- Release Notes for Bacula 1.30
+ Release Notes for Bacula 1.32b
- Bacula code: Total files = 235 Total lines = 67,287 (*.h *.c *.in)
+ Bacula code: Total files = 259 Total lines = 77,984 (*.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.
+Changes since 1.32a:
+- Improve forward space file/block during restore, many
+ optimizations.
+- Fix a bug that did not allow appending to a tape
+ on FreeBSD systems.
+
-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).
+Major Changes 1.32a Release:
+- Implemented forward space file/block whenever possible
+ during restore. Restoring a small number of files is now
+ much faster.
+- There is a new option to restore that allows you
+ to restore files based on their Filename. You can
+ also specify a file to read which contains the list.
+- Added ClientRunBeforeJob and ClientRunAfterJob.
+- Implemented Include | and < in File daemon.
+- Automatic labeling of tape Volumes should work now.
+- Recycling has been completely restructured and should work.
+- Implemented full length time interval qualifiers (e.g
+ "5n is now "5 min" or "5 minutes". A modifier is now required!
+- Fixed gnome-console to compile with RH9 (Gnome 2.0)
+- Implemented "list nextvol job=xxx", which displays the
+ next volume to be used by job xxx. The Volume name to
+ be used is also added to the "status dir" output.
+- Lots of fixes with variable expansion and counter variables
+- Implemented a new Include/Exclude syntax.
+- While writing a tape, an end of file mark will be written
+ every 1Gb. This makes restores faster. If you want to
+ change this use "Maximum File Size" in the SD Device
+ resource.
+
+
+Other Changes 1.32a Release:
+- Fixed sparse file bug.
+- A warning message is sent when a job starts that will be
+ blocked because the user did an "unmount".
+- Block checksum errors if any are printed in the job report.
+- Implemented a single routine to read_records. It also returns
+ a different record packet for each session. This means
+ that multiple simultaneous jobs should work.
+- Added SDConnectTimeout to FD.
+- Lots of doc enhancements
+- Fixed a PurgeOldestVolume bug (VolStatus not returned)
+- Don't crash if DB address record not specified.
+- Return VolStatus on find_next_volume.
+- Use alist for incexe name_list.
+- Use bget_dirmsg() everywhere possible when talking to FD.
+- Delete old semaphore job and workq job scheduling code.
+- edit_run_codes in one place (/lib) Add Job name
+- Update query.sql to find current backups correctly.
+- Correct ambiguous SQL statement for pruning.
+- Set heartbeat interval to zero by default.
+- Fix a possible race condition in stopping the
+ heartbeat thread.
+- Eliminate gnome2-console directory. Everything is in gnome-console
+- Enhanced "packet too big" message to indicate who sent it.
+- Corrected console prompt problem in non-readline versions.
+- Correct a number of variable expansion problems.
+- Added a number of new regression tests.
+- In an attempt to make configuration a bit less confusing, I've changed
+ the name of a number of variables. The old ones still work, but will
+ be phased out over time. FDAddress, FDPassword, SDAddress SDPassword,
+ SDDeviceName, and DBPassword.
+- A possible fix to the very intermittent SD crashes that Alex gets.
+
+
+
+Items to note: !!!!!
+- Modifiers (sec, min, hour, day, ...) are now required on conf file
+ time interval specifications.
+- Duplicate names within the same conf resource are prohibited.
+- If you have used a prior BETA version of 1.32, please do
+ the following to cleanup any zero length spool files:
+
+ cd <working-directory-as-in-Bacula-conf>
+ rm -f *.spool.*
+
+ Please be sure there are no spaces between the asterisks
+ and the periods.
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