1 Eric;;;25 January 2010 at 10:00
2 Bacula Version 5.0.0 has been released to Source Forge
5 -----------------------------------------------------------
6 You might be wondering why this release jumps from 3.0.x to
7 5.0.0 thus skipping version 4.0.0. We have done this for
8 several reasons: first, we wanted a way of distinguishing
9 the numbering system for the Bacula System Enterprise version
10 and the Bacula Project version. So, to do so, we have decided
11 that the first number of the Bacula Project version will always
12 be odd, and the first number of the Enterprise version will always
13 be even. Thus the Bacula Project now moves from 3.0.x to 5.0.x.
14 In addition, we want to keep the Bacula Project version larger
15 than the Enterprise version to indicate that the Bacula Project
16 version is more advanced or has more features than the
17 Enterprise version. For memory, the current Enterprise version
18 is 2.6.1, and the next release (in a few months -- before June 2010)
19 will be version 4.0.0.
22 --------------------------------------------------------------
23 Please note the three Warnings below before doing any install or
27 Changes since 3.0.3a (the last Bacula Project release):
28 -------------------------------------------------------
31 1337 1351 1352 1354 1357 1361 1367 1369 1370 1373
32 1376 1391 1403 1409 1420 1422 1427 1428 1431 1450
36 - Problem that locks the Director when the SMTP server wasn't
37 responding to the bsmtp program
38 - Restore's dir command shows incorrect file sizes
39 - Fix various problems with the reload command
40 - Fix problems with conio
41 - Eliminate several deadlocks or potential race conditions from SD
44 - Project 5: Truncate volume after purge
45 - Project 6: File Deduplication using Base Jobs
46 - Project 10: Restore from Multiple Storage Daemons
47 - Project 11: AllowCompression per Device
48 - Project 23: Add Maximum Concurent Jobs for Devices to balance load
50 - Add Accurate Fileset Options to configure accurate detection. Can use
51 checksum verification for example.
52 - Allow FD to keep root read but drop write permission (CAP)
53 - Secure handling of passwords for catalog backup
54 - Add Tab-completion for Bconsole when using Readline
55 - Add Bvfs API to query the catalog without building a memory tree
56 - Add new speed test to btape program
57 - Add new Bat screens (Autochanger content, Job view, Media view, ...)
58 - Windows version of Bat
59 - Added Spanish Bacula translation
60 - New bconsole -u nnn option to have timeout on commands
61 - Allow Migrate, Copy, and Virtual Full to read and write
63 - show disabled -- shows disabled Jobs
64 - Add Pool File and Job retention periods (take precedence over Client)
65 - Many ACL improvements
66 - Level added to FD status Job entry
67 - Allow turning on/off Block Checksum per device
68 - Set Device Poll interval to 5 minutes -- previously did not poll
69 - Implement lock manager with bad order protection
72 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
73 the same time, and on any given machine, you must run only one version
74 of Bacula. This means that on the Director and Storage daemon machines,
75 you *must* upgrade your File daemon as well.
77 Older 3.0.x and possibly 2.4.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.0.0
78 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
79 Daemons immediately. However, we recommend that you do so as soon
80 as is reasonable for your situation.
82 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
84 New Catalog format in version 5.0.0 (3.1.9 or later)
85 -----------------------------------------------------
87 This release of Bacula uses a new catalog format. We provide a set of
88 scripts that permit to convert a 3.0.x (version 11) catalog to 5.0.0 (version
89 12). The Bacula project rpms distributed on Source Forge will automatically
90 detect the database change and do the upgrade for you. We strongly
91 recommend that you save a copy of your existing database before upgrading
94 The simplest way to upgrade the database assuming you are building from
96 1. Stop any current version of Bacula from running.
97 2. Save a copy of your existing database.
98 3. Configure, build, and install the 5.0.0 version of Bacula
99 Note the new ./configure options in the manuals see the link
100 at the bottom of this file.
101 4. cd <your-scripts-installation-directory>
102 5. ./update_bacula_tables
103 6. If you have multiple catalogs, edit the update_bacula_tables
104 script and put the name of another database, and then
105 execute the script again. Repeat this until all Bacula
106 catalogs have been updated.
107 7. Start the new Bacula. If everything worked, it should
108 not print any error messages.
110 If you start from scratch, you don't need to run the update_bacula_tables
111 script because the create_bacula_tables script automatically creates the new
112 table format. However, if you are using a version of Bacula older than 3.1.9
113 (e.g. 3.0.3) then you need to run the update_bacula_tables script that will
114 be found in the <bacula>/src/cats directory after you run the ./configure
115 command. As mentioned above, before running this script, please backup your
116 catalog database, and when you do running it, be sure shutdown Bacula and be
117 aware that running the script can take some time depending on your database
119 ================================================================
122 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
123 If you upgrade a previous Win32 client installation, you must
124 first stop the File daemon, then uninstall it before attempting
125 the upgrade. If you do not do so, the upgrade will probably
126 fail and you will need to manually find and run the
127 Uninstall.exe file, before you can upgrade to the new version.
128 This is because the file locations are different. If you want
129 to save your previous bacula-fd.conf file, please do so before
131 ================================================================
133 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
134 Due to permissions problems on Windows Vista and later systems,
135 we no longer require SYSTEM or Administrator permissions to
136 access the binaries and configuation files. If you wish
137 to restrict access to these files, please see the New Features
138 section of the manual for how to set access control lists.
139 ================================================================
141 Note, the Win32 Installer no longer installs the Bacula Servers
142 (Director and Storage daemon). See the New Features section of
143 the manual for more details.
145 ============ Documentation improvements needed ==================
147 Note!!!!! The 5.0.0+ documentation has a number of known problems:
149 1. We have reduced the number of manuals, which has fixed many
150 of the broken links found in the old 3.0.x version, but there
151 are still some that need fixing.
153 2. Integration of the 3.0.x features into the main manuals has
156 The documentation will not be completed in the near future due to lack
157 manpower. If you are unhappy with this situation as we are, we suggest
158 you help by submitting patches to the documentation. Thanks.
162 This release includes large number of new features and changes.
163 It should be more or less compatible with previous xx.conf files
164 and File daemons providing that you are not using any of the new
167 Please see the New Features chapter of the new manual, which documents
168 some but not all the new features (we are still working on it):
170 http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/New_Features_in_5_0_0.html
172 The ChangeLog has more details.
177 Kern;;;18 October 2009 at 21:00
178 Bacula Version 3.0.3 has been released to Source Forge
180 Note, if you are not already running 3.0.x, read the 3.0.x release notes
183 Version 3.0.3 is primarily a important bug fix update to version 3.0.2.
187 1391, 1288, 1346, 1352, 1359, 1355, 1363, 1364, 1365, 1366, 1368,
188 1369, 1370, 1371, 1382
191 Apply James' fix for some Exchange plugin crashes
192 Integrate patch for building dmg on OSX from Lorenz Schori <lo@znerol.ch>
193 Fix bug #1391 Job status improperly set due to subtle variable overload problem
194 Fix #1352 about double free with regexp and big filenames on windows
195 Apply Graham's idea for recovering from disk full by recursing
196 when doing fixup_write_error ...
197 Make fix for VirtualFull changing device based on suggestion by
198 Nicolae Mihalache <mache@abcpages.com>
199 Fix concurrent Job recycle bug #1288
200 Backport part of one possible fix from bug #1346
201 Fix bug #1382 newly created disk volumes -> file not found warning
202 Fix Alpha ifdefing -- should fix bug #1359
203 Use old code for selecting file during restore.
204 Cherry-pick 3.1.x commits
205 tweak space on projects file
206 Fix seg fault in ignoredir code
207 Apply Frank's slash patch
208 Fix seg fault in SD bug #1371
209 3.0.2-Fix-seg-fault-in-SD-bug-1371.patch
210 Add more info when SD connection refused
211 3.0.2-Add-more-info-when-SD-connection-refused.patch
212 Fix bug #1355 Director crashes with double free in Accurate SQL query
214 Fixes bug #1368 ASSERT Failure on MacOS.
215 3.0.2-mac-path-len.patch
216 Fix #1364 and #1363 about compression buffer error.
217 3.0.2-zlib-buffer.patch
218 Fixes bug #1365 and #1366 about MacOSX resource forks.
219 3.0.2-bug-1365.patch and 3.0.2-bug-1366.patch
220 Fix "Exclude Dir Containing" fileset option
221 3.0.2-exclude-dir-containing-fd.patch
222 3.0.2-exclude-dir-containing.patch
223 3.0.2-exclude-dir-containing-top_level.patch
226 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
229 Older 3.0.x and possibly 2.4.x File Daemons are compatible with the 3.0.3
230 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
235 Kern;;;20 July 2009 at 14:49
236 Bacula Version 3.0.2 has been released to Source Forge
237 Note, if you are not already running 3.0.x, read the 3.0.x release notes
240 Version 3.0.2 is primarily a important bug fix update to version 3.0.1 with
241 some enhancements (see below).
246 1029, 1285, 1298, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1311, 1315
247 1317, 1318, 1323, 1325, 1331, 1333, 1335
250 - Fix problem with the Postgresql driver that sometime displays <NULL> values
251 - Cleanup old job records when starting the Director
252 - Fix bugs in xattr code
253 - Fix encoding problem with Postgresql
254 - Fix that prevents restore by file selection from using Copy job
257 - Security enhancement for the File Daemon
258 - New directive to specify source address for outgoing connexions
259 - Show volume availability in autochanger when doing restore.
260 This is project 31 in the projects file.
261 - Add accurate=yes/no option to estimate command
262 - Add --with-hostname, --with-bsrdir, --with-logdir to ./configure
263 - Add a restore menu that contructs a full restore when entering a JobId.
264 This is project 2 in the projects file.
265 - Add new Nagios plugin
268 Like always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
271 Older 3.0.x and possibly 2.4.x File Daemons are compatible with the 3.0.2
272 Director and Storage daemons. It should be no need to upgrade older File
276 Kern;;;30 April 2009 at 17:49
277 Bacula Version 3.0.1 has been released to Source Forge.
279 Note, if you are not already running 3.0.0, please read the 3.0.0 release notes. Important!!!
281 Version 3.0.1 is primarily a minor bug fix update to version 3.0.0 with
282 one enhancement (see below).
286 1276, 1274, 1275, 1272 1246, 1268, 1281, 1282.
289 - Check for job_canceled() in fd_plugin code.
290 - Update Win32 table creation to have new DB version 11 format
291 - Remove illegal Options in Exclude of default Win32/64 bacula-dir.conf
292 - Remove 'Reposition' messages when restoring
293 - Updated projects file
294 - Tweak version string to display versionid field at the end
295 and keep fields order.
296 - Add additional mysql connection debug code submitted by:
297 Chandranshu <chandranshu@gmail.com>
300 - Modify insertion of read Volumes in SD to be done *before* the
301 drive reservation. This ensures that a Volume to be read will not
302 be reserved for writing. Significant improvement in eliminating
303 tape deadlock situations.
305 Note, both the Director and Storage daemons must be upgraded at the
306 same time. The 3.0.1 File daemons are compatible with 3.0.0 file
307 daemons and as noted below in the 3.0.0 release notes the Director
308 and Storage daemon should be compatible with 2.4.x File daemons.
309 In general, we do not expect any of the 3.0.x File daemons to work with older
310 Directors and Storage daemons (as has always been the case for Bacula
313 ============ Documentation improvements needed ==================
315 Note!!!!! The 3.0.0+ documentation needs rather extensive modifications in the
318 1. Missing documentation.
319 2. Correction of links within various manuals -- most fail.
320 3. Integration of the new features into the main documents.
323 The documentation will not be completed in the near future due to lack
324 manpower. If you are unhappy with this situation as we are, we suggest
325 you help by submitting patches to the documentation. Thanks.
329 Kern;;;09 April 2009 at 22:30
330 Bacula Version 3.0.0 has been released to Source Forge.
332 This is to inform you that we have uploaded the Bacula version 3.0.0 source
333 tar files and the Win32/64 installer files to the Bacula Source Forge
336 There are quite a number of new features in this release, and upgrading to it
337 requires a database upgrade, so please read the release notes carefully
338 (included below) and the documentation for the new features at:
340 http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html
342 There is still a good deal of work to do to finish the release process (mainly
343 reorganizing the web site manuals ...), but at least the source files are
344 released. The rpms should follow shortly (probably this weekend).
346 If you are currently using 2.4.4, please note that within a few months that
347 version will no longer be supported, so please consider the possibility of
350 This release probably has the most new features that we have ever released,
351 and it has taken a long time to produce it. The basic code is very well
352 tested, and if you stick to 2.4.4 features, you are unlikely to experience
353 problems. However, many of the new features have not been well tested, so
354 your help will be appreciated.
356 The following issues with 3.0.0 are known and we are working on them:
358 1. The documentation is not 100% complete (there are so many new features that
359 we missed documenting some).
361 2. All the new documentation is in the New Features chapter, but not all of it
362 has yet been integrated back into the appropriate chapters.
364 3. James has reported that the Exchange plugin may crash if you cancel a job
365 while it is running. He is working on this.
367 4. The SD has many new features that will make it more stable. One in
368 particular is that it knows what Volumes will be read during a migration,
369 copy, or Virtual backup job, and will ensure that they are not selected for
370 writing (something easy to do if you are using disk files and the same pool
371 for reading an writing). However, the day after the release was cut, I found
372 a problem with this code that prevents it from working properly during
373 certain pre-allocations of the write tape.
375 5. There is still an outstanding bug report on VSS failing (it seems to be a
378 As I previously announced, we will now make 3.0.0 our main release source code
379 stream, and we hope to release new version every six months and bug fix
380 updates even sooner. To be able to do this, we will support version 2.4.4
381 only for a few more months. There after the project will only support the
382 most current release ...
384 This release comprises a lot of work by a lot of different people and many
385 contributions. Normally I hesitate to mention particular people or
386 contributions because I always forget someone, but since this was such a big
387 release, I would like to mention at least the big contributions:
389 Sponsor Company(s) - Programmer - Project
390 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Accurate Backup
391 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Catalog format enhancements
392 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - bextract non-portable Win32 data
393 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Win64 File daemon
394 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - SD deadlock detection + postmortum dump
395 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Faster Attribute despooling if DIR & FD on
397 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Virtual tape emulation
398 Bacula Systems - Kern Sibbald - USB rescue key
399 Equiinet funded development - James Harper - MS Exchange plugin
401 Personal contributions:
402 Kjetil Torgrim Homme - Regex expressions for restore in bootstrap file
403 Marco van Wieringen - ACL code overhaul
404 Marco van Wieringen - Solaris ZFS/NFSv4 ACL support
405 Marco van Wieringen - Extended Attribute support
406 Marco van Wieringen - Shared Objects
407 Dirk Bartley - Bat speedup + stability improvement + many enhancements
408 Joao Henrique Freitas - libdbi catalog driver
409 Scott Barninger - rpm packaging
410 Kern Sibbald - many big and little projects ...
411 Many people -- see the AUTHORS file.
413 Many thanks to everyone for making Bacula what it is today.
415 === List of new features ===
419 - Solaris ZFS/NFSv4 ACL support
420 - Extended Attribute support
421 --disable-xattr (default=auto)
423 --enable-libtool (default)
426 - Catalog Format Enhancements
427 - Support for more than 4 Billion file entries
429 - Duplicate Job Control
431 - bextract non-portable Win32 data
432 - State File updated at Job Termination
437 - Console Enhancements
442 - Restore seek optimization
443 - Virtual Tape Emulation
445 - RunScript Enhancements
446 - Status enhancements
447 - FD connect timeout default to 3 minutes
448 - ftruncate implemented for NFS Volumes
449 - FD Version compatibily flag
450 - Statistics Enhancements
451 - Faster Attribute despooling
452 - Document split into 6 manuals
453 - GPLv2 license now compatible with OpenSSL
455 - Postmortum dump improvements in SD
456 - Deadlock mutex detection in SD
457 - Improved Volume management in SD to avoid deadlocks.
458 - New configure install options
459 --docdir= (default=/usr/share/doc/bacula-VERSION)
460 --htmldir= (default=/usr/share/doc/bacula-VERSION/html -- bat help files)
461 --plugindir= (default=sysconfdir, where plugins will be installed)
462 - New Bare Metal Recovery with USB key. See rescue/linux/usb
467 - Exclude Dirs Containing
471 - Full/Diff/Incr Max Run Time
473 - Max Console Connections
474 - Spool Size (in Job resource)
475 - Allow Mixed Priorities
476 - Allow Duplicate Jobs
477 - Allow Higher Duplicates
478 - Cancel Queued Duplicates
479 - Cancel Running Duplicates
481 - Console (in RunScript)
483 New features from Project Items Completed for version 3.0.0
485 Item 1: Accurate restoration of renamed/deleted files
486 Item 3: Merge multiple backups (Synthetic Backup or Consolidation)
487 Item 4: Implement Catalog directive for Pool resource in Director
488 Item 5: Add an item to the restore option where you can select a Pool
489 Item 8: Implement Copy pools
490 Item 12: Add Plug-ins to the FileSet Include statements.
491 Item 13: Restore only file attributes (permissions, ACL, owner, group...)
492 Item 18: Better control over Job execution
493 Item 26: Store and restore extended attributes, especially selinux file
495 Item 27: make changing "spooldata=yes|no" possible for
496 Item 28: Implement an option to modify the last written date for volumes
497 Item n: Split documentation into several books
498 ================================
501 Release Notes for Bacula 3.0.0
503 Bacula code: Total files = 520 Total lines = 205,459 (*.h *.c *.in)
505 The diff between 2.4.4 and 2.5.x is 208,340 lines, so this release
506 represents an enormous effort.
508 This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
509 but they should be compatible with all 2.4.x File daemons, unless you
510 use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should
511 not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. However, any
512 release of version 2.5.40 or greater requires a database upgrade.
514 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
516 New Catalog format in version 3.0.0 (2.5.40 or later)
517 -----------------------------------------------------
519 This release of Bacula uses a new catalog format. We provide a set of
520 scripts that permit to convert a 2.4.x (version 10) catalog to 3.0.0 (version
521 11). The Bacula project rpms distributed on Source Forge will automatically
522 detect the database change and do the upgrade for you. We strongly
523 recommend that you save a copy of your existing database before upgrading
526 The simplest way to upgrad the database assuming you are building from
528 1. Stop any current version of Bacula from running.
529 2. Save a copy of your existing database.
530 3. Configure, build, and install the 3.0.0 version of Bacula
531 Note the new ./configure options in the manuals see the link
532 at the bottom of this file.
533 4. cd <your-scripts-installation-directory>
534 5. ./update_bacula_tables
535 6. If you have multiple catalogs, edit the update_bacula_tables
536 script and put the name of another database, and then
537 execute the script again. Repeat this until all Bacula
538 catalogs have been updated.
539 7. Start the new Bacula. If everything worked, it should
540 not print any error messages.
542 The upgrade operation will convert the FileId index field of the File table
543 from 32 bits to 64 bits. This operation will take TIME and will *temporarily*
544 DOUBLE THE SIZE of your catalog. Bacula must be shutdown during this update,
545 so, won't be able to run jobs during this period. For example, a 3 million
547 catalog will take 2 mins to upgrade on a normal machine. Don't forget to
548 backup it before executing the script.
550 If you start from scratch, you don't need to run the update_bacula_tables
551 script because the create_bacula_tables script automatically creates the new
552 table format. However, if you are using a version of Bacula older than 2.5.40
553 (e.g. 2.4.4) then you need to run the update_bacula_tables script that will
554 be found in the <bacula>/src/cats directory after you run the ./configure
555 command. As mentioned above, before running this script, please backup your
556 catalog database, and when you do running it, be sure shutdown Bacula and be
557 aware that running the script can take some time depending on your database
561 Important New configure options :
562 ----------------------
564 This release of Bacula 3.0.0 uses libtool by default
565 to generate the Bacula libraries as shared objects rather than
566 being directly linked in as in prior versions. This means that
567 the Bacula shared objects, must either be in a shared object
568 directory known to the loader or they must be in the directory
569 where the Bacula binaries are installed. It is also possible
570 to explicitly specify the libraries directory on the ./configure
571 line (--libdir=/full-path/dir), but this should not be necessary.
573 ./configure --libdir=<full-path>
575 If you have problems with libtool or you wish to use the old
576 way of building libraries and linking them into Bacula, you
577 can do so by disabling libtool on the configure command line with:
579 ./configure --disable-libtool
581 During the installation of Bacula 3.0.0, it will now install
582 bat help files (if you have configured bat). These files
583 are placed in /usr/share/doc/bacula/html by default. If you
584 want to put them elsewhere use:
586 ./configure --htmldir=<full-path>
588 During the installation of Bacula, it will now install the
589 ReleaseNotes, License, technotes, ChangeLog, and similar
590 files in /usr/share/doc/bacula by default. If you
591 want to put them elsewhere use:
593 ./configure --docdir=<full-path>
595 During the installation of Bacula, any plugins will be
596 installed in the plugindir, which is by default the
597 same as libdir (/usr/lib). You can specify an alternate
600 ./configure --with-plugindir=<full-path>
602 ==============================================================
604 This release includes large number of new features and changes.
605 It should be more or less compatible with previous xx.conf files
606 and File daemons providing that you are not using any of the new
609 Please see the New Features chapter of the new manual, which documents
610 some but not all the new features (we are still working on it):
612 http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html
614 The ChangeLog has more details.
617 Kern;;;03 Nobember 2008 at 17:35
618 Critical 2.4.3-orphaned-jobs.patch released
619 We recently found and corrected a serious bug in Bacula that causes jobs to be
620 orphaned or "stuck" in the director during the pruning process. Depending on
621 what jobs get stuck and how many there are, it could prevent additional jobs
622 from running. As best we can tell, this problem occurs only during what could
623 be called extreme pruning conditions -- i.e. there are insufficient Volumes
624 available for normal operations.
626 In any case, we recommend that everyone apply the 2.4.3-orphaned-jobs.patch,
627 which you can find in the bacula-patches section of the Source Forge download
628 area as well as in the directory patches of both the trunk and Branch-2.4 SVN.
631 Kern;;;12 October 2008 at 10:30am
632 Creation of Bacula Systems SA
633 Dear Members of the Bacula Community,
635 I'm pleased to announce the creation of Bacula Systems S.A., a new company to
636 provide professional support and service for Bacula. I believe you will be
637 pleased to see how we have married a strong commitment to the ethos of honest
638 open source software with the availability of services desired by a wide
639 range of Bacula users.
641 As many of you know, I began work on Bacula in 2000 and released the first
642 public version in April 2002 to Source Forge. Although I have personally
643 written a very substantial part of the code, I offer sincere thanks to the
644 many members of the community who have provided ideas, fixes, testing, and
645 contributions of code, without which Bacula would not be what it is today.
646 It has been a labor of love and I am pleased that so many people have found
649 Before telling you more about Bacula Systems, let me reiterate my unfaltering,
650 ongoing commitment to open source software and the Bacula open source
651 project. The code for Bacula and all future releases will remain available as
652 free open source software under the GPL license that I transferred to the
653 protection of the Free Software Foundation of Europe. Unlike some other open
654 source projects, there will be no separate "enterprise" or proprietary
655 version of the Bacula source code. www.bacula.org will continue to be the
656 home for Bacula project development.
658 So, why create Bacula Systems? The company was created to respond to requests
659 from users who want professional support with guaranteed levels of service
660 and response times. To ensure continuity and the highest level of knowledge
661 transfer, I will take the position of Chairman of the Board and Chief
662 Technical Officer of Bacula Systems S.A..
664 Several members of the Bacula community have joined me to start the company.
665 The other team members are also strongly dedicated to the spirit of keeping
666 Bacula open and free while simultaneously offering commercial services to
667 those for whom it is essential in making the decision to deploy Bacula.
668 Bacula Systems is self-financed -- the initial capital comes from the
669 founders; no outside venture capital was sought or accepted. This means we
670 have the power to establish the company's priorities and we can remain
671 dedicated to "honest open source". Bacula Systems S.A. is a Swiss company
672 with offices in Yverdon-les-Bains, and with branches in France and Germany
673 initially. We will open additional branches as business requires.
675 I will continue to support development of Bacula via bacula.org and the Bacula
676 community. Future developments will be in the "community" code base which
677 will remain free. Bacula Systems will offer "funded development" to
678 customers who wish to accelerate the addition of certain features to Bacula.
679 Code developed this way will be contributed to the free distribution and will
680 be available to the entire community at no charge. Bacula Systems will
681 provide additional fee-based services, including high quality consulting,
682 training, documentation and certified binaries.
684 Our goal in establishing Bacula Systems is to be inclusive of the community,
685 and expand it by creating opportunities for members of the Bacula community
686 through a well-defined Partner Program. If you provide IT services or
687 consulting, the Bacula Systems Partner Program can provide you with the
688 additional back-up (pardon the pun) support you need to serve your customers
691 Our plan is to develop an international network of partners who offer high
692 value added services to Bacula users -- installing, configuring and optimizing
693 Bacula for their customers, as well as Level 3 and 4 support, with guaranteed
694 service levels. We will also provide training and tools to our partners.
696 The Bacula project website, www.bacula.org, and Source Forge will be unchanged
697 in the mission and ideals of being free sources of information, mail lists
698 and forum-based support for and by the community. Both Bacula source code and
699 Bacula binaries will continue to be available for free, as in the past, and
700 new releases will also be available for free. The new commercial website,
701 www.baculasystems.com will provide information on commercial subscriptions
702 for those users who want guaranteed levels of service, support, documentation
703 and certified binaries.
705 All members of the Bacula community are encouraged to register for free at
706 www.baculasystems.com, so that you will receive announcements and news about
707 our commercial activities, and so that you can send feedback to our new
708 company, Bacula Systems.
710 Thank you for your interest and participation in the Bacula community.
717 Kern;;;11 October 2008 at 11:30am
718 Bacula version 2.4.3 Released
719 This is to let you know that the source tar files and the Win32 binaries for
720 Bacula version 2.4.3 have been released to the Bacula Source Forge download
724 This is a bug fix to version 2.4.2. All daemons are compatible
725 with other 2.4.x versions.
728 1159, 1162. 1149, 1128, 1143, 1140, 1129
731 - Apply 2.4.2-cancel-non-running-jobs.patch to be able to cancel
732 a non created job faster.
733 - This should correct bug #1159 where Migration does not properly
734 respect the Migration Low Bytes directive.
735 - Fix typo in configure.in that breaks --with-db-password option
736 - This code should fix the race condition that leads to a Director
737 crash at job end time when the job list is updated. This was reported
739 - Remove all double quotes from SQLite creating script and
740 replace by single quotes as suggested by John Huttley.
741 - Fix SQL case problem that may cause the failure of DiskToCatalog
743 - Copy missing storage name into edit buffer. As far as I can tell
744 this never caused a bug.
745 - Remove catalog dependency for bcopy
746 - Modify catalog scripts to have an easier packaging integration,
747 using default variables.
748 Make difference between SQLite3 and SQLite in db_get_type()
749 - Attempt to fix bug #1128 InChanger flag cleared during Migration
750 job when reading from one autochanger and writing to another.
751 - Add more information to SD acquire.c INFO messages.
752 - Fix NULL Volume name error when reading and the drive must
754 - Fix a Verify InitCatalog problem where in certain cases
755 a garbage filename may be entered in the verification database. This
757 - Add space after version before date in bat about dialog.
758 - Fix seg fault in Dir during estimate command with no level value
759 given. This fixes bug #1140.
760 - Add message to migration job when the target job is already migrated.
761 This closes bug #1129.
763 Unless some really serious new bug shows up, this will be the last release
764 until the next major version (3.0.0), which we hope will be ready around the
768 Kern;;;26 July 2008 at 10:30am
769 Bacula version 2.4.2 Released
770 This is to inform you that we have released the source and Win32 binaries of
771 Bacula version 2.4.2 to the Bacula Source Forge download area.
773 This is an important bug fix release since version 2.4.1.
776 1034, 1125, 1118, 1124, 1107, 1129, 1126
780 - When a migration job actually runs, re-check the Job record
781 and skip if the job is already migrated. This should
782 significantly reduce the problems with bug #1129.
783 - Break the do_swapping into do_unload, do_swapping, and
784 do_load. It is much more logical that way.
785 - Implement a set_dcr_from_vol subroutine in acquire.c for
786 reading volumes. This allows the dcr to be refreshed after being
787 zapped when the wrong volume is mounted. This should fix bug #1126 -
788 - During multiple tape restore, bacula
789 does not ask for physical tape change, but rereads same tape
790 - Apply patch submitted for bug #1107 with a small modification.
791 This fixes a bug where bcopy copied too many records.
792 - Make some tweaks to bsmtp based on patch submitted in bug #1124.
793 This fixes bug #1124.
794 - Make the default bat restore Pool be Any. This fixes bug #1118.
795 - Fix bug #1125 which reports a SD crash at the end of a tape
796 during restore. It was a debug statement that should not be
798 - Fix #1034 by setting big timeout on mysql connections
799 - Do partial integration of the Win32 bat build created by Eric.
800 - Ensure that SD tried to mount a volume not in an autochanger
801 at least once before asking for operator intervention.
802 - Fix a pthreads bug in the Win32 pthreads emulation code affects only
803 version 2.5.x and above.
806 Kern;;;7 July 2008 at 10:30am
807 Bacula version 2.4.1 Released
808 This is to inform you that we have released the source and Win32 binaries of
809 Bacula version 2.4.1 to the Bacula Source Forge download area.
812 1103, 1100, 1105, 1094, 1109, 1106, 1101, 1102, 1112
816 - Clear in-use bit on vol when unused while swapping.
817 - Remove sleep at end of ./bacula
818 - Clear hash packet for hardlinked files correctly. This corrects
819 a long standing bug where hardlinked files selected individually
820 would occasionally not be restored.
821 - Apply Eric's patch to ensure that autoprune does not return
822 a Volume not in the autochanger unless requested to do so.
823 - Correct bat restore display of multiple drives. This fixes
825 - Do find_a_volume() each time an unload is done. This
826 fixes the failure of maxvol2-test.
827 - Use Qmsg() in job.c watchdog callback.
828 - Release main control rwlock if ABORTing.
829 - Make watchdog connect timeout queue messages rather than sending
830 directly to avoid lock conflicts with the real thread.
831 - Remove const char that causes problems with Python, which has
832 older 'incorrect' headers.
833 - Add const char in dbd.c to avoid compiler warnings.
834 - Fix mtx-changer to detect both versions of Ubuntu (Debian)
835 mt. This fixes bug #1116.
836 - Fix failure of 2drive-concurrent-test. Always read label;
837 clear_unload() only after drive is defined in acquire_for_read().
838 - Generally clean up the manual tape loading code. The main
839 conceptial change is that when a volume is marked to be unloaded,
840 its volume name is retained, and it is only marked as unloaded
841 when either the autoloader says it is unloaded or another tape
842 is read on that drive.
843 - Fix a recycling problem with two autochangers reported in bug
844 #1106. This may also (unlikely) fix a second recycling bug as
846 - Fix a SD lock volumes deadlock problem reported in bug #1100.
847 - Fix format problem in bscan output reported in bug #1105.
848 - Copy more data when restarting a job so that run
849 overrides are kept. This should fix bug #1094.
850 - Backport updates to jobq.c where possible.
851 - Fix bug where SD did not ask operator if the device could not
852 be opened. Reported by Eric.
853 - Add dbuser to DIR conf file (replaces user).
854 - Add --with-db-password to ./configure
855 - Fix regress to handle db_password.
856 - Fix a couple of pedantic compiler warnings.
857 - Fix bug when starting a restore on a storage that doesn't
858 have the requested MediaType.
859 - More work on word alignments -- eliminate all ints from
860 the configuration routines.
861 - Fix bug reported by Scott Barninger where the bacula script
862 refers to scripts in the wrong directory. Needed to meet the
863 requirements of recent FHS location changes.
864 - Fix word alignment problem on non-Intel 64 bit machines
865 such as Solaris. This should fix bug #1097 -- bus error in SD.
866 - Add missing win32/patches/wxWidgets.patch to 2.4 repository.
870 Kern;;;4 Jun 2008 at 10:30am
871 Bacula version 2.4.0 Released
872 This is to inform you that we have released the source and Win32 binaries of
873 Bacula version 2.4.0 to the Bacula Source Forge download area.
875 This release consists mainly of a number of bug fixes since 2.2.x
876 but most importantly, a rewrite of significant portions of the
877 Storage daemon reservation and autochanger code. This rewritten
878 code is simpler, more stable, and works much better, particularly
879 with multiple drive autochangers than the prior code did. That
880 said, there are still a number of issues to be resolved. Note,
881 the new code has not been tested in manual volume mount situations.
883 As usual, we strongly recommend when installing to keep the Director and the
884 Storage daemon on the same version. However, since this release only
885 contains refactored code and bug fixes rather than new features, the clients
886 (File daemons) should function perfectly with any 2.2.x version, and there is
887 no database upgrade needed.
889 =====================================================
891 Release Notes for Bacula 2.4.0
893 Bacula code: Total files = 500 Total lines = 188,654 (*.h *.c *.in)
895 This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
896 but they should be compatible with all 2.0.x File daemons, unless you
897 use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should
898 not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. There is
899 no database upgrade needed from version 2.0.x to 2.2.0 nor from version
900 2.2.x to version 2.4.0
902 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
903 As of Version 2.4.0, the Win32 FD should not descend into
904 any reparse point directory or reparse mount points unless the
905 specified directory is explicitly mentioned at the top level of
906 FileSet (as with Unix). A file that is linked to another file will
907 be backed up, much like Unix hardlinked files. If you want
908 reparse directories backed up, you must explicitly include them
910 ======================================================
912 This release consists mainly of a number of bug fixes since 2.2.x
913 but most importantly, a rewrite of significant portions of the
914 Storage daemon reservation and autochanger code. This rewritten
915 code is simpler, more stable, and works much better, particularly
916 with multiple drive autochangers than the prior code did. That
917 said, there are still a number of issues to be resolved. Note,
918 the new code has not been tested in manual volume mount situations.
921 1095, 1086, 1091, 1070, 1041, 1083, 1078, 1066, 1068, 1038
922 1062, 1065, 1046, 1047, 1031
925 - You can now build bat without the QWT libraries. Use
926 --without-qwt as a ./configure option.
928 Release Version 2.4.0
929 - Update version to 2.4.0 to reflect the magnitude of the SD changes.
930 - Make sure to clear JS_WaitMedia when operator mounts a Volume.
931 This fixes bug #1095.
932 - Add create_postgresql_database.sql to Win32 installer. Should
933 fix problem reported by Juilio Monteiro.
934 - Get correct slot when auto unloading a device. This fixes bug
936 - Fix possible seg fault if SQL error.
937 - Fix renaming a Volume, which used the wrong Volume name.
938 - If operator has rewind tape, print warning, release tape and
939 try once more. If tape is positioned somewhere, something went
940 wrong, so mark the tape in error and try once more. Previously
941 this error was fatal, now it produces an error message.
942 - Ensure correct volume name displayed during restore
943 - Fix a few more Coverity reported problems.
944 - Fix #1091 about bad output in estimate command.
945 - Modify autochanger locking to attempt to avoid race
947 - Make sure device not busy before doing label command.
948 - Display open() errors except when polling. Previously too
949 many were suppressed. This should fix bug #1070.
950 - Fix Win32 reparse points. Bacula will not recurse into any
951 reparse point directory, including mount points, unless the
952 directory is explicitly mentioned at the top level (same as
953 with Unix). A file that is linked to another file will be
954 backed up -- much as Unix does for hardlinked files.
955 This fixes bug #1041.
956 - Remove StorageId test when pruning and recycling (Eric's changes).
957 - Fix buffer overruns detected by Coverity.
958 - Implement --without-qwt
959 - Fix layout of restore tree dialog
960 - Add configure bat QWT libraries, so that bat can be built
961 with or without the QWT libaries.
962 - Implement regression that explicitly tests swapping a Volume
963 from one drive to another.
964 - Enhance disk-changer to detect most error conditions.
965 - Fix SD code so that it properly swaps a Volume between drives.
966 This fixes bug #1083.
967 - Prevent a Volume that is being swapped from being freed from
968 the volume list. This will most likely fix, at least partially,
970 - Fix strippath so that it does not get a buffer overrun and crash FD.
971 This fixes bug #1078.
972 - Make inability to change owner/group when creating a dir only a
973 warning rather than an error.
974 - Fix SQL query in migration code
975 - Fix bat seg fault at termination.
976 - Add Bacula generated version to bat about box.
977 - Backport development stream SD reservation system changes.
978 - When wrong volume is mounted during read, unload_autochanger.
979 - Stop searching for Volumes in SD askdir if DIR returns the
980 same volume name twice in a row.
981 - Rework class structures for VOLRES, DCR, and DEVICE to make
982 the method names a bit more logical, and for more logically
983 handling the responsibilities.
984 - Remove redundant code in terminating the scheduler that just
985 causes a seg fault in many cases.
986 - Improve algorithm for detecting pre-reserved volume and
988 - Prevent volume from being released while being swapped.
989 - Refactor parts of stored/mount.c
990 - Add sanity checks for VolWriteTime and VolReadTime
991 - Take care of bad clock changes while computing VolWriteTime
992 and VolReadTime. This should fix or limit #1066
993 - Correct error string numbers in dird/catreq.c
994 - Restructure reserving, acquiring, and mounting volumes. Calls to
995 autochanger are deferred for mount.c -- simplifes the code.
996 - Do not prune any running job. It just fails the job.
997 - Lock the volumes when changing dev->reserved_device and marking
998 the volume unused otherwise the device can get reserved by
999 another job before the volume is released, thus blocking it.
1000 - Correct some SD catalog request error messages.
1001 - Turn off code in read_record that causes a seg fault in the SD
1002 when reading past an EOS_LABEL.
1003 - Turn off unloading the autochanger in reserve.c as it just
1005 - Lock volumes when unreserving a device.
1006 - Do not mark volume unused when recycling.
1007 - Fix bug #1068 fixes a SD crash when using Virtual autochanger.
1008 - Generate correct JobMedia records during spooling/despooling when
1009 running concurrent jobs. Thanks to Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
1010 <tih@hamartun.priv.no> for excellent analysis and testing.
1011 - *Massive* commit of all fixes and back ports to create 2.2.9
1012 Mostly SD reservations enhancements.
1013 - Fix Win32 FD backup/restore memory leak due to improper termination
1014 of BackupRead/Write. This fixes bug# 1038.
1015 - Fixes a StorageId problem with volumes after migration.
1016 - Implements autostart scripts for Debian
1017 - Fix mtx-changer.in for broken Debian mt program.
1018 - Apply doc fix from bug #1062.
1019 - Resolve crash and improper restore wx-console Win32 restore
1020 GUI. Fixes bug #1065.
1021 - Update Win32 wxWidgets to latest version.
1022 - Attempt to do correct handling of Win32 mount points. Should
1024 - Add const to AIX prototype for initgroups()
1025 - Fix to the JobMedia patch, which introduced a new problem.
1026 - Fix creating first JobMedia record during Migration to include
1027 proper index. This caused slow restores of migrated jobs.
1028 - Fix bug #1047, do not strip paths on symbolic links.
1029 - Set catalog backup database and user name from values specified on
1030 the ./configure line.
1031 - Apply patch to correct bug #1031, about wrong pool source information
1035 Kern;;;27 Jan 2008 at 10:30am
1036 Bacula version 2.2.8 Released
1037 Bacula version 2.2.8 source tar files as well as the Win32
1038 binaries are available in the bacula and Win32 release areas
1039 of Source Forge. I have hidden the previous BETA release
1041 Version 2.2.8 is a bug fix to version 2.2.7 and has a few
1042 additional bugs fixed than the BETA 2.2.8 version previously
1044 - It fixes bugs: 1036, 1033(doc), 1028, 1040, 1045(doc), 1030,
1045 1042(partially), and possibly bugs 1018 and 1032.
1046 Bugs 1018 and 1032 involve problems with multiple-drive autochangers,
1047 and are difficult to reproduce.
1048 See the ChangeLog for more details.
1049 Note, if you previously loaded version 2.2.8 BETA, you will probably
1050 want to upgrade, but it is not urgent ...
1054 Kern;;;9 Jan 2008 at 20:30
1055 Bacula version BETA 2.2.8 Released
1056 Bacula version 2.2.8 source tar files as well as the Win32
1057 binaries are available in the bacula-beta and
1058 Win32-beta release areas of Source Forge
1060 Version BETA 2.2.8 is a bug fix to version 2.2.7:
1061 - It fixes bugs: 1036, 1033(doc), 1028, and possibly 1018 and 1032.
1062 Bugs 1018 and 1032 involve problems with multiple-drive autochangers.
1065 Kern;;;24 Dec 2007;;20:30
1066 Bacula version 2.2.7 Released
1067 Bacula version 2.2.7 source tar files as well as the Win32
1068 binaries are available in the Bacula release area of Source Forge
1070 Version 2.2.7 has several new features and several important bug fixes
1071 since version 2.2.6:
1072 - It fixes bugs: 1009, 1022, 1024, 1019, 1012, 1021, 1020
1073 1007, 1008. For more details, please see the technotes-2.1 file.
1074 - Fixed a seg fault reported by Frank Sweetser that depended on
1075 exact path lengths, but the problem was in bsnprintf.c
1076 - Double quoting include filenames (@xxx) in Bacula conf files is now
1077 possible, thanks to a patch by Michael Stapelberg.
1078 - You can pipe input to include filenames (@|prog) by using a vertical
1079 bar, thanks to the above patch.
1080 - A daylight savings time bug in the Win32 bsmpt was fixed by a patch from
1082 - Marc Cousins submitted a patch that permits building the PostgreSQL
1083 driver with version 8.3.
1084 - The configure option --archivedir has been changed to --with-archivedir
1086 Kern;;;9 Nov 2007;;15:25
1087 Bacula version 2.2.6 Released
1088 Bacula version 2.2.6 source tar files as well as the Win32
1089 binaries are available in the Bacula release area of Source Forge.
1091 This release is a minor fix upgrade to version 2.2.5,
1092 and we recommend that all users upgrade when they can.
1094 Version 2.2.6 is a minor bug fix realease to version 2.2.5
1095 - It fixes bugs: #1003, 942, 982, 990(response only), 991,
1097 - Fix bat crash wen it cannot connect to Director.
1098 - Fix joblist failure bug in bat.
1100 Kern;;;9 Oct 2007;;15:25
1101 Bacula version 2.2.5 Released
1102 Despite the fact that the Release Notes are rather short, the bug
1103 fixes represent quite a lot of work:
1105 Version 2.2.5 is a major bug fix release to version 2.2.4
1106 - It fixes the following bugs: #961, 962, 963, 969, 968, 960,
1107 964, (possibly 935 and 903), 953, 953, 967, 966, 965, 954,
1108 957, 908, 958, and 955.
1109 - It also improves listing performance problems in bat pointed
1110 out by Chris Howells.
1112 Kern;;;29 Sept 2007;;20:30
1113 A serious data loss bug in Bacula version 2.2.4 found and fixed
1115 This bug was very elusive and time consuming to track down. It
1116 turned out to be a race condition that can lose the last one or
1117 two blocks of a Job, which can happen in rare cases only when
1118 running multiple simultaneous jobs when a volume fills and one
1119 Job finishes receiving the last data from the FD and at the same
1120 time a second job detects the end of the Volume. The bug was
1121 introduced in version 2.0.0 and did not exist in version 1.38.x.
1122 If the bug is triggered, the data is lost (not written to the
1123 Volume), and it can occur for any backup job of any level under
1124 the conditions noted above.
1126 The bug is reported in the bugs database as bug #964, and just
1127 this morning I found and tested a fix, which is attached as a patch
1128 to the bug report. The patch (2.2.4-lost-block.patch) is also
1129 uploaded to the bacula-patches 2.2.x release area. This bug may
1130 also be part of the problems reported in bug #935 and possibly
1133 Also in the bacula-patches 2.2.x area, you will find other
1134 patches that fixes bugs #953, 966, 967, 965, 958, 908, and
1135 955. Please refer to bugs.bacula.org for the details.
1137 Though this bug quite serious (data loss), it should be rare.
1138 However, we recommend everyone to apply the patch.
1140 Kern;;;2007/9/14;;;14:30
1141 Bacula version 2.2.4 Released
1143 This version of Bacula is a minor bug release to version 2.2.3.
1144 It contains the following fixes:
1146 - Possible fix for authorization problems bug #953.
1147 - Possible fix for bug #908.
1148 - Add waits to multiple exit detection code to try to force pid
1149 file to always be deleted.
1150 - Restore good dev.tar.gz to rescue set appropriate binary property.
1151 This fixes bug #950.
1152 - Fix seg fault in error exit of acquire_for_read after unsuccessfully
1153 trying to switch drives by checking for blocking before unblocking.
1155 - Cancel storage daemon in all cases where FD reports error. This
1156 should fix virtually all cases of bug #920 and will ensure that Devices
1157 are released as soon as possible.
1158 - Fix error message that was clobbered when Dir tells SD it does not
1159 have write permission on Volume. This should fix a minor point
1160 in bug #942, but not the main problem.
1161 - Fix migration code to get correct Volume name with multiple volumes
1162 by skipping |. Fixes bug #936.
1163 - Implement patch supplied by Landon to fix bug #944 where using
1164 TLS with bconsole uses 99+% of the CPU.
1165 - Fix bug #946 about "bacula-dir -t" which doesn't works
1167 - Using "m" in bconsole will show messages as in prior versions
1168 and not memory usage.
1170 - Note, you need GTK >= 2.10 to be able to link the Tray Monitor
1173 Kern;;;2007/9/9;;;14:30
1174 I regret to announce that there is a rather serious bug in Bacula.
1176 Bacula bug #935 reports that during a restore, a large number of files are
1177 missing and thus not restored. This is really quite surprising because we
1178 have a fairly extensive regression test suite that explicitly tests for this
1179 kind of problem many times.
1181 Despite our testing, there is indeed a bug in Bacula that has the following
1184 1. It happens only when multiple simultaneous Jobs are run (regardless of
1185 whether or not data spooling is enabled), and happens only when the
1186 Storage daemon is changing from one Volume to another -- i.e. the
1187 backups span multiple volumes, and it only happens for Jobs writing
1190 2. It has only been observed on disk based backup, but not on tape.
1192 3. Under the right circumstances (timing), it could and probably does happen
1195 4. It seems to be timing dependent, and requires multiple clients to
1196 reproduce, although under the right circumstances, it should be reproducible
1197 with a single client doing multiple simultaneous backups.
1199 5. Analysis indicates that it happens most often when the clients are slow
1200 (e.g. doing Incremental backups).
1202 6. It has been verified to exist in versions 2.0.x and 2.2.x.
1204 7. It should also be in version 1.38, but could not be reproduced in testing,
1205 perhaps due to timing considerations or the fact that the test FD daemons
1208 8. The data is correctly stored on the Volume, but incorrect index (JobMedia)
1209 records are stored in the database. (the JobMedia record generated during
1210 the Volume change contains the index of the new Volume rather than the
1211 previous Volume). This will be described in more detail below.
1213 9. You can prevent the problem from occurring by either turning off multiple
1214 simultaneous Jobs or by ensuring that while running multiple simultaneous
1215 Jobs that those Jobs do not span Volumes. E.g. you could manually mark
1216 Volumes as full when they are sufficiently large.
1218 10. If you are not running multiple simultaneous Jobs, you will not be
1219 affected by this bug.
1221 11. If you are running multiple simultaneous Jobs to tapes, I believe there is
1222 a reasonable probability that this problem could show up when Jobs are split
1225 12. If you are running multiple simultaneous Jobs to disks, I believe there is
1226 a high probability that this problem will show up when Jobs are split across
1229 13. The bug concerns only the Storage daemon so there is no need to update
1230 the clients, though I do recommend updating the Director when installing
1231 an updated Storage daemon.
1233 I have uploaded patches to bug #935 (bugs.bacula.org) that will correct
1234 version 2.2.0, 2.2.1, and 2.2.2. The patch has been tested only on version
1235 2.2.2 and passes all regression tests as well as the specific test that
1236 reproduced the problem.
1238 The patch has now been confirmed to fix the problem reported, and Bacula
1239 version 2.2.3 has been released to Source Forge.
1241 For the technical details of the bug, please see:
1243 http://www.bacula.org/downloads/bug-935.txt
1247 Kern;;;2007/8/11;;;14:30
1249 Bacula Version 2.2.0 has been released to Source Forge.
1251 Release Notes for Bacula 2.2.0
1253 Bacula code: Total files = 520 Total lines = 195,550 (*.h *.c *.in)
1254 82 new files, 41,221 new lines of code, 208,380 lines of change from 2.0.3
1256 This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
1257 but they should be compatible with all 2.0.x File daemons, unless you
1258 use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should
1259 not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. There is
1260 no database upgrade needed from version 2.0.x to 2.2.0.
1262 Areas requiring caution or testing:
1263 - You must have the thread safe version of MySQL client libraries loaded
1264 to build with MySQL enabled.
1265 - Volumes are pruned only when absolutely necessary -- this may cause
1266 your database to grow compared to prior Bacula versions.
1267 - Solaris door and even port files are no longer restored (equivalent
1268 to what we do with sockets).
1269 - SQLite is no longer supported for Solaris -- it fails too often with
1270 bus errors. SQLite3 should work on Solaris.
1271 - The default setting for SQLite3 is now 'PRAGMA synchronous=OFF'.
1272 This makes it run 30 times faster, but increases the possiblity
1273 of a corrupted database if your server shuts down unexpectedly.
1274 The default behavior can be changed in src/version.h
1275 - Restore on Win32, and in particular on Vista is untested. Please
1276 test before relying on it. It should backup and restore reparse
1278 - Win32 servers are untested, and very likely not to work.
1280 The major new features are:
1281 - Much faster insertion of attributes (somewhere around 10 times),
1282 many thanks to Eric Bollengier and Marc Cousin.
1283 - First release of bat (Bacula Administration Tool). Note to build
1284 bat you must explicitly enable it on the ./configure line, you
1285 must have the Qt4 version 4.2 or later libraries loaded, the qwt
1286 (Qt Graphics) package loaded, and qmake and the other Qt4 tools
1287 must be available. Most of the implementation was done by Dirk Bartley.
1288 - Red/Black restore in memory tree (500 times faster loading).
1289 - The Regex Where code to allow easier relocation of restored files
1291 - Socket level heartbeat for all connections (untested).
1292 - posix_fadvise() use in the FD to improve performance reduces
1293 swapping due to opening/reading lots of files. Win32 equivalent
1295 - Much improved Volume reservation code that should eliminate most
1296 conflicts experienced in multiple drive autochangers.
1297 - Simpler locking in the SD in the reservation system.
1298 - Detection of file size/date change during backup if enabled.
1299 - New Recycle Pool feature -- thanks to Eric.
1300 - Efficient implementation of very large include/exclude lists.
1301 - Volumes are no longer pruned during 'status dir'
1302 - Pruning is now more efficient, and if a Volume is purged,
1303 during pruning, it is immediately discovered.
1304 - License is now GPL v2 without modifications, fix a few copyright
1305 mistakes made when adding FSFE copyright notice.
1307 New ./configure options:
1308 - --enable-bwx-console
1313 - --enable-batch-insert
1315 New bconsole commands:
1318 - update recyclepool
1321 - .pwd (in restore tree)
1322 - restoreclient (keyword)
1323 - backupclient (keyword)
1324 - regexwhere (keyword)
1325 - update jobid (new command)
1326 - recyclepool (keyword)
1329 - Heartbeat Interval (bconsole.conf)
1330 - Heartbeat Interval (bacula-dir.conf in Director, Client, Storage)
1331 - TLS Allowed CN (bacula-dir.conf in Client)
1332 - Regex Where (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
1333 - Strip Prefix (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
1334 - Add Prefix (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
1335 - Add Suffex (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
1336 - Recycle Pool (bacula-dir.conf in Pool)
1337 - FailJobOnError (bacula-dir.conf in RunScript)
1338 - CheckFileChanges (bacula-dir.conf in FileSet)
1339 - StripPath (bacula-dir.conf in FileSet)
1341 Other features or bug fixes:
1342 - Fixed bugs: 916, 910, 917, 914, 906, 907,
1343 842, 830, 893, 861, 888, 886, 807, 877, 872
1344 885, 887, 864, 874, 882, 881, 863, 859,
1345 856, 854, 845, 847, 846, 809, 772,
1346 822, 825, 824, 808, 802, 797, 798, 795, 789, 791,
1347 788, 780, 763, 782, 612, 767, 775, 621, 772, 764,
1348 766, 621, 761, 755, 750, 741, 747, 742, 744, and 743.
1349 - Configure bat with --enable-bat. Define qwt libraries with
1350 --with-qwt=<dir>. See Installation chapter of manual for details.
1351 - Create a depkgs-qt package that has both Qt4 and qwt, which are
1352 needed to build bat. Most modern Linux systems will have both
1353 these packages in the distro.
1354 - Storage overrides delete all previous storage definitions instead
1356 - One should be able to mount and unmount removable devices if the
1357 Device resource has Removeable Media set and the mount and unmount
1358 directives are defined.
1359 - ./configure will do a better job of searching for qwt libraries.
1360 - The Win32 version can no longer be shutdown from the tray monitor.
1361 Use the command line or the Services panne.
1362 - Keep prune_volumes() from pruning the whole Scratch pool.
1363 - More debug output in status storage.
1364 - Correct moving a Scratch volume from pool to pool (some
1365 critical columns were lost).
1366 - Different locking in reservations and despooling systems,
1367 which means more micro-locking and less macro-locking, which
1368 should give a lot more concurrency at the expense of slightly
1369 (<0.1%) more overhead due to more locking/unlocking, but
1370 concurrent jobs should run much faster.
1371 - Additional drive reservation algorithm that should solve a lot of
1372 the problems experienced with multiple drive autochangers.
1373 - Storage daemon status command enhanced to more clearly show Volume,
1374 pool and media type when a job is waiting.
1375 - Made bsmtp work with more strict SMTP servers.
1376 - Detect doubly freed buffers in smartall.c
1377 - wx-console renamed to bwx-console (Fedora request)
1378 - gnome-console renamed to bgnome-console (Fedora request)
1379 - Migration preserves original job's FileSetId
1380 - Spooling implemented for migration jobs.
1381 - Config files can be read through a pipe, by specifying a leading |
1382 in front of the configuration path/filename.
1383 - New memory command (bconsole) that will print the current Director's
1384 memory usage, and an in use buffer dump.
1385 - Console name changed from *Console* to -Console- to accomodate Win32
1386 filename restrictions.
1387 - Corrected the Win32 ftruncate bug.
1388 - Additional version information added to Job reports.
1389 - New -8 option for bsmtp to specify UTF-8 encoding type.
1390 - bsmtp will no longer add < > to target (from, to, cc) if there
1391 is already a < in the target.
1392 - Prefer Mounted Volumes extended to mean a volume that is being
1393 mounted by another job.
1394 - Runscript timing set to same as version 1.38.11
1395 - New TLS Allowed CN directive(s) permitted.
1396 - New bconsole 'exec' command to run external script/command.
1397 - Turn on FreeBSD/OpenBSD code to set EOT model on tape.
1398 - Drop from root done before database is opened.
1399 - Database user and name can be configured with:
1400 --with-db-name=name --with-db-user=user
1401 - Turn on wait_for_drive in mtx-changer script.
1402 - Rework how bar codes are handled in mtx-changer script.
1403 This appears to have been an unreported bug.
1404 - Updated nagios plugin supplied by Christian Masopust
1405 - Better restricted console ACL checking.
1406 - New Client Connect Wait directive in Storage daemon so that
1407 users can configure how long SD waits for FD connection.
1408 - Bacula will no longer permit pruning of the currently running
1409 job (note, if other jobs are running, they may be pruned).
1410 - Sockets are no longer restored.
1411 - dbcheck works in 300K chunks so will typically run faster.
1412 - Include/Exclude lists can now be efficiently handled for quite
1413 large sizes -- tens of thousands of entries.
1414 - Several memory leaks in migration and database usage were fixed.
1415 - New console keyword restoreclient, which specifies the client to
1416 which the restore will be sent. The client keyword specifies
1417 the backup client. The restoreclient keyword is optional if it is
1418 not specified, the backup client will also be the restore client.
1419 - The disk file size is now checked to ensure that it agrees with the
1420 catalog value before Bacula will append to the disk (same as tape
1425 Kern;;;2007/3/6;;;14:30
1427 Bacula Version 2.0.3 has been released to Source Forge.
1428 This is a bug fix release to version 2.0.2. If you are upgrading from
1429 a version older than 2.0.0, please be sure to read the important notes
1432 Also, please check the patches directory in the current SVN or the
1433 patches release section on Source Forge for important bug fixes to
1437 kes File migrate bug with Pool Occupancy using mediaid instead
1438 of jobids. Fixes bug #795.
1439 kes Fix orphaned buffers in filed backup and verify due to
1440 crypto buffers not freed during errors. Fixes bug #789.
1442 kes Add smartctl call to bacula-sd.conf as an example of getting
1445 kes Add Client Connect Wait to Storage daemon to permit users to
1446 modify the time the SD waits for a FD connection.
1448 kes Apply Command ACL filter to JobId list in restore command.
1449 kes Correct typeo in var.c patch.
1451 kes Don't let Bacula prune File or Job records for the current Job.
1452 kes Fix variable substitution pad + inc bug reported (with patch)
1455 kes Correct SQLite log table index as reported by Luca Berra.
1457 ebl Fix FIFO stuff, bacula tries to rewind the FIFO... Thanks to Andreas
1459 kes Fix a few places in lib/message.c where the open fd may
1462 kes Add LANG=C to autoconf/randpass so it works with languages other
1463 than English. Fixes bug #788.
1465 ebl Revert ClientRunBeforeJob as it was in 1.38.x
1467 You will not be able to generate Include/Exclude list any more.
1468 If you want to use this, you can apply
1469 trunk/bacula/patches/testing/clientrunbeforejob_can_generate_include_exclude_list.patch
1471 kes Restore of sockets created false error messages because Bacula
1472 no longer restores sockets, but the code was still trying to
1473 set the attributes on a non-existent file. Reported by a user.
1475 kes Fix encryption deblocking bug, which caused some restored files
1476 to be truncated. This fixes bug #763. This is a CRITICAL bug fix.
1477 kes Add FD event sequence order prepared by Eric -- for RunScripts.
1478 kes Fix 12am/pm bug as reported in bug #782.
1480 kes Add quick disconnect FD code from 2.1.4 to 2.0.3. This code
1481 causes the SD to release the FD as soon as the FD has sent
1482 all the data to the SD. After that the SD will do any final
1483 despooling (data and attributes) that are necessary. This
1484 allows laptops to disconnect much quicker from the network
1487 kes Apply Eric's ClientRunScriptAfter patch to 2.0 and 2.1.
1489 kes Optimize the use of the database a bit in the Status dir command.
1490 Only open it when needed, ensure that if any previous database
1491 was opened, it is closed.
1493 kes Modify dbcheck to handle orphaned JobMedia, Path, Filename,
1494 and File records in 300K chunks to be more efficient. This
1495 idea came from Juan Luis Frances (if I remember right).
1497 kes Update projects list.
1499 kes Fix dird/ua_cmds.c so that a cancel command checks if the
1500 console is authorized to cancel the job. This fixes bug
1502 kes Modify SD so that the VolCatJobs medium record is updated
1503 at the beginning of a Job rather than the end. This
1504 fixes bug #775 where exceeding MaxVolJobs caused jobs
1506 kes Added a mutex around getting and setting Volume information
1507 so that multiple simultaneous jobs will single thread.
1509 Switch to using Subversion
1510 kes Remove src/pygtk-console/ from configure
1512 kes Delete src/lib/btree.c from win32 build, then add rblist.c
1513 plus the entrypoints.
1514 kes Apply patch supplied that corrects debug print
1515 in canceling jobs for max run time. Supplied as
1516 part of bug #621, which was previously fixed.
1518 kes Test on job_canceled() and sd_msg_thread_done inside
1519 loop starting the message thread to avoid a race condition.
1521 kes Remove rl_catch_signal from console.c as it conflicted
1522 with the header definition. Fixes bug #765.
1523 ebl Fixes bug #766 about RunsOnClient = Yes (case sensitive)
1525 kes Clarify some stored/acquire messages to indicate if the
1526 problem is with read or append.
1528 kes Fix memory leak with storage ids in cats/sql_get.c
1529 kes Terminate watchdog earlier to avoid reference to released
1530 memory -- reported by Jason Austin.
1531 kes Move closing the database from jobq.c to the director daemon
1532 termination routine. This fixes memory leaks for shadow jobs
1533 (i.e. migration jobs).
1534 kes Free up the unique jobid chain items in migrate.c. This fixes
1535 a memory leak problem.
1536 kes Convert some ugly looking for statements to use foreach_alist
1537 in findlib/find.c. This will facilitate converting the structures
1538 to use dlist (for large include/exclude lists).
1539 kes Fix a bug in the btree.c and btree.h routines, then rename them
1540 rblist and add them to be built in src/lib. Include some new
1541 methods written by Rudolf Cejka that make the code more readable
1542 (hides some of the ugly casting).
1544 kes Implement item #12 on project list -- quick release of FD by
1545 the SD. This is noted in more detail above.
1549 Kern;;;2007/1/28;;;14:30
1551 Bacula Version 2.0.2 released:
1553 kes Fix maxruntime bug #621.
1555 kes Get current main CVS .specs for RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake.
1557 ebl Implement the include JobID in spool file name project.
1558 kes Reorder projects file in order determined by Jan 2007 vote.
1559 kes Fix open of SQLite3 db where user does not have write permission
1560 so that DIR does not crash. Fixes bug #761.
1562 kes Change 'Device not configured to autolabel' from INFO
1564 kes Fix jobq.c to restart failed jobs when Reschedule Times = 0
1565 which should restart an indefinite # of times.
1566 kes Fix configure --help to print --with-mysql[=DIR]. Same for
1567 other DIR specifications.
1569 rn Fix msvc build problems. Fix bacula.dll exports for msvc build.
1570 Fix path quoting in SQLite scripts.
1571 Fix problems with SHGetFolderPath.
1573 kes Create patches/2.0.1-restart.patch. Fixes bug #755.
1575 kes Fix Job restart on error bug that promotes an Inc to a Full
1576 backup. This should fix bug #755.
1577 kes Add qt-console and first cut of code.
1581 Kern;;;2007/1/13;;;14:30
1583 Bacula Version 2.0.1 has been released to Source Forge.
1584 This is bug fix update to version 2.0.0 and contains
1585 the following fixes:
1587 - Fix Bacula->Documentation link on Win32 to point to index.html
1588 instead of bacula.html. Fixed bug #750.
1589 - Return JobId in db_get_job_record() when JobId==0. This should
1591 - Do not release source pointers when restarting a failed job.
1592 - Add dynamic dll entry point for SHGetFolderPath to Win32 code.
1593 This *should* fix bug #747.
1594 - Modify winbacula.nsi to substitute with g bin_dir_cmd. Should fix
1596 - Modify USTORE constructor to set an empty store_source string,
1597 and don't copy the store_source string in a cancel. Hopefully
1598 this will fix Arno's seg fault, bug #744.
1599 - Add back code to disable conio in configure. Fixes bug #743.
1600 - Correct the Options scanner in the FD to correctly handle
1601 SHA1 option, which was eating the next option. Reported by
1603 - Add code to indicate when the SD is spooling, spool wait, and
1604 despooling as requested by Alan Brown.
1608 Kern;;;2007/1/4;;;14:30
1610 Bacula Version 2.0.0 has been released to Source Forge.
1612 There is an English Press Kit, written by Dan Langille at:
1614 http://www.bacula.org/about/press/presskit200.html.en
1616 and a German version, translated by Arno Lehmann at:
1618 http://www.bacula.org/about/press/presskit200.html.de
1622 Kern;;;2007/1/4;;;14:31
1624 Release Notes for Bacula 2.0.0
1626 Bacula code: Total files = 438 Total lines = 154,329 (*.h *.c *.in)
1628 ==== IMPORTANT Catalog update required =====
1629 - The database format has been updated from what was used in
1630 Bacula 1.38.x. You must manually update your database before
1631 running Bacula 1.39.x or higher. If you are using Bacula supplied
1632 RPMs this is not necessary as the RPM does it automatically.
1633 Please backup your previous version of the database before
1634 running the update. The update script will be automatically
1635 installed in your scripts directory, or can also be found in
1636 <bacula-source>/src/cats. It is called:
1638 ./update_bacula_tables
1640 It is necessary to run it only once the first time you move to
1641 a 2.0.0. Upgrading the Bacula version thereafter does not
1642 require updating the database again. Depending on the size of
1643 your database the script make take a bit of time, to run, but
1644 in general, it should be very fast.
1646 ==== IMPORTANT new Win32 install procedure =====
1647 For Win32 migrations from versions prior to 1.39.0 nothing special
1648 needs to be done to upgrade. Everything should be taken care of
1649 automatically. The only thing not done is to delete the old C:\bacula
1650 directory mostly out of paranoia.
1652 ==== IMPORTANT miscellaneous ====
1653 - The Gnome console program (gconsole) no longer functions as it
1654 should.More importantly, in restore mode, the restore tree is
1655 no longer shown in the left pane. I suspect this is due to
1656 incompatible changes in the GTK+ API, and hence have given up
1657 on gnome and gtk+, as this has already happened several times
1658 previously. At some point there will be a new GUI console.
1659 - The bacula-dir.conf directive Accept Any Volume has been
1660 removed because it was never implemented. You must delete all
1661 occurrence of this directive for the Director to run. The Storage
1662 daemon will automatically accept any valid Volume that you mount.
1663 - The --mandir ./configure option now points to the top level man
1664 directory. The man files will be installed under mandir/man8 and
1665 mandir/man1 as appropriate.
1666 - You *should* be able to use 1.38.x FDs with version 2.0.0 Director
1667 and SD providing you do not use any of the new features (runscript,
1668 data encryption). It seems to work here, but we do not guarantee it.
1669 - Your Director and SD must be simultaneously upgraded.
1670 - The restore command no longer uses the MediaType as the primary method
1671 of finding a suitable Storage device. Normally it will select the last
1672 device used to write a Volume. If no storage device is defined, it
1673 will use the old algorithm which selects the first Storage resource
1674 with the correct MediaType.
1675 - The MD5/SHA1 hash codes kept in the database are now kept in a binary
1676 format compatible with the rest of the world. If you are running verify
1677 jobs, you *must* do an InitCatalog or all files will show an MD5
1678 difference. Also, authentication uses the new algorithm by
1679 default, but *should* accept connections from older components (FD) using
1680 the old non-compatible algorithm. This has been tested, but more
1681 more testing is still needed.
1682 - A stock SuSE 10.1 kernel may crash when Bacula runs and accesses
1683 the tape drive. Workaround, load the SuSE 10.1 version 2.6.16.21-0.25
1684 kernel or later. The SuSE 10.2 Alpha 5 or later kernel also works.
1685 This problem may also be present in certain Fedora FC5 kernels.
1686 - If you have been using the data encryption feature of 1.39.x, please
1687 be aware that certain combinations of encryption and other options
1688 with version 1.39.0 through 1.39.26 created Volume data that cannot
1689 be restored. We strongly recommend that anyone using encryption
1690 carefully review his/her backups and at a minium do a Full backup
1691 with 1.39.28 of all encrypted data. Robert Nelson has identified
1692 and fixed it as follows:
1694 No filters = Works fine
1696 Compression = Works fine
1697 Encryption = Works fine
1698 Sparse + Compression = Works fine
1700 Sparse + Encryption = Restore broken
1701 Sparse + Compression + Encryption = Restore broken
1702 Compression + Encryption = Restore broken
1705 Most combinations work, but some encrypted files are
1706 not properly restored.
1709 All combinations work fine except Sparse+Encryption.
1711 Bottom line, if you are using data encryption, please test restoring
1712 data to be sure it all works correctly.
1713 - The current Volume format written by 1.39.22 is different from
1714 the format written by previous versions. The two formats
1715 are not compatible. Thus any DVDs written prior to 1.39.22 will
1716 be unreadable by version 1.39.22.
1717 - If you previously run a Bacula version prior to 1.39.30, the JobMedia
1718 data may not be correct for disk Volumes. This can cause incorrect
1719 seeking in versions after 1.39.30. If you experience what appears to
1720 be data I/O or integrity errors during restores, please add the
1721 following directive to your disk DEVICE resource in the Storage
1724 Block Positioning = no
1726 This will turn off all seek requests during restores and avoid
1728 - VSS for Windows clients is now enabled by default.
1729 - Do not unload autochanger when doing "update slots"
1730 - Implement mount command for autochanger, see manual.
1732 New Features in 2.0.0:
1733 - Turn on disk seek code for restores.
1734 - There is a partial but reasonable translation of the Bacula
1735 messages for French. To install it, first configure and build
1736 Bacula, then as root run:
1738 cd <bacula-source>/po
1741 If you have your locale set properly you will get the translated
1743 - Bacula now support Migration jobs that are documented in a new
1744 Migration chapter in the manual
1745 http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Migration.html
1746 - Data encryption is now implemented and is documented in
1747 a new chapter of the manual at:
1748 http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Bacula_Data_Encryption.html
1749 - Additional support for removable devices. See the
1750 Requires Mount, Mount Point, Mount Command, and Unmount
1751 Commands in the Storage daemon configuration chapter:
1752 http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Storage_Daemon_Configuratio.html
1753 Also see the Edit Codes for Mount and Unmount Directives in the
1755 - Switch the Win32 build from using Microsoft C++ to using mingw32
1756 cross-compiling. The initial work was done by Howard Thomson,
1757 then tweaked by me. Robert Nelson then totally reworked the
1758 cross-compiling code so that it not only cross-compiles, but
1759 also compiles on Visual Studio, and at the same time, he added
1760 all the current Unix features to the FD, such as selection on
1761 drives, encryption support, building *all* the tools, ...
1762 - The Director and Storage daemon have now been ported to Win32.
1763 This code is working but should still be tested carefully
1764 before putting into production.
1765 - Bacula restore and bextract can now extract non-portable Win32 data to
1766 any client (including Unix/Linux clients). Of course, in doing so,
1767 the Microsoft specific permissions and ACLs will be lost. Thanks
1768 to Thorsten Engel for this code.
1769 - The 260 character limitation for Win32 paths name lengths is now
1770 eliminated thanks to Thorsten Engel. However, if you are using
1771 Volume Shadow Copy, please be careful to specify all the paths
1772 in the bacula-fd.conf file using a full path notation including
1774 - Eric Bollengier wrote new RunScript directives that includes
1775 the old RunBefore/AfterJob and ClientRunBefore/AfterJob features
1776 plus a *lot* more, allowing you to control just about every aspect
1777 of running scripts. See the manual for detailed documentation.
1778 http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Configuring_Director.html#5227
1779 - SunOS ACLs should now work thanks to a patch from David Duchscher.
1780 - Apply days keyword patch from Alexander.Bergolth at wu-wien.ac.at
1781 If this patch is applied, the number of days can be specified with
1782 "list nextvol days=xx"
1784 "status dir days=xx"
1785 This can be used to preview the next scheduled job (and the
1786 next tape to be used) on Fridays if there are no scheduled jobs during
1788 - From Eric Bollengier. One can now using the bconsole wait command do:
1789 wait (wait for all jobs to stop)
1791 wait jobuid=unique id
1793 - Volumes can now be set to Enable, Disable, or Archive. If they
1794 are not enabled, Volumes will not be mounted.
1795 Implement update volume enable=(on|off|true|false|archived|0|1|2)
1796 - Add Catalog message destination in Messages resource that puts the
1797 job report in the Log database table.
1798 - Writing/reading DVD Volumes is much more stable -- to the point
1799 of being useful. Thanks to Richard Mortimer.
1800 - Add enable/disable job=<job-name>. This command prevents
1801 the specified job from being scheduled. Even when disabled,
1802 the job can be manually started from the console.
1803 - The database Id records should be 32/64 bit independent now. 64 bits
1804 can be enabled by changing one define and changing the appropriate
1805 table variable. Normally, you need 64 bits only for FileId.
1806 - Relative path specifications (i.e. ../xxx) are now permitted in
1807 the restore cd command.
1808 - When running multiple simultaneous jobs, most jobs that use spooling
1809 will now finish faster due to a mutex optimization made by Eric
1811 - Conf files containing UTF-8 marker at the head of the file as well as
1812 conf files containing Window cr/lf and Mac cr line termination characters
1813 are now accepted thanks to Robert Nelson.
1814 - Windows tray status windows are scrollable and resizable.
1815 - Win32 external script execution is much more flexible -- handles
1816 spaces in names better, ...
1817 - Lots of DVD fixes -- writing DVDs is now reported to work.
1818 - Fix opening of database in a restricted console to respect
1820 - Much better automatic handling of multiple database catalogs in
1821 the restore command.
1822 - Permit multiple console/director resources in bconsole.conf.
1823 patch from Carsten Paeth calle@calle.in-berlin.de
1824 - Character substitution in Job/JobDefs WriteBootStrap.
1825 from Eric Bollengier.
1826 - Apply patch supplied in bug #656 to pass priority field
1827 in the run dialog to the Director in gnome console.
1828 - Add support of encrypted data stream to bscan from Eric.
1829 display data_len instead of data content (may be binary).
1830 - Add Enabled=xxx on update slots command.
1831 - Add host:port to connect failure messages to FD and SD from Dir/
1832 - Add WhereACL to console ACL list. If nothing is specified, only
1833 the default is permitted for restore. Otherwise, *all* allows any
1834 path, or you can specify permitted paths. This should allow control
1835 over where users can restore files. This is untested.
1836 - Install man pages with 'make install'.
1837 - Add Media.Enabled flag to client backups for dotcmds.c
1838 - Enforce Media.Enabled=1 for a current restore to work
1839 - Require restore case 3 to have sqlquery permission to work.
1840 - Add -n option to bconsole to turn off conio -- used in bweb.
1841 - The bytes field in the terminated jobs part of the status
1842 command now reports in KB, MB, ... units.
1843 - When not descending into a directory, print the File= name that
1844 triggered it -- makes why not descending a bit clearer
1845 - Do not unload autochanger when doing "update slots"
1846 - Implement mount command for autochanger
1847 - Fix bug #462 incorrect error message printed when client script called
1848 from File= was not found.
1849 - Fix bug #558 (waiting for feedback) where Bacula needs too much time to
1850 do a rewind on Solaris when no tape is in the drive (Solaris does not
1851 have the detailed errno found on Linux). Added Solaris specific code.
1852 Note, this may apply to other OSes as well.
1853 - The examples directory has a new bacula_mail_summary.sh file that
1854 creates a single email summary of any number of jobs. Submitted by
1856 - Add nagios plugin to the examples directory. Submitted by
1858 - Modify most restore error messages to be queued so that they
1859 appear at the end of the job rather than mixed with the restore
1860 listing where they could be "lost".
1861 - Apply patch supplied by user (slightly modified) to fix
1862 correct detection of holes in block devices and FIFOs.
1864 - Added a report.pl program to the examples directory from Jonas Bjorklund.
1865 - Add two new queries to query.sql provided by Arno. One
1866 list volumes known to the Storage device, and the other
1867 lists volumes possibly needing replacement (error, ...).
1868 - Implement new code for changing userid and group at startup. This
1869 should get Bacula into the correct groups.
1870 - Implement support for removable filesystems -- device type directive
1871 and mount, unmount directives.
1872 - Transfer rates are now presented in a more readable format thanks
1873 to a user submission.
1874 - SD is now aware of what volumes are mounted. More information is printed
1875 in the Status report. You must take much more care now to unmount
1876 devices prior to removing tapes that Bacula has open or prior to
1877 changing a magazine. Don't forget to do a mount afterwards or the
1878 device will be blocked.
1879 - The Pool Maximum Volumes directive is now respected in all places.
1880 - A Storage device can now be specified in a Pool resource. It will override
1881 all other Storage specifications.
1882 - Most but not all directives accept true/false in place of yes/no.
1883 - A patch from Karl Hakimian that reads JobIds, FileIndexes
1884 from a database table for restore.
1885 - There are a number of new tables. Some such as the Location table are
1886 designed for user use in doing Volume Management software.
1887 - Maximum Changer Wait, Maximum Open Wait, Maximum Rewind Wait to
1888 accept time qualifiers.
1889 - Implement jobuid to replace old usage of job in keywords as
1890 suggested by Eric Bollengier.
1891 - Implement write variables for Python to set Priority (anytime), and
1892 Job Level, only during JobInit event.
1893 - Use the keyword ujobid to mean the unique job id; job or jobname
1894 to mean the Job name given on the Name directive, and jobid to
1895 be the numeric (non-unique) job id.
1896 - Allow the SD to use multiple drives during a backup/restore (only
1898 - Integrate addition of line count limitation to bsmtp -l from
1899 Sebastian Stark <stark at tuebingen.mpg.de>
1900 - Split the bacula start/start script into four files:
1901 bacula -- starts and stops calling other scripts
1902 bacula-ctl-dir -- starts/stops the director
1903 bacula-ctl-fd -- starts/stops the File daemon
1904 bacula-ctl-sd -- starts/stops the Storage daemon
1905 - Remove automatic case folding on Windows FDs. You must
1906 explicitly use the 'Ignore Case = yes' option.
1907 - Implement wild program in tools directory for testing
1908 wild-cards. Almost identical to the regex program.
1909 - Use the new bregex.c to implement Regex expressions on Win32.
1910 - Apply patch from Christopher Hull
1911 - Allow multiple connections to database with different
1913 - Invalidate the scheduler when doing a reload. Fixes seg
1914 fault, but still 60 second window.
1915 - Additional info in Reschedule message.
1916 - Use set_jcr_job_status() everywhere to prevent loss of
1918 - Display peer IP in FD if error from connecting DIR.
1919 - Don't increment file count for DIRBEGIN.
1920 - Replace illegal characters in Win32 filename by _.
1921 - Add SE_CREATE_PERMANENT_NAME privilege in Win32.
1922 - Hash hard link filenames rather than linked list (performance).
1923 - Fix for security failure in chdir on Win32.
1924 - Add CreateDirectoryA/W win32 API entry points.
1925 - programs to duplicate Bacula's base64 algorithm using standard
1926 routines. This fixes bugs #296, and 565. Patch submitted by
1928 - Fixes to reloading the Dir conf file from Eric Bollengier and Christopher
1930 - Modify LICENSE to correct some problems pointed out by Debian.
1931 - Apply a patch submitted by cesarb in bug #606 to implement O_NOATIME support.
1932 O_NOATIME is a open() flag which makes it possible to read a file without
1933 updating the inode atime (and also without the inode ctime update which
1934 happens if you try to set the atime back to its previous value). It also
1935 prevents a race condition when two programs are reading the same file, but
1936 only one does not want to change the atime. It's most useful for backup
1937 programs and file integrity checkers (and bacula can fit on both
1939 You enable it in the Bacula FileSet Options resource by setting:
1941 The effect of this option is similar to the keepatime option except
1942 it is more efficient and avoids modifying ctime.
1943 - Implement a pile of new man pages contributed by Jose Tallon.
1944 - Modify the database format for handling Migration jobs:
1945 Add PriorJobId, RealEndTime to Job table
1947 Remove Stripe from JobMedia record (not used, wasting space)
1948 Add ScratchPoolId, RecyclePoolId, Enabled to Media record
1949 Add Cost to Location table.
1950 Enabled to Media table and Location table.
1951 - Security: harden authentication failure in FD by single threading errors
1952 and forcing a 6 second wait.
1953 - If using GCC (actually g++) add the following compiler flags
1954 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti
1955 - Turn on new bsnprintf() code. The reason for this code is to
1956 eliminate the security problems associated with using the
1957 system libraries print routines.
1958 - Implement job report that indicates where Storage and Pool
1959 came from -- with overrides and Pool storage and NextPool,
1960 it is all very complicated.
1961 - Add more detail (Storage, Device) to list of volumes printed
1963 - Add new VOLMGMT message class. No messages are yet sent with this
1965 - Improved Bacula rescue procedures -- see the Disaster Recovery
1966 chapter of the manual
1967 - Add spooling/despooling info in status output of SD.
1968 - Add Comment field to llist of a volume.
1969 - Allow true/false in many but not all yes/no directives.
1970 - The Bacula source code is now copyrighted by the Free Software
1971 Foundation Europe. The Developer's Guide documents the new procedures,
1972 and the LICENSE file has been updated.
1973 - Apply Jaime Ventura's patch that implements the Messages resource
1974 Mail On Success directive.
1975 - The Client returns its Version string, which is printed in the Job
1977 - The Client returns whether or not VSS and Encryption are used, which
1978 are printed in the Job report.
1980 Additional Features Added for Win32:
1981 - Added DriveType directive to the Director's Include Option FileSet
1982 resource. Allowed values are: fixed, removable, cdrom, and remote. There
1983 is only an implementation for Windows because it is the only platform that
1984 has the concept of drives.
1986 - Adds EnhancedWild directive to the Director's Include Option FileSet
1987 resource. Allowed values are: yes and no.
1989 When EnhancedWild is enabled then the processing of the
1990 Wild, WildDir and WildFile is changed in the following ways.
1992 Patterns conform to Posix
1993 \ is not a special character in character classification []
1994 To match a - it must be the first or last character
1995 To match a ] it must be the first character
1997 fnmatch option FNM_FILE_NAME is specified * doesn't match a /
1998 so it won't match multiple directory levels in a path
2000 - Relative WildFile patterns (ones without a leading /) match
2001 against the filename portion. This in combination with the
2002 FNM_FILE_NAME fnmatch() flag makes directives such as WildFile =
2003 abc*.def work as expected.
2005 - Adds support for the shell's feature of brace expansion.
2007 Here is an example where braces allow 24 lines to be expressed in 5.
2009 # Exclude directories full of lots and lots of useless little files
2010 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/Cookies"
2011 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/Recent"
2012 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/{Local Settings,LOCALS~1}/History"
2013 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/{Local Settings,LOCALS~1}/Temp"
2014 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/{Local Settings,LOCALS~1}/Temporary Internet Files"