- Release Notes for Bacula 1.27
+ Release Notes for Bacula 1.30-22Apr03 BETA
- Bacula code: Total files = 222 Total lines = 60,233 (*.h *.c *.in)
+ Bacula code: Total files = 235 Total lines = 67,254 (*.h *.c *.in)
Major Changes this Release:
-- Implemented support for Sparse files.
-- Implemented support for all Win32 attributes.
-- New Volume format. Will permit faster restores,
- and correct restores of Volumes written with multiple
- simultaneous jobs.
-- Important change to communications protocol. Eliminated
- deprecated 0 signal.
-- Implemented VolumeUseDuration (duration Volume can be written)
-- Implemented MaximumVolumeJobs (max jobs written to volume) see
- the Pool documentation for the Director for more details.
-- Rework of the Web site.
-- New format for the User's Guide (manual).
-- New bcopy tool.
-- All bxxx tool programs MUST read a Storage daemon configuration
- file.
-- Mount Anonymous Volumes is now dropped from the Storage
- daemon configuration files.
-- Accept Any Volume is by default "Yes" and permits Bacula
- to accept any appendable volume from the pool. Previously,
- it would accept ONLY the next appendable volume. To get
- the old behavior add "Accept Any Volume = No" to the
- Storage resources of your Director's configuration file.
-
-Minor Changes this Release:
-- A number of small bug fixes.
-- Improve handling of the "Where" prefix on Win32 by first
- stripping any previous drive. This allows restoration to
- any drive.
-- Modified Director-FD logon sequence to pass the OS id strings
- to the director.
-- Fixed mount loop when the autochanger slot is incorrect in
- the catalog.
-- Updated the bacula script to work on more systems.
+- The Windows Client now uses Cygwin 1.3.20 and should be much
+ more reliable.
+- Implemented save/restore of chflags for FreeBSD systems.
+- Support for FreeBSD tape drives.
+- Support for SHA1 signatures in addition to MD5 (more secure).
+- The btape "test" command is much more comprehensive and automatically
+ tries different options.
+- Implemented support for barcodes ("label barcodes", "update slots").
+- Make Incremental and Differential saves backup all files changed as
+ well as all files moved into save path (added st_ctime to check).
+- Preliminary support for cleaning tapes in autochangers.
+- Restores directory permissions and times correctly.
+Other Changes this Release:
+- Added "BSF at EOM = yes/no" for supporting FreeBSD tape drives.
+- The | and < options are now available for Excludes.
+- Multiple Directors in the GNOME Console now work (thanks Lutz Kttler).
+- Gnome console runs on GNOME 2.0 (haven't tried 2.2 yet).
+- Installation on Cygwin systems is now supported.
+- GNOME Console has font support thanks to Phil Stracchino.
+- Solaris 2.6 now supported.
+- ./configure now supports more systems
+- Support for Darwin
+- Support connection to MySQL on address:port.
+- Partial support for AIX systems.
+- Cycle through tapes with "RecycleOldestVolume=yes" (dangerous).
+- Support for Win95 systems (I hope).
+- Console program now supported on Win32 systems as well as
+ several other utility programs.
+- Full listing of most catalog records (llist command).
+- Relabel Purged tapes with the relabel command.
+- Correct backwards path separators on Win32 systems to
+ prevent creating files names with mixed conventions.
+- Print IP address on failed connections to servers.
+- Cancel command works much better (cancels waiting jobs in Dir
+ and in SD).
+- Now have reasonable (but still small) regression script.
+- New Console commands for aiding scripting (@input, @output, @tee,
+ @time, @version and wait).
+
Items to note:
-- The Dir-SD protocol has changed since 1.26, so you must
- update the Director and Storage daemons.
-- The Dir-FD protocol has changed since 1.26 (and earlier versions
- of 1.27).
+- Version 1.29 File daemons can be used with version 1.30. However,
+ there is an incompatibility if you use Exclude lists.
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