Release Notes for Bacula 1.31
- Bacula code: Total files = 251 Total lines = 74,587 (*.h *.c *.in)
+ Bacula code: Total files = 251 Total lines = 74,714 (*.h *.c *.in)
Major Changes this Release:
- The database format has changed. Please see below.
and underscore.
- Added readline to depkgs (removed from depkgs1) and fixed configuration if
it is not installed in your system libraries.
-- Implemented generalized tape label formats including counter variables.
+- Implemented generalized tape label formats including counter variables
+ for automatic naming of Volumes.
- Multiple simultaneous jobs now work.
- Implemented tape block rejection, which means that restores with
several incremental backups will run orders of magnitude faster.
Other Changes this Release:
+- Restore checks block numbers to ensure that no block is lost.
+- The new console var command allows testing variable expansion
+ used in automatic tape name generation.
+- The new console estimate command allows you to test FileSets
+ to see how many files and bytes will be saved and optionally
+ to have an "ls -l" style listing of the files.
- During a normal restore (replace = yes), any existing file is deleted
and the restored file is then created. This corrects links and other
wierd files that changed between the backup and the restore.