- Release Notes for Bacula 1.28
+ Release Notes for Bacula 1.30-22Apr03 BETA
- Bacula code: Total files = 226 Total lines = 61,863 (*.h *.c *.in)
+ Bacula code: Total files = 235 Total lines = 67,254 (*.h *.c *.in)
Major Changes this Release:
-- Bare Metal Recovery for Linux systems.
-- Optimized restore, forward spaces to correct tape file and
- stops reading the archive when all files are restored.
-- Schedule permits specification of 1st, 2nd, ... week e.g.
- 1st Sun ...
-
-Minor Changes this Release:
-- New bidirectional timed pipe mechanism for running child processes
- permits better error messages.
-- Faster Storage daemon initialization (using pthreads)
-- Unlimited devices in Storage daemon (previously hard coded to 20).
-- Fixed bug that recognized only the last option specified on Include record.
-- Easier building of statically linked version of Bacula.
-- Fixed pruning bug.
-- Fixes for VolUseDuration (problems putting it in DB).
-- Fix for / specified as Where.
-- Enhanced WriteBootstrap (more precise parameters -- e.g. volfile, ...)
-- Improved handling of Differential jobs (now on par with Incremental)
-- User supplied script in examples directory for backing up AFS file system.
-- User supplied script for Sun-desktop autoloader (examples/devices).
-- Added configure options for building static versions of the
- daemons and the console program.
-- Added a --enable-client-only option that will cause "make" to only
- build the File daemon and the libraries it needs.
+- 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:
-- Nothing in particular.
+- 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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