- Release Notes for Bacula 1.30
-
- Bacula code: Total files = 235 Total lines = 67,287 (*.h *.c *.in)
-
-Major Changes this Release:
-- 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 autochanger 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 identifying cleaning tapes in autochangers.
-- Restores directory permissions and times correctly.
-- Hard linked files are restored even if only one of links is chosen.
-- Relabel Purged tapes with the relabel command.
-- Support for Win95 systems (I hope).
-- RunBeforeJob now checks the return status. If it is non-zero, the job
- will be terminated in error.
-- The Windows Client now uses Cygwin 1.3.20 and should be
- more reliable.
-- Implemented save/restore of chflags for FreeBSD systems.
-- Support for FreeBSD tape drives.
-- Lots more documentation.
-- Console "run" command now permits setting a start date/time.
-- There is a new "default" configuration file that permits saving and
- restoring the Bacula source code immediately on installation. This
- is documented in the "Running Bacula" chapter.
-- Finer contol of multiple simultaneous Jobs with specifications for
- the Director as a whole (previous implementation), Jobs, Clients,
- and Storage. Thus if you are careful, you can run multiple simultaneous
- jobs and still have only one simultaneous Job per Volume.
-- Rpm spec files thanks to Scott Barninger.
-
-Other Changes this Release:
-- Tightened up file permissions (additional security) for all created
- files.
-- Eliminated a lot of strcpy() to prevent possible buffer overruns.
-- 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 Win32 systems with Cygwin is now supported.
-- GNOME Console has font support thanks to Phil Stracchino.
-- Solaris 2.6 now supported.
-- Support for Darwin (at least partially)
-- Support connection to MySQL on address:port.
-- Partial support for AIX systems (see README.AIX)
-- Cycle through tapes with "RecycleOldestVolume=yes" (dangerous).
-- Console program now supported on Win32 systems as well as
- several other utility programs.
-- Full vertical listing of most catalog records (llist 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).
-- logrotate script in scripts/logrotate
-- Prevent configuring subsys directory to be the same as sbindir.
-- New Cleaning Prefix record in Pool for defining autochanger cleaning
- tapes.
-
-Items to note:
-- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- On WinXP systems, and possibly Win2K, Bacula runs under the
- LocalSystem account, so all files that are restored are created with
- that account. I have spent an enormous amount of time trying to
- resolve this but have not yet succeeded. I have included chown
- in the binary release but it will probably not work without a
- full cygwin installation. You might also try the CACLS program,
- but you will probably need to boot into safemode (F8 during boot)
- to get sufficient permissions. It is also possible to run
- Bacula under your userid, but the system tray icon will not
- be present -- however, this option permits saving and restoring
- files with your userid.
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-- Version 1.29 File daemons can be used with version 1.30. However,
- there may be an incompatibility if you use Exclude lists.
-- RunBeforeJob now checks the return status. If it is non-zero, the job
- will be terminated in error.
-- If you have an autochanger with barcodes and you wish to use cleaning
- tapes and you are using MySQL, you must run:
- <bacula-source>/src/cats/alter_mysql_tables
- this script will add one additional VolStatus (Cleaning).
+ Release Notes for Bacula 2.5.28
+
+ Bacula code: Total files = 522 Total lines = 203,305 (*.h *.c *.in)
+
+This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
+but they should be compatible with all 2.4.x File daemons, unless you
+use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should
+not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. There is
+no database upgrade needed from version 2.4.x. However, the next
+BETA release will require a database upgrade.
+
+================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
+
+New Catalog format :
+--------------------
+
+This BETA release of Bacula uses a new catalog format. We provide a set of
+script that permit to convert a 2.4.x (version 10) catalog to 2.5.x (version
+11). If you are using already a 2.5 version, you need to drop the JobHistory
+table before upgrading your catalog (if you are using the new "long term
+statistics" module, you can upgrade this table like with the Job table, see
+upgrade_<database>_table script).
+
+The upgrade operation will convert an essential field of the File table, and
+this operation will take TIME and will DOUBLE THE SIZE of your
+catalog temporarily. Depending on your catalog backend, you won't be able to run jobs
+during this period. For example, a 3 million files catalog will take 2mins to
+upgrade on a normal machine. Don't forget to backup it before executing the
+script.
+
+
+New configure option :
+----------------------
+
+This BETA release of Bacula 2.5.x development code uses libtool
+to generate the Bacula libraries as shared objects rather than
+being directly linked in as in prior versions. This means that
+the Bacula shared objects, must either be in a shared object
+directory known to the loader or they must be in the directory
+where the Bacula binaries are installed. It is also possible
+to explicitly specify the libraries directory on the ./configure
+line (--libdir=/full-path/dir), but this should not be necessary.
+
+If you have problems with libtool or you wish to use the old
+way of building static libraries, you can do so by disabling
+libtool on the configure command line with:
+
+ ./configure --disable-libtool
+==============================================================
+
+This release includes large number of new features and changes.
+It should be more or less compatible with previous xx.conf files
+and File daemons providing that you are not using any of the new
+features.
+
+Please see the New Features chapter of the new manual, which documents
+some but not all the new features (we are still working on it):
+
+http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html
+
+The ChangeLog has more details.
+
+
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