2 Release Notes for Bacula 1.38.1
4 Bacula code: Total files = 420 Total lines = 138,440 (*.h *.c *.in)
5 20,440 additional lines of code since version 1.36.3
8 - Corrected ACL for Solaris (David Duchscher and Attila Fulop).
9 - Add bacula_mail_summary.sh to examples directory. It makes
10 a single email summary of any number of jobs. Submitted
12 - Unmount command now unloads autochanger.
13 - Fix hang in FD (Martin Simmons)
14 - Fix Win98 stat() problem in FD (Thorsten Engel)
15 - Fix update slots which did not clear missing tapes.
16 - Fix autostart install for FreeBSD (user reported)
17 - Fix several problems with PostgreSQL scripts (Eric Bollinger)
18 - Critical: allow restore of the first file of non-portable Win32 backup.
19 - Important: with muliple concurrent jobs the autochanger could get
20 confused because of a missing mutex.
21 - Fix accessing last slot in label and update slots.
22 - Modify configure.in to add execute option to sqlite3 catalog
24 - Create update_xxx_table_8_to_9 scripts for updatedb
25 - Move the -lcrypt for PostgreSQL after the PostgreSQL libs in
26 autoconf/bacula-macros/db.m4 as suggested by user. Fixes bug #457.
27 - Remove @STATIC_CONS@ from tray-monitor Makefile as suggested
28 by user. Fixes bug #456.
29 - AMD64 users see compiler bug warning below!!!!!!!!!
31 Major Changes in 1.38:
32 - Fixed out of order Volumes in restore.
33 - Improved algorithm for reserving drives in multiple drive
34 autochangers. Autochange users MUST use the new Autochanger
35 resource in the Storage daemon.
36 - There is a new database format that is not compatible
37 with previous databases. You must upgrade if converting
38 from 1.36.x. No changes from version 1.37.30.
39 - The Director, Storage daemon, and File daemons are
40 Deamons are not compatible with prior versions.
41 All FDs must be upgraded at the same time.
42 - Support for ANSI/IBM labels.
43 - Faster database inserts due to combining the MD5/SHA1 into
44 the attributes record, eliminating one INSERT/file backed up.
45 - Python Event support has been added. See below for
46 configuration and details. The implementation is somewhat minimal,
47 so the functionality is not complete. The Python interface
48 has not been extensively tested, so please consider it BETA.
49 - DVD writing support, using parts, and some new directives in
50 the Device resource of the Storage configuration file thanks
51 to Nicolas Boichat. Please note that this code is still
52 BETA and should be carefully tested before using in
54 - Seven new options keywords in a FileSet resource:
55 ignorecase, fstype, hfsplussupport, wilddir, wildfile, regexdir,
56 and regexfile thanks to Pruben Guldberg). See below for details.
57 - Restore of all files for a Job or set of jobs even if the file
58 records have been removed from the catalog.
59 - Restore of a directory (non-recursive, i.e. only one level).
60 - Support for TLS (ssl) between all the daemon connections thanks
62 - Any Volume in the Pool named Scratch may be reassigned to any
63 other Pool when a new Volume is needed.
64 - You may clone a Job and thus write (almost) the same data
65 to multiple Volumes simultaneously (see below). Actually,
66 any Job may start any other Job with this mechanism, so it
67 also be used to group jobs.
68 - Unicode filename support for Win32 (thanks to Thorsten Engel)
69 - Volume Shadow Copy support for Win32 thus the capability to
70 backup exclusively opened files (thanks to Thorsten Engel).
71 A VSS enabled Win32 FD is available. You must explicitly
72 turn on VSS with "Enable VSS = yes" in your FileSet resource.
73 - New manual format with an index (thanks to Karl Cunningham).
74 - New Web site format (thanks to Michael Scherer).
76 - Web-bacula, previously a separate project by Juan Luis Frances,
77 is now included in the Bacula GUI release. This is a management
78 level tool for reporting the state of Bacula jobs.
79 - The code is now Internationalized so that it can be localized
80 in native languages. Thanks to Nicolas Boichat.
83 - New Job directive "Prefer Mounted Volumes = yes|no" causes the
84 SD to select either an Autochanger or a drive with a valid
85 Volume already mounted in preference. If none is available,
86 it will select the first available drive.
87 - New Run directive in Job resource of DIR. It permits
88 cloning of jobs. To clone a copy of the current job, use
89 Run = "job-name level=%l since=\"%s\""
90 Note, job-name is normally the same name as the job that
91 is running but there is no restriction on what you put. If you
92 want to start the job by hand and use job overrides such as
93 storage=xxx, realize that the job will be started with the
94 default storage values not the overrides. The level=%l guarantees
95 that the chosen level of the job is the same, and the since=...
96 ensures that the job uses *exactly* the same time/date for incremental
97 and differential jobs. The since=... is ignored when level=Full.
98 A cloned job will not start additional clones, so it is not possible
100 - New Options keywords in a FileSet directive (backported to 1.36.3):
102 Will do a wild card match against directories (files will not
105 Will do a wild card match against files (directories will not
108 Will do a regular expression match against directories (files
109 will not be matched).
111 Will do a regular expression match against files( directories
112 will not be matched).
113 - IgnoreCase = yes | no
114 Will ignore case in wild card and regular expression matches.
115 This is handy for Windows where filename case is not significant.
117 where string is a filesystem type: ext2, jfs, ntfs, proc,
118 reiserfs, xfs, usbdevfs, sysfs, smbfs, iso9660. For ext3
119 systems, use ext2. You may have multiple fstype directives
120 and thus permit multiple filesystem types. If the type
121 specified on the fstype directive does not match the
122 filesystem for a particular directive, that directory will
123 not be backed up. This directive can be used to prevent
124 backing up non-local filesystems.
125 - HFS Plus Support = yes | no
126 If set, Mac OS X resource forks will be saved and restored.
127 - Label Type = ANSI | IBM | Bacula
128 Implemented in Director Pool resource and in SD Device resource.
129 If it is specified in the SD Device resource, it will take
130 precedence over the value passed from the Director to the SD.
131 - Check Labels = yes | no
132 Implemented in the SD Device resource. If you intend to read
133 ANSI or IBM labels, this *must* be set. Even if the volume
134 is not ANSI labeled, you can set this to yes, and Bacula will
135 check the label type.
136 - Scripts Directory = <directory> name. Defines the directory from
137 which Bacula scripts will be called for events. In fact, Bacula
138 appends this name to the standard Python list of search directories,
139 so the script could also be in any of the Python system directories.
140 - In FileSet, you can exclude backing up of hardlinks (if you have
141 a lot, it can be very expensive), by using:
143 in the Options section. Patch supplied by David R Bosso. Thanks.
144 - MaximumPartSize = bytes (SD, Device resource)
145 Defines the maximum part size.
146 - Requires Mount = Yes/No (SD, Device resource)
147 Defines if the device require to be mounted to be read, and if it
148 must be written in a special way. If it set, the following directives
149 must be defined in the same Device resource:
150 + Mount Point = directory
151 Directory where the device must be mounted.
152 + Mount Command = name-string
153 Command that must be executed to mount the device. Before the command
154 is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, and %m with the
156 + Unmount Command = name-string
157 Command that must be executed to unmount the device. Before the
158 command is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, and
159 %m with the Mount Point.
160 + Write Part Command = name-string
161 Command that must be executed to write a part to the device. Before
162 the command is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, %m
163 with the Mount Point, %n with the current part number (0-based),
164 and %v with the current part filename.
165 + Free Space Command = name-string
166 Command that must be executed to check how much free space is left
167 on the device. Before the command is executed, %a is replaced with
168 the Archive Device, %m with the Mount Point, %n with the current part
169 number (0-based), and %v with the current part filename.
170 - Write Part After Job = Yes/No (DIR, Job Resource, and Schedule Resource)
171 If this directive is set to yes (default no), a new part file will be
172 created after the job is finished.
173 - A pile of new Directives to support TLS. Please see the TLS chapter
177 - "python restart" restarts the Python interpreter. Rather brutal, make
178 sure no Python scripts are running. This permits you to change
179 a Python script and get Bacula to use the new script.
181 New configure options:
182 - --with-libintl-prefix for defining alternate locations for
183 the NLS internationalization libraries. Not normally required.
184 - --datadir for defining where the language files will be installed
185 required only if you do not want the default /usr/share.
188 - If you use an Autochanger, you MUST update your SD conf file
189 to use the new Autochanger resource. Otherwise, certain commands
190 such as "update slots" may not work.
191 - You must add --with-python=[DIR] to the configure command line
192 if you want Python support. Python 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 should be
193 automatically detected if in the standard place.
194 - When linking with --with-python, there are a few warnings that
196 - You must either create a new catalog database or upgrade your
197 old database. After installation, run from your scripts
200 ./upgrade_bacula_tables
202 You can also find this script in the <bacula-source>/src/cats
204 - The Director, Storage daemon, and File daemons are
205 Deamons are not compatible with prior versions.
206 All FDs must be upgraded at the same time.
207 - You must add --with-openssl to the configure command line if
208 you want TLS communications encryption support.
209 - Disk seeking during restores does not yet work correctly in
210 all cases, so it is turned off.
211 - Note, with gcc (GCC) 4.0.1 20050727 (Red Hat 4.0.1-5) on an
212 AMD64 CPU running 64 bit CentOS4, there is a compiler bug that
213 generates bad code that causes Bacula to segment fault.
214 Typically you will see this in the Storage daemon first. The
215 solution is to compile Bacula ensuring that no optimization is
216 turned on (normally it is -O2).
217 This same compiler bug has been reported and confirmed with
218 gcc (GCC) 4.0.2 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux) running on
219 an AMD64 CPU. This for the moment, I would recommend that all
220 users of GCC 4.0.1 or greater turn off all optimization when
225 - Security fixes for temp files created in mtx-changer, during
226 ./configure, and during making of Rescue disk.
227 - A new script, dvd-handler, in the scripts directory,
228 which is designed to be used as parameters to Write Part Command and
229 Free Space Command. They need the dvd+rw-tools to be installed
230 (http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/) AND, the growisofs
231 program must be patched using the
232 <bacula-source>/patches/dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8.bacula.patch
233 You must have Python installed to run the scripts.
234 - Part files support: File volumes can now be split into multiple
235 files, called "parts".
236 - For the details of the Python scripting support, please see the new
237 Python Scripting chapter in the manual.