- Release Notes for Bacula 1.34.5
-
- Bacula code: Total files = 364 Total lines = 103,481 (*.h *.c *.in)
-
-Changes for 1.34.5:
-Major Changes:
-- Correct socket close on Win32 in bnet.c (in addition to compat.cpp).
- Caused fd leak in Win32 for each connection.
-- Fix a number of places in query.sql where multiple JobIds are
- printed (due to JobMedia records).
-- Abort configure if Internal is selected as the database.
-- Close socket in SD when connection rejected. Caused fd leaks.
-
-Items to note!!!!
-- If you are upgrading from 1.32, please be sure to see the database
- upgrade procedure under the 1.34.0 notes.
-
-Other Items:
-- Fixed Gnome crash on up/down arrow with no history.
-- Fixed btape "fill" crash with multiple tape option.
-- Add new query: List jobs on Volume given Volume name.
-- Remove vol labeled test in askdir update_volume_info so that non-labeled
- Volume in catalog can be marked in error.
-- Initialize job_start_wait cond variable after every new_jcr() otherwise
- NetBSD gets error in library when trying to delete it without being inited.
-- Fix typo (9 instead of 0) return status in write_new_volume_label.
-- Fix mount.c to call routine that correctly marks a volume in error.
-- Eliminate printing INFO message in UpdateDB (cats) -- it generates
- "false" error messages.
-- Eliminate some GTK error messages when running the Gnome2 console.
-- Apply Peter Eriksson's lib file order changes in linking for IRIX.
-- Add testimonials to the Web page
-- Add the bugs list to the Web page "lists".
-- Clarify the English in SuSE and Slackware when SD not running.
-- Applied the patches sent by Andreas Jellinghaus: build Gnome and
- wx-console in client-only build if configured; add ./configure option
- to permit setting of sbin modes -- default is 0745 as before; remove
- cats library from Gnome console build; remove old version from Gnome
- About box. Thanks Andreas.
-- Correct a typo in the FreeBSD SD autostart install.
-- New bacula.spec.in from Scott.
-- Use /usr/lib/sendmail instead of mail if no mail program is configured.
- Submitted by Peter Eriksson. This *should* be more portable.
-
-
-Changes for 1.34.4:
-Major Changes/Features:
-- Implement | and < in FD for new FileSet files.
-- Implement simplistic attribute spooling statistics in status.
-- Make storage=xxx on restore override the restore default.
-- Clear InChanger flag during "update barcodes" if no VolName present,
- i.e. no Volume in Changer.
-- An update pulled in Christopher Hull's fixes to the client program
- execution on Win32 to search the path and use COMSPEC. New rules
- apply!
-- In SD mount.c, if get I/O error or read label error on non-removable
- Volume, mark the volume in error and retry.
-- Apply Tim Oberfoell's ACL patch.
-
-Items to note!!!!
-- If you are upgrading from 1.32, please be sure to see the database
- upgrade procedure under the 1.34.0 notes.
-- If your system has a libacl in the standard location, acl's will
- be enabled, and you can turn them on with "aclsupport=yes" as an
- Include or Option option.
-
-Other Items:
-- Enhance regression scripts.
-- Implement bsscanf() because sscanf on FreeBSD amd64 stores
- in 64 bit words for %ld. Turned on for the moment only for
- FreeBSD amd64.
-- Fix all conversions of ptr to int to use (long unsigned) this
- works on i386 and amd64.
-- Add mtimeonly and keepatime to new Options list -- omitted before.
-- Add a bit more authentication debug code.
-- Start variable name/overload cleanup in SD
-- Fix sscanf() in askdir.c scanning into bool to use local int.
-- Make max_spool_size int to allow proper arithmetic.
-- Remove trailing junk on sscanf() of "Hello Start Job" in SD.
-- Make ask_sysop_to_mount_volume() always ask sysop.
-- In SD mount.c, if get I/O error or read label error on non-removable
- Volume, mark the volume in error and retry.
-- In SD mount.c, if non-removable volume, never ask sysop to mount. We
- ask sysop if there are no appendable Volumes though.
-- The above 3 items fix the looping error Bacula would get if the
- Volume was in the catalog but didn't exist -- or was zero bytes
- long.
-- Fix an uninitialized stack variable in append.c that caused data
- corruption on amd64 machines and *could* cause the same on other
- machines.
-- Fix a seg fault in automatic tape labeling.
-- Eliminate a PoolId=nn when zeroing the InChanger flag for a Volume.
-- Add a bit more debug info to bls.c
-- Fix UpdateDB to complain if mum_rows < 1 rather than != 1.
-
-
-
-
-Changes for 1.34.3:
-Major Features:
-- Implemented and documented the first cut of the new FileSet directives.
- The first cut permits using wild-card matches for including files in
- addition to excluding files.
-- The Windows rescue procedure is confirmed for WinXP/2K (probably not NT).
-- Modification of the PostgreSQL database creation scripts to improve
- performance by removing foreign keys.
-- Use trasactions on PostgreSQL to improve performance.
-- Restore jobs will now not start until they can get exclusive use
- of the Storage daemon Device previously they erred.
-- Permit execution of more kinds of Win32 files with ClientRunxxxJob.
- If an absolute path is specified, the filename must contain the correct
- extention.
-
-Items to note!!!!
-- If you are upgrading from 1.32, please be sure to see the database
- upgrade procedure under the 1.34.0 notes.
-- Although the daemons are compatible for all 1.34.2 features,
- the new FileSet directives are not compatible with 1.34.2 daemons.
-- Fixed several query.sql bugs.
-- The behavior of the hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly keywords in
- the Run directive have been changed to be more logical -- they only
- affect the one item mentioned rather than all items.
-
-Other items:
-- The wx-console has had significant improvements.
-- Upgraded to latest autoconf files.
-- Added BaculaRoadmap_v1.1.pdf in doc directory
-- Fixed a crash in the btape "fill" command.
-- Added a new alpha directory to platforms -- first cut.
-- The mtx-changer script was broken in 1.34.2 -- it is now fixed.
-- Pass all arguments on database creation scripts.
-- I finally found and fixed the bug that in some cases required a double
- mount to get Bacula to look at the tape again.
-- Thanks to user input corrected (I think) the negative values that
- sometimes occurred in the spooling statistics.
-- Fixed several bsmpt bugs thanks to user input.
-- Added user supplied code to read the Directors's conf file in dbcheck so
- that remote databases could be contacted as well as the working directory
- and other catalog parameters obtained.
-- Fixed changing a Volume from one Pool to another in "update volumes".
-
-
-
-
-
-
+ Release Notes for Bacula 1.38.1
+
+ Bacula code: Total files = 420 Total lines = 138,440 (*.h *.c *.in)
+ 20,440 additional lines of code since version 1.36.3
+
+Changes since 1.38.0:
+- Fix autostart install for FreeBSD.
+- Fix several problems with PostgreSQL scripts.
+- Critical: allow restore of the first file of non-portable Win32 backup.
+- Important: with muliple concurrent jobs the autochanger could get
+ confused because of a missing mutex.
+- Fix accessing last slot in label and update slots.
+- Modify configure.in to add execute option to sqlite3 catalog
+ scripts.
+- Create update_xxx_table_8_to_9 scripts for updatedb
+- Move the -lcrypt for PostgreSQL after the PostgreSQL libs in
+ autoconf/bacula-macros/db.m4 as suggested by user. Fixes bug #457.
+- Remove @STATIC_CONS@ from tray-monitor Makefile as suggested
+ by user. Fixes bug #456.
+- AMD64 users see compiler bug warning below!!!!!!!!!
+
+Major Changes in 1.38:
+- Fixed out of order Volumes in restore.
+- Improved algorithm for reserving drives in multiple drive
+ autochangers. Autochange users MUST use the new Autochanger
+ resource in the Storage daemon.
+- There is a new database format that is not compatible
+ with previous databases. You must upgrade if converting
+ from 1.36.x. No changes from version 1.37.30.
+- The Director, Storage daemon, and File daemons are
+ Deamons are not compatible with prior versions.
+ All FDs must be upgraded at the same time.
+- Support for ANSI/IBM labels.
+- Faster database inserts due to combining the MD5/SHA1 into
+ the attributes record, eliminating one INSERT/file backed up.
+- Python Event support has been added. See below for
+ configuration and details. The implementation is somewhat minimal,
+ so the functionality is not complete. The Python interface
+ has not been extensively tested, so please consider it BETA.
+- DVD writing support, using parts, and some new directives in
+ the Device resource of the Storage configuration file thanks
+ to Nicolas Boichat. Please note that this code is still
+ BETA and should be carefully tested before using in
+ production.
+- Seven new options keywords in a FileSet resource:
+ ignorecase, fstype, hfsplussupport, wilddir, wildfile, regexdir,
+ and regexfile thanks to Pruben Guldberg). See below for details.
+- Restore of all files for a Job or set of jobs even if the file
+ records have been removed from the catalog.
+- Restore of a directory (non-recursive, i.e. only one level).
+- Support for TLS (ssl) between all the daemon connections thanks
+ to Landon Fuller.
+- Any Volume in the Pool named Scratch may be reassigned to any
+ other Pool when a new Volume is needed.
+- You may clone a Job and thus write (almost) the same data
+ to multiple Volumes simultaneously (see below). Actually,
+ any Job may start any other Job with this mechanism, so it
+ also be used to group jobs.
+- Unicode filename support for Win32 (thanks to Thorsten Engel)
+- Volume Shadow Copy support for Win32 thus the capability to
+ backup exclusively opened files (thanks to Thorsten Engel).
+ A VSS enabled Win32 FD is available. You must explicitly
+ turn on VSS with "Enable VSS = yes" in your FileSet resource.
+- New manual format with an index (thanks to Karl Cunningham).
+- New Web site format (thanks to Michael Scherer).
+- SQLite3 support.
+- Web-bacula, previously a separate project by Juan Luis Frances,
+ is now included in the Bacula GUI release. This is a management
+ level tool for reporting the state of Bacula jobs.
+- The code is now Internationalized so that it can be localized
+ in native languages. Thanks to Nicolas Boichat.
+
+New Directives:
+- New Job directive "Prefer Mounted Volumes = yes|no" causes the
+ SD to select either an Autochanger or a drive with a valid
+ Volume already mounted in preference. If none is available,
+ it will select the first available drive.
+- New Run directive in Job resource of DIR. It permits
+ cloning of jobs. To clone a copy of the current job, use
+ Run = "job-name level=%l since=\"%s\""
+ Note, job-name is normally the same name as the job that
+ is running but there is no restriction on what you put. If you
+ want to start the job by hand and use job overrides such as
+ storage=xxx, realize that the job will be started with the
+ default storage values not the overrides. The level=%l guarantees
+ that the chosen level of the job is the same, and the since=...
+ ensures that the job uses *exactly* the same time/date for incremental
+ and differential jobs. The since=... is ignored when level=Full.
+ A cloned job will not start additional clones, so it is not possible
+ to recurse.
+- New Options keywords in a FileSet directive (backported to 1.36.3):
+ - WildDir xxx
+ Will do a wild card match against directories (files will not
+ be matched).
+ - WildFile xxx
+ Will do a wild card match against files (directories will not
+ be matched).
+ - RegexDir xxx
+ Will do a regular expression match against directories (files
+ will not be matched).
+ - RegexFile xxx
+ Will do a regular expression match against files( directories
+ will not be matched).
+ - IgnoreCase = yes | no
+ Will ignore case in wild card and regular expression matches.
+ This is handy for Windows where filename case is not significant.
+ - FsType = string
+ where string is a filesystem type: ext2, jfs, ntfs, proc,
+ reiserfs, xfs, usbdevfs, sysfs, smbfs, iso9660. For ext3
+ systems, use ext2. You may have multiple fstype directives
+ and thus permit multiple filesystem types. If the type
+ specified on the fstype directive does not match the
+ filesystem for a particular directive, that directory will
+ not be backed up. This directive can be used to prevent
+ backing up non-local filesystems.
+ - HFS Plus Support = yes | no
+ If set, Mac OS X resource forks will be saved and restored.
+- Label Type = ANSI | IBM | Bacula
+ Implemented in Director Pool resource and in SD Device resource.
+ If it is specified in the SD Device resource, it will take
+ precedence over the value passed from the Director to the SD.
+- Check Labels = yes | no
+ Implemented in the SD Device resource. If you intend to read
+ ANSI or IBM labels, this *must* be set. Even if the volume
+ is not ANSI labeled, you can set this to yes, and Bacula will
+ check the label type.
+- Scripts Directory = <directory> name. Defines the directory from
+ which Bacula scripts will be called for events. In fact, Bacula
+ appends this name to the standard Python list of search directories,
+ so the script could also be in any of the Python system directories.
+- In FileSet, you can exclude backing up of hardlinks (if you have
+ a lot, it can be very expensive), by using:
+ HardLinks = no
+ in the Options section. Patch supplied by David R Bosso. Thanks.
+- MaximumPartSize = bytes (SD, Device resource)
+ Defines the maximum part size.
+- Requires Mount = Yes/No (SD, Device resource)
+ Defines if the device require to be mounted to be read, and if it
+ must be written in a special way. If it set, the following directives
+ must be defined in the same Device resource:
+ + Mount Point = directory
+ Directory where the device must be mounted.
+ + Mount Command = name-string
+ Command that must be executed to mount the device. Before the command
+ is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, and %m with the
+ Mount Point.
+ + Unmount Command = name-string
+ Command that must be executed to unmount the device. Before the
+ command is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, and
+ %m with the Mount Point.
+ + Write Part Command = name-string
+ Command that must be executed to write a part to the device. Before
+ the command is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, %m
+ with the Mount Point, %n with the current part number (0-based),
+ and %v with the current part filename.
+ + Free Space Command = name-string
+ Command that must be executed to check how much free space is left
+ on the device. Before the command is executed, %a is replaced with
+ the Archive Device, %m with the Mount Point, %n with the current part
+ number (0-based), and %v with the current part filename.
+- Write Part After Job = Yes/No (DIR, Job Resource, and Schedule Resource)
+ If this directive is set to yes (default no), a new part file will be
+ created after the job is finished.
+- A pile of new Directives to support TLS. Please see the TLS chapter
+ of the manual.