger in reserve.c as it just
1467 - Lock volumes when unreserving a device.
1468 - Do not mark volume unused when recycling.
1469 - Fix bug #1068 fixes a SD crash when using Virtual autochanger.
1470 - Generate correct JobMedia records during spooling/despooling when
1471 running concurrent jobs. Thanks to Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
1472 <tih@hamartun.priv.no> for excellent analysis and testing.
1473 - *Massive* commit of all fixes and back ports to create 2.2.9
1474 Mostly SD reservations enhancements.
1475 - Fix Win32 FD backup/restore memory leak due to improper termination
1476 of BackupRead/Write. This fixes bug# 1038.
1477 - Fixes a StorageId problem with volumes after migration.
1478 - Implements autostart scripts for Debian
1479 - Fix mtx-changer.in for broken Debian mt program.
1480 - Apply doc fix from bug #1062.
1481 - Resolve crash and improper restore wx-console Win32 restore
1482 GUI. Fixes bug #1065.
1483 - Update Win32 wxWidgets to latest version.
1484 - Attempt to do correct handling of Win32 mount points. Should
1486 - Add const to AIX prototype for initgroups()
1487 - Fix to the JobMedia patch, which introduced a new problem.
1488 - Fix creating first JobMedia record during Migration to include
1489 proper index. This caused slow restores of migrated jobs.
1490 - Fix bug #1047, do not strip paths on symbolic links.
1491 - Set catalog backup database and user name from values specified on
1492 the ./configure line.
1493 - Apply patch to correct bug #1031, about wrong pool source information
1497 Kern;;;27 Jan 2008 at 10:30am
1498 Bacula version 2.2.8 Released
1499 Bacula version 2.2.8 source tar files as well as the Win32
1500 binaries are available in the bacula and Win32 release areas
1501 of Source Forge. I have hidden the previous BETA release
1503 Version 2.2.8 is a bug fix to version 2.2.7 and has a few
1504 additional bugs fixed than the BETA 2.2.8 version previously
1506 - It fixes bugs: 1036, 1033(doc), 1028, 1040, 1045(doc), 1030,
1507 1042(partially), and possibly bugs 1018 and 1032.
1508 Bugs 1018 and 1032 involve problems with multiple-drive autochangers,
1509 and are difficult to reproduce.
1510 See the ChangeLog for more details.
1511 Note, if you previously loaded version 2.2.8 BETA, you will probably
1512 want to upgrade, but it is not urgent ...
1516 Kern;;;9 Jan 2008 at 20:30
1517 Bacula version BETA 2.2.8 Released
1518 Bacula version 2.2.8 source tar files as well as the Win32
1519 binaries are available in the bacula-beta and
1520 Win32-beta release areas of Source Forge
1522 Version BETA 2.2.8 is a bug fix to version 2.2.7:
1523 - It fixes bugs: 1036, 1033(doc), 1028, and possibly 1018 and 1032.
1524 Bugs 1018 and 1032 involve problems with multiple-drive autochangers.
1527 Kern;;;24 Dec 2007;;20:30
1528 Bacula version 2.2.7 Released
1529 Bacula version 2.2.7 source tar files as well as the Win32
1530 binaries are available in the Bacula release area of Source Forge
1532 Version 2.2.7 has several new features and several important bug fixes
1533 since version 2.2.6:
1534 - It fixes bugs: 1009, 1022, 1024, 1019, 1012, 1021, 1020
1535 1007, 1008. For more details, please see the technotes-2.1 file.
1536 - Fixed a seg fault reported by Frank Sweetser that depended on
1537 exact path lengths, but the problem was in bsnprintf.c
1538 - Double quoting include filenames (@xxx) in Bacula conf files is now
1539 possible, thanks to a patch by Michael Stapelberg.
1540 - You can pipe input to include filenames (@|prog) by using a vertical
1541 bar, thanks to the above patch.
1542 - A daylight savings time bug in the Win32 bsmpt was fixed by a patch from
1544 - Marc Cousins submitted a patch that permits building the PostgreSQL
1545 driver with version 8.3.
1546 - The configure option --archivedir has been changed to --with-archivedir
1548 Kern;;;9 Nov 2007;;15:25
1549 Bacula version 2.2.6 Released
1550 Bacula version 2.2.6 source tar files as well as the Win32
1551 binaries are available in the Bacula release area of Source Forge.
1553 This release is a minor fix upgrade to version 2.2.5,
1554 and we recommend that all users upgrade when they can.
1556 Version 2.2.6 is a minor bug fix realease to version 2.2.5
1557 - It fixes bugs: #1003, 942, 982, 990(response only), 991,
1559 - Fix bat crash wen it cannot connect to Director.
1560 - Fix joblist failure bug in bat.
1562 Kern;;;9 Oct 2007;;15:25
1563 Bacula version 2.2.5 Released
1564 Despite the fact that the Release Notes are rather short, the bug
1565 fixes represent quite a lot of work:
1567 Version 2.2.5 is a major bug fix release to version 2.2.4
1568 - It fixes the following bugs: #961, 962, 963, 969, 968, 960,
1569 964, (possibly 935 and 903), 953, 953, 967, 966, 965, 954,
1570 957, 908, 958, and 955.
1571 - It also improves listing performance problems in bat pointed
1572 out by Chris Howells.
1574 Kern;;;29 Sept 2007;;20:30
1575 A serious data loss bug in Bacula version 2.2.4 found and fixed
1577 This bug was very elusive and time consuming to track down. It
1578 turned out to be a race condition that can lose the last one or
1579 two blocks of a Job, which can happen in rare cases only when
1580 running multiple simultaneous jobs when a volume fills and one
1581 Job finishes receiving the last data from the FD and at the same
1582 time a second job detects the end of the Volume. The bug was
1583 introduced in version 2.0.0 and did not exist in version 1.38.x.
1584 If the bug is triggered, the data is lost (not written to the
1585 Volume), and it can occur for any backup job of any level under
1586 the conditions noted above.
1588 The bug is reported in the bugs database as bug #964, and just
1589 this morning I found and tested a fix, which is attached as a patch
1590 to the bug report. The patch (2.2.4-lost-block.patch) is also
1591 uploaded to the bacula-patches 2.2.x release area. This bug may
1592 also be part of the problems reported in bug #935 and possibly
1595 Also in the bacula-patches 2.2.x area, you will find other
1596 patches that fixes bugs #953, 966, 967, 965, 958, 908, and
1597 955. Please refer to bugs.bacula.org for the details.
1599 Though this bug quite serious (data loss), it should be rare.
1600 However, we recommend everyone to apply the patch.
1602 Kern;;;2007/9/14;;;14:30
1603 Bacula version 2.2.4 Released
1605 This version of Bacula is a minor bug release to version 2.2.3.
1606 It contains the following fixes:
1608 - Possible fix for authorization problems bug #953.
1609 - Possible fix for bug #908.
1610 - Add waits to multiple exit detection code to try to force pid
1611 file to always be deleted.
1612 - Restore good dev.tar.gz to rescue set appropriate binary property.
1613 This fixes bug #950.
1614 - Fix seg fault in error exit of acquire_for_read after unsuccessfully
1615 trying to switch drives by checking for blocking before unblocking.
1617 - Cancel storage daemon in all cases where FD reports error. This
1618 should fix virtually all cases of bug #920 and will ensure that Devices
1619 are released as soon as possible.
1620 - Fix error message that was clobbered when Dir tells SD it does not
1621 have write permission on Volume. This should fix a minor point
1622 in bug #942, but not the main problem.
1623 - Fix migration code to get correct Volume name with multiple volumes
1624 by skipping |. Fixes bug #936.
1625 - Implement patch supplied by Landon to fix bug #944 where using
1626 TLS with bconsole uses 99+% of the CPU.
1627 - Fix bug #946 about "bacula-dir -t" which doesn't works
1629 - Using "m" in bconsole will show messages as in prior versions
1630 and not memory usage.
1632 - Note, you need GTK >= 2.10 to be able to link the Tray Monitor
1635 Kern;;;2007/9/9;;;14:30
1636 I regret to announce that there is a rather serious bug in Bacula.
1638 Bacula bug #935 reports that during a restore, a large number of files are
1639 missing and thus not restored. This is really quite surprising because we
1640 have a fairly extensive regression test suite that explicitly tests for this
1641 kind of problem many times.
1643 Despite our testing, there is indeed a bug in Bacula that has the following
1646 1. It happens only when multiple simultaneous Jobs are run (regardless of
1647 whether or not data spooling is enabled), and happens only when the
1648 Storage daemon is changing from one Volume to another -- i.e. the
1649 backups span multiple volumes, and it only happens for Jobs writing
1652 2. It has only been observed on disk based backup, but not on tape.
1654 3. Under the right circumstances (timing), it could and probably does happen
1657 4. It seems to be timing dependent, and requires multiple clients to
1658 reproduce, although under the right circumstances, it should be reproducible
1659 with a single client doing multiple simultaneous backups.
1661 5. Analysis indicates that it happens most often when the clients are slow
1662 (e.g. doing Incremental backups).
1664 6. It has been verified to exist in versions 2.0.x and 2.2.x.
1666 7. It should also be in version 1.38, but could not be reproduced in testing,
1667 perhaps due to timing considerations or the fact that the test FD daemons
1670 8. The data is correctly stored on the Volume, but incorrect index (JobMedia)
1671 records are stored in the database. (the JobMedia record generated during
1672 the Volume change contains the index of the new Volume rather than the
1673 previous Volume). This will be described in more detail below.
1675 9. You can prevent the problem from occurring by either turning off multiple
1676 simultaneous Jobs or by ensuring that while running multiple simultaneous
1677 Jobs that those Jobs do not span Volumes. E.g. you could manually mark
1678 Volumes as full when they are sufficiently large.
1680 10. If you are not running multiple simultaneous Jobs, you will not be
1681 affected by this bug.
1683 11. If you are running multiple simultaneous Jobs to tapes, I believe there is
1684 a reasonable probability that this problem could show up when Jobs are split
1687 12. If you are running multiple simultaneous Jobs to disks, I believe there is
1688 a high probability that this problem will show up when Jobs are split across
1691 13. The bug concerns only the Storage daemon so there is no need to update
1692 the clients, though I do recommend updating the Director when installing
1693 an updated Storage daemon.
1695 I have uploaded patches to bug #935 (bugs.bacula.org) that will correct
1696 version 2.2.0, 2.2.1, and 2.2.2. The patch has been tested only on version
1697 2.2.2 and passes all regression tests as well as the specific test that
1698 reproduced the problem.
1700 The patch has now been confirmed to fix the problem reported, and Bacula
1701 version 2.2.3 has been released to Source Forge.
1703 For the technical details of the bug, please see:
1705 http://www.bacula.org/downloads/bug-935.txt
1709 Kern;;;2007/8/11;;;14:30
1711 Bacula Version 2.2.0 has been released to Source Forge.
1713 Release Notes for Bacula 2.2.0
1715 Bacula code: Total files = 520 Total lines = 195,550 (*.h *.c *.in)
1716 82 new files, 41,221 new lines of code, 208,380 lines of change from 2.0.3
1718 This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
1719 but they should be compatible with all 2.0.x File daemons, unless you
1720 use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should
1721 not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. There is
1722 no database upgrade needed from version 2.0.x to 2.2.0.
1724 Areas requiring caution or testing:
1725 - You must have the thread safe version of MySQL client libraries loaded
1726 to build with MySQL enabled.
1727 - Volumes are pruned only when absolutely necessary -- this may cause
1728 your database to grow compared to prior Bacula versions.
1729 - Solaris door and even port files are no longer restored (equivalent
1730 to what we do with sockets).
1731 - SQLite is no longer supported for Solaris -- it fails too often with
1732 bus errors. SQLite3 should work on Solaris.
1733 - The default setting for SQLite3 is now 'PRAGMA synchronous=OFF'.
1734 This makes it run 30 times faster, but increases the possiblity
1735 of a corrupted database if your server shuts down unexpectedly.
1736 The default behavior can be changed in src/version.h
1737 - Restore on Win32, and in particular on Vista is untested. Please
1738 test before relying on it. It should backup and restore reparse
1740 - Win32 servers are untested, and very likely not to work.
1742 The major new features are:
1743 - Much faster insertion of attributes (somewhere around 10 times),
1744 many thanks to Eric Bollengier and Marc Cousin.
1745 - First release of bat (Bacula Administration Tool). Note to build
1746 bat you must explicitly enable it on the ./configure line, you
1747 must have the Qt4 version 4.2 or later libraries loaded, the qwt
1748 (Qt Graphics) package loaded, and qmake and the other Qt4 tools
1749 must be available. Most of the implementation was done by Dirk Bartley.
1750 - Red/Black restore in memory tree (500 times faster loading).
1751 - The Regex Where code to allow easier relocation of restored files
1753 - Socket level heartbeat for all connections (untested).
1754 - posix_fadvise() use in the FD to improve performance reduces
1755 swapping due to opening/reading lots of files. Win32 equivalent
1757 - Much improved Volume reservation code that should eliminate most
1758 conflicts experienced in multiple drive autochangers.
1759 - Simpler locking in the SD in the reservation system.
1760 - Detection of file size/date change during backup if enabled.
1761 - New Recycle Pool feature -- thanks to Eric.
1762 - Efficient implementation of very large include/exclude lists.
1763 - Volumes are no longer pruned during 'status dir'
1764 - Pruning is now more efficient, and if a Volume is purged,
1765 during pruning, it is immediately discovered.
1766 - License is now GPL v2 without modifications, fix a few copyright
1767 mistakes made when adding FSFE copyright notice.
1769 New ./configure options:
1770 - --enable-bwx-console
1775 - --enable-batch-insert
1777 New bconsole commands:
1780 - update recyclepool
1783 - .pwd (in restore tree)
1784 - restoreclient (keyword)
1785 - backupclient (keyword)
1786 - regexwhere (keyword)
1787 - update jobid (new command)
1788 - recyclepool (keyword)
1791 - Heartbeat Interval (bconsole.conf)
1792 - Heartbeat Interval (bacula-dir.conf in Director, Client, Storage)
1793 - TLS Allowed CN (bacula-dir.conf in Client)
1794 - Regex Where (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
1795 - Strip Prefix (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
1796 - Add Prefix (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
1797 - Add Suffex (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
1798 - Recycle Pool (bacula-dir.conf in Pool)
1799 - FailJobOnError (bacula-dir.conf in RunScript)
1800 - CheckFileChanges (bacula-dir.conf in FileSet)
1801 - StripPath (bacula-dir.conf in FileSet)
1803 Other features or bug fixes:
1804 - Fixed bugs: 916, 910, 917, 914, 906, 907,
1805 842, 830, 893, 861, 888, 886, 807, 877, 872
1806 885, 887, 864, 874, 882, 881, 863, 859,
1807 856, 854, 845, 847, 846, 809, 772,
1808 822, 825, 824, 808, 802, 797, 798, 795, 789, 791,
1809 788, 780, 763, 782, 612, 767, 775, 621, 772, 764,
1810 766, 621, 761, 755, 750, 741, 747, 742, 744, and 743.
1811 - Configure bat with --enable-bat. Define qwt libraries with
1812 --with-qwt=<dir>. See Installation chapter of manual for details.
1813 - Create a depkgs-qt package that has both Qt4 and qwt, which are
1814 needed to build bat. Most modern Linux systems will have both
1815 these packages in the distro.
1816 - Storage overrides delete all previous storage definitions instead
1818 - One should be able to mount and unmount removable devices if the
1819 Device resource has Removeable Media set and the mount and unmount
1820 directives are defined.
1821 - ./configure will do a better job of searching for qwt libraries.
1822 - The Win32 version can no longer be shutdown from the tray monitor.
1823 Use the command line or the Services panne.
1824 - Keep prune_volumes() from pruning the whole Scratch pool.
1825 - More debug output in status storage.
1826 - Correct moving a Scratch volume from pool to pool (some
1827 critical columns were lost).
1828 - Different locking in reservations and despooling systems,
1829 which means more micro-locking and less macro-locking, which
1830 should give a lot more concurrency at the expense of slightly
1831 (<0.1%) more overhead due to more locking/unlocking, but
1832 concurrent jobs should run much faster.
1833 - Additional drive reservation algorithm that should solve a lot of
1834 the problems experienced with multiple drive autochangers.
1835 - Storage daemon status command enhanced to more clearly show Volume,
1836 pool and media type when a job is waiting.
1837 - Made bsmtp work with more strict SMTP servers.
1838 - Detect doubly freed buffers in smartall.c
1839 - wx-console renamed to bwx-console (Fedora request)
1840 - gnome-console renamed to bgnome-console (Fedora request)
1841 - Migration preserves original job's FileSetId
1842 - Spooling implemented for migration jobs.
1843 - Config files can be read through a pipe, by specifying a leading |
1844 in front of the configuration path/filename.
1845 - New memory command (bconsole) that will print the current Director's
1846 memory usage, and an in use buffer dump.
1847 - Console name changed from *Console* to -Console- to accomodate Win32
1848 filename restrictions.
1849 - Corrected the Win32 ftruncate bug.
1850 - Additional version information added to Job reports.
1851 - New -8 option for bsmtp to specify UTF-8 encoding type.
1852 - bsmtp will no longer add < > to target (from, to, cc) if there
1853 is already a < in the target.
1854 - Prefer Mounted Volumes extended to mean a volume that is being
1855 mounted by another job.
1856 - Runscript timing set to same as version 1.38.11
1857 - New TLS Allowed CN directive(s) permitted.
1858 - New bconsole 'exec' command to run external script/command.
1859 - Turn on FreeBSD/OpenBSD code to set EOT model on tape.
1860 - Drop from root done before database is opened.
1861 - Database user and name can be configured with:
1862 --with-db-name=name --with-db-user=user
1863 - Turn on wait_for_drive in mtx-changer script.
1864 - Rework how bar codes are handled in mtx-changer script.
1865 This appears to have been an unreported bug.
1866 - Updated nagios plugin supplied by Christian Masopust
1867 - Better restricted console ACL checking.
1868 - New Client Connect Wait directive in Storage daemon so that
1869 users can configure how long SD waits for FD connection.
1870 - Bacula will no longer permit pruning of the currently running
1871 job (note, if other jobs are running, they may be pruned).
1872 - Sockets are no longer restored.
1873 - dbcheck works in 300K chunks so will typically run faster.
1874 - Include/Exclude lists can now be efficiently handled for quite
1875 large sizes -- tens of thousands of entries.
1876 - Several memory leaks in migration and database usage were fixed.
1877 - New console keyword restoreclient, which specifies the client to
1878 which the restore will be sent. The client keyword specifies
1879 the backup client. The restoreclient keyword is optional if it is
1880 not specified, the backup client will also be the restore client.
1881 - The disk file size is now checked to ensure that it agrees with the
1882 catalog value before Bacula will append to the disk (same as tape
1887 Kern;;;2007/3/6;;;14:30
1889 Bacula Version 2.0.3 has been released to Source Forge.
1890 This is a bug fix release to version 2.0.2. If you are upgrading from
1891 a version older than 2.0.0, please be sure to read the important notes
1894 Also, please check the patches directory in the current SVN or the
1895 patches release section on Source Forge for important bug fixes to
1899 kes File migrate bug with Pool Occupancy using mediaid instead
1900 of jobids. Fixes bug #795.
1901 kes Fix orphaned buffers in filed backup and verify due to
1902 crypto buffers not freed during errors. Fixes bug #789.
1904 kes Add smartctl call to bacula-sd.conf as an example of getting
1907 kes Add Client Connect Wait to Storage daemon to permit users to
1908 modify the time the SD waits for a FD connection.
1910 kes Apply Command ACL filter to JobId list in restore command.
1911 kes Correct typeo in var.c patch.
1913 kes Don't let Bacula prune File or Job records for the current Job.
1914 kes Fix variable substitution pad + inc bug reported (with patch)
1917 kes Correct SQLite log table index as reported by Luca Berra.
1919 ebl Fix FIFO stuff, bacula tries to rewind the FIFO... Thanks to Andreas
1921 kes Fix a few places in lib/message.c where the open fd may
1924 kes Add LANG=C to autoconf/randpass so it works with languages other
1925 than English. Fixes bug #788.
1927 ebl Revert ClientRunBeforeJob as it was in 1.38.x
1929 You will not be able to generate Include/Exclude list any more.
1930 If you want to use this, you can apply
1931 trunk/bacula/patches/testing/clientrunbeforejob_can_generate_include_exclude_list.patch
1933 kes Restore of sockets created false error messages because Bacula
1934 no longer restores sockets, but the code was still trying to
1935 set the attributes on a non-existent file. Reported by a user.
1937 kes Fix encryption deblocking bug, which caused some restored files
1938 to be truncated. This fixes bug #763. This is a CRITICAL bug fix.
1939 kes Add FD event sequence order prepared by Eric -- for RunScripts.
1940 kes Fix 12am/pm bug as reported in bug #782.
1942 kes Add quick disconnect FD code from 2.1.4 to 2.0.3. This code
1943 causes the SD to release the FD as soon as the FD has sent
1944 all the data to the SD. After that the SD will do any final
1945 despooling (data and attributes) that are necessary. This
1946 allows laptops to disconnect much quicker from the network
1949 kes Apply Eric's ClientRunScriptAfter patch to 2.0 and 2.1.
1951 kes Optimize the use of the database a bit in the Status dir command.
1952 Only open it when needed, ensure that if any previous database
1953 was opened, it is closed.
1955 kes Modify dbcheck to handle orphaned JobMedia, Path, Filename,
1956 and File records in 300K chunks to be more efficient. This
1957 idea came from Juan Luis Frances (if I remember right).
1959 kes Update projects list.
1961 kes Fix dird/ua_cmds.c so that a cancel command checks if the
1962 console is authorized to cancel the job. This fixes bug
1964 kes Modify SD so that the VolCatJobs medium record is updated
1965 at the beginning of a Job rather than the end. This
1966 fixes bug #775 where exceeding MaxVolJobs caused jobs
1968 kes Added a mutex around getting and setting Volume information
1969 so that multiple simultaneous jobs will single thread.
1971 Switch to using Subversion
1972 kes Remove src/pygtk-console/ from configure
1974 kes Delete src/lib/btree.c from win32 build, then add rblist.c
1975 plus the entrypoints.
1976 kes Apply patch supplied that corrects debug print
1977 in canceling jobs for max run time. Supplied as
1978 part of bug #621, which was previously fixed.
1980 kes Test on job_canceled() and sd_msg_thread_done inside
1981 loop starting the message thread to avoid a race condition.
1983 kes Remove rl_catch_signal from console.c as it conflicted
1984 with the header definition. Fixes bug #765.
1985 ebl Fixes bug #766 about RunsOnClient = Yes (case sensitive)
1987 kes Clarify some stored/acquire messages to indicate if the
1988 problem is with read or append.
1990 kes Fix memory leak with storage ids in cats/sql_get.c
1991 kes Terminate watchdog earlier to avoid reference to released
1992 memory -- reported by Jason Austin.
1993 kes Move closing the database from jobq.c to the director daemon
1994 termination routine. This fixes memory leaks for shadow jobs
1995 (i.e. migration jobs).
1996 kes Free up the unique jobid chain items in migrate.c. This fixes
1997 a memory leak problem.
1998 kes Convert some ugly looking for statements to use foreach_alist
1999 in findlib/find.c. This will facilitate converting the structures
2000 to use dlist (for large include/exclude lists).
2001 kes Fix a bug in the btree.c and btree.h routines, then rename them
2002 rblist and add them to be built in src/lib. Include some new
2003 methods written by Rudolf Cejka that make the code more readable
2004 (hides some of the ugly casting).
2006 kes Implement item #12 on project list -- quick release of FD by
2007 the SD. This is noted in more detail above.
2011 Kern;;;2007/1/28;;;14:30
2013 Bacula Version 2.0.2 released:
2015 kes Fix maxruntime bug #621.
2017 kes Get current main CVS .specs for RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake.
2019 ebl Implement the include JobID in spool file name project.
2020 kes Reorder projects file in order determined by Jan 2007 vote.
2021 kes Fix open of SQLite3 db where user does not have write permission
2022 so that DIR does not crash. Fixes bug #761.
2024 kes Change 'Device not configured to autolabel' from INFO
2026 kes Fix jobq.c to restart failed jobs when Reschedule Times = 0
2027 which should restart an indefinite # of times.
2028 kes Fix configure --help to print --with-mysql[=DIR]. Same for
2029 other DIR specifications.
2031 rn Fix msvc build problems. Fix bacula.dll exports for msvc build.
2032 Fix path quoting in SQLite scripts.
2033 Fix problems with SHGetFolderPath.
2035 kes Create patches/2.0.1-restart.patch. Fixes bug #755.
2037 kes Fix Job restart on error bug that promotes an Inc to a Full
2038 backup. This should fix bug #755.
2039 kes Add qt-console and first cut of code.
2043 Kern;;;2007/1/13;;;14:30
2045 Bacula Version 2.0.1 has been released to Source Forge.
2046 This is bug fix update to version 2.0.0 and contains
2047 the following fixes:
2049 - Fix Bacula->Documentation link on Win32 to point to index.html
2050 instead of bacula.html. Fixed bug #750.
2051 - Return JobId in db_get_job_record() when JobId==0. This should
2053 - Do not release source pointers when restarting a failed job.
2054 - Add dynamic dll entry point for SHGetFolderPath to Win32 code.
2055 This *should* fix bug #747.
2056 - Modify winbacula.nsi to substitute with g bin_dir_cmd. Should fix
2058 - Modify USTORE constructor to set an empty store_source string,
2059 and don't copy the store_source string in a cancel. Hopefully
2060 this will fix Arno's seg fault, bug #744.
2061 - Add back code to disable conio in configure. Fixes bug #743.
2062 - Correct the Options scanner in the FD to correctly handle
2063 SHA1 option, which was eating the next option. Reported by
2065 - Add code to indicate when the SD is spooling, spool wait, and
2066 despooling as requested by Alan Brown.
2070 Kern;;;2007/1/4;;;14:30
2072 Bacula Version 2.0.0 has been released to Source Forge.
2074 There is an English Press Kit, written by Dan Langille at:
2076 http://www.bacula.org/about/press/presskit200.html.en
2078 and a German version, translated by Arno Lehmann at:
2080 http://www.bacula.org/about/press/presskit200.html.de
2084 Kern;;;2007/1/4;;;14:31
2086 Release Notes for Bacula 2.0.0
2088 Bacula code: Total files = 438 Total lines = 154,329 (*.h *.c *.in)
2090 ==== IMPORTANT Catalog update required =====
2091 - The database format has been updated from what was used in
2092 Bacula 1.38.x. You must manually update your database before
2093 running Bacula 1.39.x or higher. If you are using Bacula supplied
2094 RPMs this is not necessary as the RPM does it automatically.
2095 Please backup your previous version of the database before
2096 running the update. The update script will be automatically
2097 installed in your scripts directory, or can also be found in
2098 <bacula-source>/src/cats. It is called:
2100 ./update_bacula_tables
2102 It is necessary to run it only once the first time you move to
2103 a 2.0.0. Upgrading the Bacula version thereafter does not
2104 require updating the database again. Depending on the size of
2105 your database the script make take a bit of time, to run, but
2106 in general, it should be very fast.
2108 ==== IMPORTANT new Win32 install procedure =====
2109 For Win32 migrations from versions prior to 1.39.0 nothing special
2110 needs to be done to upgrade. Everything should be taken care of
2111 automatically. The only thing not done is to delete the old C:\bacula
2112 directory mostly out of paranoia.
2114 ==== IMPORTANT miscellaneous ====
2115 - The Gnome console program (gconsole) no longer functions as it
2116 should.More importantly, in restore mode, the restore tree is
2117 no longer shown in the left pane. I suspect this is due to
2118 incompatible changes in the GTK+ API, and hence have given up
2119 on gnome and gtk+, as this has already happened several times
2120 previously. At some point there will be a new GUI console.
2121 - The bacula-dir.conf directive Accept Any Volume has been
2122 removed because it was never implemented. You must delete all
2123 occurrence of this directive for the Director to run. The Storage
2124 daemon will automatically accept any valid Volume that you mount.
2125 - The --mandir ./configure option now points to the top level man
2126 directory. The man files will be installed under mandir/man8 and
2127 mandir/man1 as appropriate.
2128 - You *should* be able to use 1.38.x FDs with version 2.0.0 Director
2129 and SD providing you do not use any of the new features (runscript,
2130 data encryption). It seems to work here, but we do not guarantee it.
2131 - Your Director and SD must be simultaneously upgraded.
2132 - The restore command no longer uses the MediaType as the primary method
2133 of finding a suitable Storage device. Normally it will select the last
2134 device used to write a Volume. If no storage device is defined, it
2135 will use the old algorithm which selects the first Storage resource
2136 with the correct MediaType.
2137 - The MD5/SHA1 hash codes kept in the database are now kept in a binary
2138 format compatible with the rest of the world. If you are running verify
2139 jobs, you *must* do an InitCatalog or all files will show an MD5
2140 difference. Also, authentication uses the new algorithm by
2141 default, but *should* accept connections from older components (FD) using
2142 the old non-compatible algorithm. This has been tested, but more
2143 more testing is still needed.
2144 - A stock SuSE 10.1 kernel may crash when Bacula runs and accesses
2145 the tape drive. Workaround, load the SuSE 10.1 version 2.6.16.21-0.25
2146 kernel or later. The SuSE 10.2 Alpha 5 or later kernel also works.
2147 This problem may also be present in certain Fedora FC5 kernels.
2148 - If you have been using the data encryption feature of 1.39.x, please
2149 be aware that certain combinations of encryption and other options
2150 with version 1.39.0 through 1.39.26 created Volume data that cannot
2151 be restored. We strongly recommend that anyone using encryption
2152 carefully review his/her backups and at a minium do a Full backup
2153 with 1.39.28 of all encrypted data. Robert Nelson has identified
2154 and fixed it as follows:
2156 No filters = Works fine
2158 Compression = Works fine
2159 Encryption = Works fine
2160 Sparse + Compression = Works fine
2162 Sparse + Encryption = Restore broken
2163 Sparse + Compression + Encryption = Restore broken
2164 Compression + Encryption = Restore broken
2167 Most combinations work, but some encrypted files are
2168 not properly restored.
2171 All combinations work fine except Sparse+Encryption.
2173 Bottom line, if you are using data encryption, please test restoring
2174 data to be sure it all works correctly.
2175 - The current Volume format written by 1.39.22 is different from
2176 the format written by previous versions. The two formats
2177 are not compatible. Thus any DVDs written prior to 1.39.22 will
2178 be unreadable by version 1.39.22.
2179 - If you previously run a Bacula version prior to 1.39.30, the JobMedia
2180 data may not be correct for disk Volumes. This can cause incorrect
2181 seeking in versions after 1.39.30. If you experience what appears to
2182 be data I/O or integrity errors during restores, please add the
2183 following directive to your disk DEVICE resource in the Storage
2186 Block Positioning = no
2188 This will turn off all seek requests during restores and avoid
2190 - VSS for Windows clients is now enabled by default.
2191 - Do not unload autochanger when doing "update slots"
2192 - Implement mount command for autochanger, see manual.
2194 New Features in 2.0.0:
2195 - Turn on disk seek code for restores.
2196 - There is a partial but reasonable translation of the Bacula
2197 messages for French. To install it, first configure and build
2198 Bacula, then as root run:
2200 cd <bacula-source>/po
2203 If you have your locale set properly you will get the translated
2205 - Bacula now support Migration jobs that are documented in a new
2206 Migration chapter in the manual
2207 http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Migration.html
2208 - Data encryption is now implemented and is documented in
2209 a new chapter of the manual at:
2210 http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Bacula_Data_Encryption.html
2211 - Additional support for removable devices. See the
2212 Requires Mount, Mount Point, Mount Command, and Unmount
2213 Commands in the Storage daemon configuration chapter:
2214 http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Storage_Daemon_Configuratio.html
2215 Also see the Edit Codes for Mount and Unmount Directives in the
2217 - Switch the Win32 build from using Microsoft C++ to using mingw32
2218 cross-compiling. The initial work was done by Howard Thomson,
2219 then tweaked by me. Robert Nelson then totally reworked the
2220 cross-compiling code so that it not only cross-compiles, but
2221 also compiles on Visual Studio, and at the same time, he added
2222 all the current Unix features to the FD, such as selection on
2223 drives, encryption support, building *all* the tools, ...
2224 - The Director and Storage daemon have now been ported to Win32.
2225 This code is working but should still be tested carefully
2226 before putting into production.
2227 - Bacula restore and bextract can now extract non-portable Win32 data to
2228 any client (including Unix/Linux clients). Of course, in doing so,
2229 the Microsoft specific permissions and ACLs will be lost. Thanks
2230 to Thorsten Engel for this code.
2231 - The 260 character limitation for Win32 paths name lengths is now
2232 eliminated thanks to Thorsten Engel. However, if you are using
2233 Volume Shadow Copy, please be careful to specify all the paths
2234 in the bacula-fd.conf file using a full path notation including
2236 - Eric Bollengier wrote new RunScript directives that includes
2237 the old RunBefore/AfterJob and ClientRunBefore/AfterJob features
2238 plus a *lot* more, allowing you to control just about every aspect
2239 of running scripts. See the manual for detailed documentation.
2240 http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Configuring_Director.html#5227
2241 - SunOS ACLs should now work thanks to a patch from David Duchscher.
2242 - Apply days keyword patch from Alexander.Bergolth at wu-wien.ac.at
2243 If this patch is applied, the number of days can be specified with
2244 "list nextvol days=xx"
2246 "status dir days=xx"
2247 This can be used to preview the next scheduled job (and the
2248 next tape to be used) on Fridays if there are no scheduled jobs during
2250 - From Eric Bollengier. One can now using the bconsole wait command do:
2251 wait (wait for all jobs to stop)
2253 wait jobuid=unique id
2255 - Volumes can now be set to Enable, Disable, or Archive. If they
2256 are not enabled, Volumes will not be mounted.
2257 Implement update volume enable=(on|off|true|false|archived|0|1|2)
2258 - Add Catalog message destination in Messages resource that puts the
2259 job report in the Log database table.
2260 - Writing/reading DVD Volumes is much more stable -- to the point
2261 of being useful. Thanks to Richard Mortimer.
2262 - Add enable/disable job=<job-name>. This command prevents
2263 the specified job from being scheduled. Even when disabled,
2264 the job can be manually started from the console.
2265 - The database Id records should be 32/64 bit independent now. 64 bits
2266 can be enabled by changing one define and changing the appropriate
2267 table variable. Normally, you need 64 bits only for FileId.
2268 - Relative path specifications (i.e. ../xxx) are now permitted in
2269 the restore cd command.
2270 - When running multiple simultaneous jobs, most jobs that use spooling
2271 will now finish faster due to a mutex optimization made by Eric
2273 - Conf files containing UTF-8 marker at the head of the file as well as
2274 conf files containing Window cr/lf and Mac cr line termination characters
2275 are now accepted thanks to Robert Nelson.
2276 - Windows tray status windows are scrollable and resizable.
2277 - Win32 external script execution is much more flexible -- handles
2278 spaces in names better, ...
2279 - Lots of DVD fixes -- writing DVDs is now reported to work.
2280 - Fix opening of database in a restricted console to respect
2282 - Much better automatic handling of multiple database catalogs in
2283 the restore command.
2284 - Permit multiple console/director resources in bconsole.conf.
2285 patch from Carsten Paeth calle@calle.in-berlin.de
2286 - Character substitution in Job/JobDefs WriteBootStrap.
2287 from Eric Bollengier.
2288 - Apply patch supplied in bug #656 to pass priority field
2289 in the run dialog to the Director in gnome console.
2290 - Add support of encrypted data stream to bscan from Eric.
2291 display data_len instead of data content (may be binary).
2292 - Add Enabled=xxx on update slots command.
2293 - Add host:port to connect failure messages to FD and SD from Dir/
2294 - Add WhereACL to console ACL list. If nothing is specified, only
2295 the default is permitted for restore. Otherwise, *all* allows any
2296 path, or you can specify permitted paths. This should allow control
2297 over where users can restore files. This is untested.
2298 - Install man pages with 'make install'.
2299 - Add Media.Enabled flag to client backups for dotcmds.c
2300 - Enforce Media.Enabled=1 for a current restore to work
2301 - Require restore case 3 to have sqlquery permission to work.
2302 - Add -n option to bconsole to turn off conio -- used in bweb.
2303 - The bytes field in the terminated jobs part of the status
2304 command now reports in KB, MB, ... units.
2305 - When not descending into a directory, print the File= name that
2306 triggered it -- makes why not descending a bit clearer
2307 - Do not unload autochanger when doing "update slots"
2308 - Implement mount command for autochanger
2309 - Fix bug #462 incorrect error message printed when client script called
2310 from File= was not found.
2311 - Fix bug #558 (waiting for feedback) where Bacula needs too much time to
2312 do a rewind on Solaris when no tape is in the drive (Solaris does not
2313 have the detailed errno found on Linux). Added Solaris specific code.
2314 Note, this may apply to other OSes as well.
2315 - The examples directory has a new bacula_mail_summary.sh file that
2316 creates a single email summary of any number of jobs. Submitted by
2318 - Add nagios plugin to the examples directory. Submitted by
2320 - Modify most restore error messages to be queued so that they
2321 appear at the end of the job rather than mixed with the restore
2322 listing where they could be "lost".
2323 - Apply patch supplied by user (slightly modified) to fix
2324 correct detection of holes in block devices and FIFOs.
2326 - Added a report.pl program to the examples directory from Jonas Bjorklund.
2327 - Add two new queries to query.sql provided by Arno. One
2328 list volumes known to the Storage device, and the other
2329 lists volumes possibly needing replacement (error, ...).
2330 - Implement new code for changing userid and group at startup. This
2331 should get Bacula into the correct groups.
2332 - Implement support for removable filesystems -- device type directive
2333 and mount, unmount directives.
2334 - Transfer rates are now presented in a more readable format thanks
2335 to a user submission.
2336 - SD is now aware of what volumes are mounted. More information is printed
2337 in the Status report. You must take much more care now to unmount
2338 devices prior to removing tapes that Bacula has open or prior to
2339 changing a magazine. Don't forget to do a mount afterwards or the
2340 device will be blocked.
2341 - The Pool Maximum Volumes directive is now respected in all places.
2342 - A Storage device can now be specified in a Pool resource. It will override
2343 all other Storage specifications.
2344 - Most but not all directives accept true/false in place of yes/no.
2345 - A patch from Karl Hakimian that reads JobIds, FileIndexes
2346 from a database table for restore.
2347 - There are a number of new tables. Some such as the Location table are
2348 designed for user use in doing Volume Management software.
2349 - Maximum Changer Wait, Maximum Open Wait, Maximum Rewind Wait to
2350 accept time qualifiers.
2351 - Implement jobuid to replace old usage of job in keywords as
2352 suggested by Eric Bollengier.
2353 - Implement write variables for Python to set Priority (anytime), and
2354 Job Level, only during JobInit event.
2355 - Use the keyword ujobid to mean the unique job id; job or jobname
2356 to mean the Job name given on the Name directive, and jobid to
2357 be the numeric (non-unique) job id.
2358 - Allow the SD to use multiple drives during a backup/restore (only
2360 - Integrate addition of line count limitation to bsmtp -l from
2361 Sebastian Stark <stark at tuebingen.mpg.de>
2362 - Split the bacula start/start script into four files:
2363 bacula -- starts and stops calling other scripts
2364 bacula-ctl-dir -- starts/stops the director
2365 bacula-ctl-fd -- starts/stops the File daemon
2366 bacula-ctl-sd -- starts/stops the Storage daemon
2367 - Remove automatic case folding on Windows FDs. You must
2368 explicitly use the 'Ignore Case = yes' option.
2369 - Implement wild program in tools directory for testing
2370 wild-cards. Almost identical to the regex program.
2371 - Use the new bregex.c to implement Regex expressions on Win32.
2372 - Apply patch from Christopher Hull
2373 - Allow multiple connections to database with different
2375 - Invalidate the scheduler when doing a reload. Fixes seg
2376 fault, but still 60 second window.
2377 - Additional info in Reschedule message.
2378 - Use set_jcr_job_status() everywhere to prevent loss of
2380 - Display peer IP in FD if error from connecting DIR.
2381 - Don't increment file count for DIRBEGIN.
2382 - Replace illegal characters in Win32 filename by _.
2383 - Add SE_CREATE_PERMANENT_NAME privilege in Win32.
2384 - Hash hard link filenames rather than linked list (performance).
2385 - Fix for security failure in chdir on Win32.
2386 - Add CreateDirectoryA/W win32 API entry points.
2387 - programs to duplicate Bacula's base64 algorithm using standard
2388 routines. This fixes bugs #296, and 565. Patch submitted by
2390 - Fixes to reloading the Dir conf file from Eric Bollengier and Christopher
2392 - Modify LICENSE to correct some problems pointed out by Debian.
2393 - Apply a patch submitted by cesarb in bug #606 to implement O_NOATIME support.
2394 O_NOATIME is a open() flag which makes it possible to read a file without
2395 updating the inode atime (and also without the inode ctime update which
2396 happens if you try to set the atime back to its previous value). It also
2397 prevents a race condition when two programs are reading the same file, but
2398 only one does not want to change the atime. It's most useful for backup
2399 programs and file integrity checkers (and bacula can fit on both
2401 You enable it in the Bacula FileSet Options resource by setting:
2403 The effect of this option is similar to the keepatime option except
2404 it is more efficient and avoids modifying ctime.
2405 - Implement a pile of new man pages contributed by Jose Tallon.
2406 - Modify the database format for handling Migration jobs:
2407 Add PriorJobId, RealEndTime to Job table
2409 Remove Stripe from JobMedia record (not used, wasting space)
2410 Add ScratchPoolId, RecyclePoolId, Enabled to Media record
2411 Add Cost to Location table.
2412 Enabled to Media table and Location table.
2413 - Security: harden authentication failure in FD by single threading errors
2414 and forcing a 6 second wait.
2415 - If using GCC (actually g++) add the following compiler flags
2416 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti
2417 - Turn on new bsnprintf() code. The reason for this code is to
2418 eliminate the security problems associated with using the
2419 system libraries print routines.
2420 - Implement job report that indicates where Storage and Pool
2421 came from -- with overrides and Pool storage and NextPool,
2422 it is all very complicated.
2423 - Add more detail (Storage, Device) to list of volumes printed
2425 - Add new VOLMGMT message class. No messages are yet sent with this
2427 - Improved Bacula rescue procedures -- see the Disaster Recovery
2428 chapter of the manual
2429 - Add spooling/despooling info in status output of SD.
2430 - Add Comment field to llist of a volume.
2431 - Allow true/false in many but not all yes/no directives.
2432 - The Bacula source code is now copyrighted by the Free Software
2433 Foundation Europe. The Developer's Guide documents the new procedures,
2434 and the LICENSE file has been updated.
2435 - Apply Jaime Ventura's patch that implements the Messages resource
2436 Mail On Success directive.
2437 - The Client returns its Version string, which is printed in the Job
2439 - The Client returns whether or not VSS and Encryption are used, which
2440 are printed in the Job report.
2442 Additional Features Added for Win32:
2443 - Added DriveType directive to the Director's Include Option FileSet
2444 resource. Allowed values are: fixed, removable, cdrom, and remote. There
2445 is only an implementation for Windows because it is the only platform that
2446 has the concept of drives.
2448 - Adds EnhancedWild directive to the Director's Include Option FileSet
2449 resource. Allowed values are: yes and no.
2451 When EnhancedWild is enabled then the processing of the
2452 Wild, WildDir and WildFile is changed in the following ways.
2454 Patterns conform to Posix
2455 \ is not a special character in character classification []
2456 To match a - it must be the first or last character
2457 To match a ] it must be the first character
2459 fnmatch option FNM_FILE_NAME is specified * doesn't match a /
2460 so it won't match multiple directory levels in a path
2462 - Relative WildFile patterns (ones without a leading /) match
2463 against the filename portion. This in combination with the
2464 FNM_FILE_NAME fnmatch() flag makes directives such as WildFile =
2465 abc*.def work as expected.
2467 - Adds support for the shell's feature of brace expansion.
2469 Here is an example where braces allow 24 lines to be expressed in 5.
2471 # Exclude directories full of lots and lots of useless little files
2472 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/Cookies"
2473 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/Recent"
2474 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/{Local Settings,LOCALS~1}/History"
2475 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/{Local Settings,LOCALS~1}/Temp"
2476 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/{Local Settings,LOCALS~1}/Temporary Internet Files"