- Release Notes for Bacula 1.32b
+ Release Notes for Bacula 1.33.3
- Bacula code: Total files = 259 Total lines = 77,984 (*.h *.c *.in)
+ Bacula code: Total files = 284 Total lines = 88,550 (*.h *.c *.in)
-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.
-
+New directives:
+- "Close on Poll = yes/no" in SD Device resource.
+- "Volume Poll Interval = time-interval" in SD Device resource.
+- "Two EOF = yes/no" in SD Device resource.
+- "Maximum Network Buffer Size = size" in SD Device resource.
+- "Maximum Network Buffer Size = size" in FD FileDaemon (or Client) resource.
+- "Console" new resource in Director conf file.
+ New directives: Name, Description, Password, JobACL, ClientACL,
+ StorageACL, ScheduleACL, RunACL, PoolACL, CommandACL,
+ FileSetACL, CatalogACL.
+- "Max Run Time = duration" in Director Job resource.
+- "Max Wait Time = duration" in Director Job resource (not fully implemented).
+- "JobDefs = name-of-resource" in Director Job resource.
+- "Jobdefs" new resource in Director. Same directives as for a Job.
+- "Full Backup Pool = xxx" in Job resource in the Director.
+- "Incremental Backup Pool = xxx" in Job resource in the Director.
+- "Differential Backup Pool = xxx" in Job resource in the Director.
+- Three new options on the Run override statement in a Schedule resource:
+ FullPool=xxx
+ IncrementalPool=xxx
+ DifferentialPool=xxx
-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.
+New Commands:
+- "SetIP"
+- Added "pool=xxx" to restore command line.
+- Added "fileset=xxx" to restore command line.
+- Fixed "storage=xxx" on restore command line.
+- "markdir" command in restore tree.
+- "unmarkdir" command in restore tree.
+- "quit" command in restore tree.
+Most Significant Changes since 1.32f-4
+- Add a missing unlock in the jobq handler.
+- Fix bug where a soft linked file and a directory had the same name
+ by treating the soft link as a directory and putting the entries under
+ it. This fixes the bug reported by Alexander Mueller.
+- Apply Jess Guardiani's second fix to list autochanger volumes without
+ opening the drive (necessary on FreeBSD if no tape is in the drive).
+- Reworked the command line handler in restore to walk through the
+ arguments one at a time. This makes the file= entries work correctly.
+ Also reworked the code that takes the MediaType and finds a
+ storage device.
+- Add quit command to restore tree handler.
+- Make restore tree handler remember if a hard link is present, and
+ in doing a mark, only get database entry if there is a hard link.
+ mark commands thus run at least 2 orders of magnitude faster.
+- Add files=xxx field to run command submitted for restore.
+- Add yes to restore run command if either yes or run is command line
+ argument.
+- Make "yes" on command line argument skip prompt for modification of
+ run job.
+- Add markdir and unmarkdir -- both affect only the directory in
+ question and do not do a recursive descent.
+- Make tree command automatically mark all higher level directories to
+ be restored when a directory or a file is selected. Such directories
+ are indicated by preceding the name with a + to indicate that only
+ the directory entry is selected and not the whole directory tree.
+- Modify a few tree commands to walk through all arguments rather than
+ just taking the first one.
+- Improved btape "test" and "fill" commands.
+- The ability to ask the Storage daemon on a device by device basis
+ to "poll" the tape drive at a given interval (minimum 1 minute). If
+ a tape is found, its label is read and if appropriate it is used.
+ This eliminates the need to do "mount" commands.
+- The ability to close and re-open the device when a poll occurs.
+ This permits dealing with certain recalcitrant autochangers that
+ invalidate devices (typically on FreeBSD).
+- Dan Langille has written a PostgreSQL driver for Bacula.
+- Implement "update slots scan" that reads the volume label(s).
+- The full form of the scan is "scan=1,2,4-5,7". With no specification,
+ all occupied slots are scanned.
+- Turn off changer Volumes that are not current in the changer when
+ an "update slots" is done, or if any tape operation discovers that
+ the right volume is not in the slot.
+- The console program will run all commands it finds in ~/.bconsolerc
+ at startup.
+- Add Dan Langille's changes to the bacula start/stop script that
+ permit dropping root permissions just after startup.
+- New version 1.5.5-1 Cygwin.
+- Modify SD to update the catalog database when it is shutdown,
+ even if the job is canceled.
+- Fixed seg fault in restore of multiple simultaneous jobs to
+ a single Volume.
+- Fixed thread race problem in multiple simultaneous jobs to
+ a single Volume where the volume lable is not in the first
+ tape block, so the tape is not recognized.
-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.
-
-
+Other Changes since 1.32d
+- Restore directory tree automatically selects all higher level
+ directories to be restored.
+- Implement conio.c to use in console program -- mini-readline.
+- Enhance "fill" command of btape -- simpler output. Use -v to
+ cause last block to be dumped after write and after re-read.
+- Added an autochanger test to the btape "test" command. It is
+ automatically invoked if the autochanger is properly configured. It
+ is still a bit primitive but covers the essential of testing
+ the mtx-changer script with your autochanger.
+- Select the oldest LastWritten volume during recycling.
+- Added forward space file test to btape "test" command.
+- All 1.32d patches applied.
+- Fixed seg fault in restore of multiple simultaneous jobs to
+ a single Volume.
+- Fixed thread race problem in multiple simultaneous jobs to
+ a single Volume where the volume lable is not in the first
+ tape block, so the tape is not recognized.
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:
+- FreeBSD users NOTE!!!!!
+ You MUST add the following two records to your SD Device resource for
+ tape drives.
+
+ TWOEOF = yes
+ Fast Forward Space File = no
+
+- The daemon protocol has changed, you must update everything at once.
+- The database level has been updated. You must either re-initialize
+ your databases with:
+
+ ./drop_bacula_tables
+ ./make_bacula_tables
+
+ which will delete ALL prior catalog information, or you can
+ update your database with:
+
+ ./update_bacula_tables
- cd <working-directory-as-in-Bacula-conf>
- rm -f *.spool.*
+ Please save your old database before dropping the tables or doing
+ an upgrade or you may regret it later.
- Please be sure there are no spaces between the asterisks
- and the periods.
+- smtp has now become bsmtp
+- console has now become bconsole.
+- console.conf is now bconsole.conf
+- Please don't underestimate the repercussions of the bsmtp and bconsole
+ name changes!
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