X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bacula%2FReleaseNotes;h=11942fcb84e5bfeb7f383a959b9e7f02c146718f;hb=922f3d8c0b48617a0686f70bc3935e3c0f7e4b0f;hp=e4346a291a58fb4677cfde3ff9229a2a199111a8;hpb=bfec5bb62a6f7f1b510a532d9b6255b7bca43be1;p=bacula%2Fbacula diff --git a/bacula/ReleaseNotes b/bacula/ReleaseNotes index e4346a291a..11942fcb84 100644 --- a/bacula/ReleaseNotes +++ b/bacula/ReleaseNotes @@ -1,361 +1,52 @@ - Release Notes for Bacula 1.38.3 - - Bacula code: Total files = 424 Total lines = 140,955 (*.h *.c *.in) - 20,440 additional lines of code since version 1.36.3 - -Changes to 1.38.3: -- This is mainly a bug release fix. In addition, the multiple drive - reservation algorithm has been rewritten. -- In addition, the method of handling waiting for tapes to be - mounted and the mount messages has been modified. - (the above two items are a potential source of problems). -- Simplify code in askdir.c that waits for creating an appendable - volume so that it can handle multiple returns from the wait code. -- Modify the wait code to permit multiple returns. -- Return a zero when "autochanger drives" is called and - it is not an autochanger. -- Make rewind_dev() a method taking a DCR as an argument. - This permits closing and reopening the drive if the - rewind fails as happens if the drive was loaded while the - file descriptor was open. This refreshes the file descriptor. -- Remove the ST_OPENED flag and always rely on fd < 0 for knowing - if the device is open or not. This should eliminate - Arnos problem. -- Return error if reserve cannot find at least one suitable device. -- Make wait_for_sysop() return correct state information. -- Fix Win32 state file problem. write was not using compat - code. This should fix bug #500. -- Modify gui on command to set only GUI mode and not batch. -- Modify .messages command to always print messages regardless - of the mode. -- If GUI mode is on, suppress automatic printing of - You have messages. -- Modify restore command in wx-console to set gui on and to use - only .messages instead of messages. Hopefully this fixes bug - #514. -- Implement load balancing code with multiple drive autochangers. -- Rewrite reservation algorithm again. Rename variables to be - more logical, add HEARTBEAT with Director, allow cancel of - jobs stuck in reservation, add last resourt any_drive. -- Fix seg fault if user labels a drive directly bug #513 -- Remove quotes around Version as it breaks things. -- Merge in Aleksandar Milivojevic's mods to the spec file. -- Apply sparse code fix for raw drives and fifos. Bug 506 -- Thorsten fixed Unicode cd problem with wx-console bug 505. -- Correct reservation system to do a last ditch try - for any mounted volume, then anyone anywhere. -- Updates to ssh-tunnel from Joshua Kugler. -- Added a report.pl program from Jonas Bjorklund. -- Simplify the O_NONBLOCK open() code for tape drives, - and always open nonblocking. -- Do not wait for open() if EIO returned (shouldn't happen). -- Eliminate 3 argument to tape open(). -- Correct the slot # edited in the 3995 Bad autochanger unload - message. -- With -S on bscan (show progress) do not divide by zero. -- Make cancel pthread_cond_signal() pthread_cond_broadcast(). -- When dcr is freed, also broadcast dev->wait_next_vol signal. -- Remove unused code in wait_for_device. -- Make wait_for_device() always return after 60 seconds of wait. -- Use localhost if no network configured -- Eliminated duplicate MaxVolBytes in cat update -- bug 509. -- Update specs to include mysql4 define. -- Return rec->FileIndex in dcr->VolLastIndex for normal - and partial records in read_record(). This allows bscan - to get FileIndex at EOT correct. -- Fix butil.c to correctly set dcr -- fixes seg fault in bls. -- Apply patch supplied by user (slightly modified) to fix - correct detection of holes in block devices and FIFOs. - Bug # 506. -- Apply patch supplied by user (slightly modified) - to fix SD hang with multiple pools and bad client - IP. Fixes bug # 508. -- Add nagios plugin to the examples directory. Submitted by - Christian Masopust. -- Remove warning message about multiple saves of hardlinked files - from find_one.c as it can generate too many warning messages. -- Reset timeout values before select() per patch from - Frank Sweetser for problems with non-blocking sockets. -- Unlink the state file if either reading or writing it gets - errors. Hopefully this will fix Win32 exit problems. -- Get next volume from Scratch pool before creating a volume. -- Set new Pool defaults in Vol when moved from Scratch Pool. -- Remove argument from create_bacula_database for SQLite as it - caused an error. -- Fix reservation so that mutexes are properly applied. -- Rework reservation algorithm so that two drives can be used - at the same time. -- Apply days keyword patch from Alexander.Bergolth at wu-wien.ac.at - If this patch is applied, the number of days can be specified with - "list nextvol days=xx" - or - "status dir days=xx" - My use case is to be able to preview the next scheduled job (and the - next tape to be used) on fridays if there are no scheduled jobs during - the weekend. -- Fix font code in gnome2 console user patch. Fixes bug #501. -- Fix malformatted bnet error message that caused seg fault - fixes bug 502 -- Applied user patch to improve README.vc8 in src/win32. -- Ensure that StorageId is stored in Media record when ever possible. -- Remove old code from winservice.cpp -- Break on error in scan. -- Fix typo in signal.c -- Separate read/write DCR in SD. Add jcr->read_dcr. -- Cleanup how find_device() works. -- Remove abs() in bfile.c so that it compiles on Solaris. Bug #491. - -Changes to 1.38.2: -- Fix crash in tray-monitor when daemon disconnects. Bug #479. -- Fix bnet-server bug found on OpenBSD. Bug #486 -- Fix cancel failure bug. Bug #481 -- Fix failure when Pool name has spaces. Bug #487 -- Fix SD crash in autochanger code. Mutex failure. Bug #488 -- Fix a couple of free()s in src/filed/acl.c -- Fix memory overrun in bfile.c in building OS X resource - fork filename. Bug #489 -- Add Pool name to SD status output. -- Add Python install dir for Solaris to configure. Bug #492 - -Changes to 1.38.1: -- Corrected ACL for Solaris (David Duchscher and Attila Fulop). -- Add bacula_mail_summary.sh to examples directory. It makes - a single email summary of any number of jobs. Submitted - by Adrew J. Millar. -- Unmount command now unloads autochanger. -- Fix hang in FD (Martin Simmons) -- Fix Win98 stat() problem in FD (Thorsten Engel) -- Fix update slots which did not clear missing tapes. -- Fix autostart install for FreeBSD (user reported) -- Fix several problems with PostgreSQL scripts (Eric Bollinger) -- Critical: allow restore of the first file of non-portable Win32 backup. -- Important: with muliple concurrent jobs the autochanger could get - confused because of a missing mutex. -- Fix accessing last slot in label and update slots. -- Modify configure.in to add execute option to sqlite3 catalog - scripts. -- Create update_xxx_table_8_to_9 scripts for updatedb -- Move the -lcrypt for PostgreSQL after the PostgreSQL libs in - autoconf/bacula-macros/db.m4 as suggested by user. Fixes bug #457. -- Remove @STATIC_CONS@ from tray-monitor Makefile as suggested - by user. Fixes bug #456. -- AMD64 users see compiler bug warning below!!!!!!!!! - -Major Changes in 1.38: -- Fixed out of order Volumes in restore. -- Improved algorithm for reserving drives in multiple drive - autochangers. Autochange users MUST use the new Autochanger - resource in the Storage daemon. -- There is a new database format that is not compatible - with previous databases. You must upgrade if converting - from 1.36.x. No changes from version 1.37.30. -- The Director, Storage daemon, and File daemons are - Deamons are not compatible with prior versions. - All FDs must be upgraded at the same time. -- Support for ANSI/IBM labels. -- Faster database inserts due to combining the MD5/SHA1 into - the attributes record, eliminating one INSERT/file backed up. -- Python Event support has been added. See below for - configuration and details. The implementation is somewhat minimal, - so the functionality is not complete. The Python interface - has not been extensively tested, so please consider it BETA. -- DVD writing support, using parts, and some new directives in - the Device resource of the Storage configuration file thanks - to Nicolas Boichat. Please note that this code is still - BETA and should be carefully tested before using in - production. -- Seven new options keywords in a FileSet resource: - ignorecase, fstype, hfsplussupport, wilddir, wildfile, regexdir, - and regexfile thanks to Pruben Guldberg). See below for details. -- Restore of all files for a Job or set of jobs even if the file - records have been removed from the catalog. -- Restore of a directory (non-recursive, i.e. only one level). -- Support for TLS (ssl) between all the daemon connections thanks - to Landon Fuller. -- Any Volume in the Pool named Scratch may be reassigned to any - other Pool when a new Volume is needed. -- You may clone a Job and thus write (almost) the same data - to multiple Volumes simultaneously (see below). Actually, - any Job may start any other Job with this mechanism, so it - also be used to group jobs. -- Unicode filename support for Win32 (thanks to Thorsten Engel) -- Volume Shadow Copy support for Win32 thus the capability to - backup exclusively opened files (thanks to Thorsten Engel). - A VSS enabled Win32 FD is available. You must explicitly - turn on VSS with "Enable VSS = yes" in your FileSet resource. -- New manual format with an index (thanks to Karl Cunningham). -- New Web site format (thanks to Michael Scherer). -- SQLite3 support. -- Web-bacula, previously a separate project by Juan Luis Frances, - is now included in the Bacula GUI release. This is a management - level tool for reporting the state of Bacula jobs. -- The code is now Internationalized so that it can be localized - in native languages. Thanks to Nicolas Boichat. - -New Directives: -- New Job directive "Prefer Mounted Volumes = yes|no" causes the - SD to select either an Autochanger or a drive with a valid - Volume already mounted in preference. If none is available, - it will select the first available drive. -- New Run directive in Job resource of DIR. It permits - cloning of jobs. To clone a copy of the current job, use - Run = "job-name level=%l since=\"%s\"" - Note, job-name is normally the same name as the job that - is running but there is no restriction on what you put. If you - want to start the job by hand and use job overrides such as - storage=xxx, realize that the job will be started with the - default storage values not the overrides. The level=%l guarantees - that the chosen level of the job is the same, and the since=... - ensures that the job uses *exactly* the same time/date for incremental - and differential jobs. The since=... is ignored when level=Full. - A cloned job will not start additional clones, so it is not possible - to recurse. -- New Options keywords in a FileSet directive (backported to 1.36.3): - - WildDir xxx - Will do a wild card match against directories (files will not - be matched). - - WildFile xxx - Will do a wild card match against files (directories will not - be matched). - - RegexDir xxx - Will do a regular expression match against directories (files - will not be matched). - - RegexFile xxx - Will do a regular expression match against files( directories - will not be matched). - - IgnoreCase = yes | no - Will ignore case in wild card and regular expression matches. - This is handy for Windows where filename case is not significant. - - FsType = string - where string is a filesystem type: ext2, jfs, ntfs, proc, - reiserfs, xfs, usbdevfs, sysfs, smbfs, iso9660. For ext3 - systems, use ext2. You may have multiple fstype directives - and thus permit multiple filesystem types. If the type - specified on the fstype directive does not match the - filesystem for a particular directive, that directory will - not be backed up. This directive can be used to prevent - backing up non-local filesystems. - - HFS Plus Support = yes | no - If set, Mac OS X resource forks will be saved and restored. -- Label Type = ANSI | IBM | Bacula - Implemented in Director Pool resource and in SD Device resource. - If it is specified in the SD Device resource, it will take - precedence over the value passed from the Director to the SD. -- Check Labels = yes | no - Implemented in the SD Device resource. If you intend to read - ANSI or IBM labels, this *must* be set. Even if the volume - is not ANSI labeled, you can set this to yes, and Bacula will - check the label type. -- Scripts Directory = name. Defines the directory from - which Bacula scripts will be called for events. In fact, Bacula - appends this name to the standard Python list of search directories, - so the script could also be in any of the Python system directories. -- In FileSet, you can exclude backing up of hardlinks (if you have - a lot, it can be very expensive), by using: - HardLinks = no - in the Options section. Patch supplied by David R Bosso. Thanks. -- MaximumPartSize = bytes (SD, Device resource) - Defines the maximum part size. -- Requires Mount = Yes/No (SD, Device resource) - Defines if the device require to be mounted to be read, and if it - must be written in a special way. If it set, the following directives - must be defined in the same Device resource: - + Mount Point = directory - Directory where the device must be mounted. - + Mount Command = name-string - Command that must be executed to mount the device. Before the command - is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, and %m with the - Mount Point. - + Unmount Command = name-string - Command that must be executed to unmount the device. Before the - command is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, and - %m with the Mount Point. - + Write Part Command = name-string - Command that must be executed to write a part to the device. Before - the command is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, %m - with the Mount Point, %n with the current part number (0-based), - and %v with the current part filename. - + Free Space Command = name-string - Command that must be executed to check how much free space is left - on the device. Before the command is executed, %a is replaced with - the Archive Device, %m with the Mount Point, %n with the current part - number (0-based), and %v with the current part filename. -- Write Part After Job = Yes/No (DIR, Job Resource, and Schedule Resource) - If this directive is set to yes (default no), a new part file will be - created after the job is finished. -- A pile of new Directives to support TLS. Please see the TLS chapter - of the manual. - -New Commands: -- "python restart" restarts the Python interpreter. Rather brutal, make - sure no Python scripts are running. This permits you to change - a Python script and get Bacula to use the new script. - -New configure options: -- --with-libintl-prefix for defining alternate locations for - the NLS internationalization libraries. Not normally required. -- --datadir for defining where the language files will be installed - required only if you do not want the default /usr/share. - -Items to note!!! -- The Storage daemon now keeps track of what tapes it is using - (was not the case in 1.36.x). This means that you must be much - more careful when removing tapes and putting up a new one. In - general, you should always do a "unmount" prior to removing a - tape, and a "mount" after putting a new one into the drive. -- If you use an Autochanger, you MUST update your SD conf file - to use the new Autochanger resource. Otherwise, certain commands - such as "update slots" may not work. -- You must add --with-python=[DIR] to the configure command line - if you want Python support. Python 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 should be - automatically detected if in the standard place. -- When linking with --with-python, there are a few warnings that - can be ignored. -- You must either create a new catalog database or upgrade your - old database. After installation, run from your scripts - directory: - - ./upgrade_bacula_tables - - You can also find this script in the /src/cats - directory. -- The Director, Storage daemon, and File daemons are - Deamons are not compatible with prior versions. - All FDs must be upgraded at the same time. -- You must add --with-openssl to the configure command line if - you want TLS communications encryption support. -- Disk seeking during restores does not yet work correctly in - all cases, so it is turned off. -- Note, with gcc (GCC) 4.0.1 20050727 (Red Hat 4.0.1-5) on an - AMD64 CPU running 64 bit CentOS4, there is a compiler bug that - generates bad code that causes Bacula to segment fault. - Typically you will see this in the Storage daemon first. The - solution is to compile Bacula ensuring that no optimization is - turned on (normally it is -O2). - This same compiler bug has been reported and confirmed with - gcc (GCC) 4.0.2 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux) running on - an AMD64 CPU. This for the moment, I would recommend that all - users of GCC 4.0.1 or greater turn off all optimization when - compiling. - - -Other Items: -- Security fixes for temp files created in mtx-changer, during - ./configure, and during making of Rescue disk. -- A new script, dvd-handler, in the scripts directory, - which is designed to be used as parameters to Write Part Command and - Free Space Command. They need the dvd+rw-tools to be installed - (http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/) AND, the growisofs - program must be patched using the - /patches/dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8.bacula.patch - You must have Python installed to run the scripts. -- Part files support: File volumes can now be split into multiple - files, called "parts". -- For the details of the Python scripting support, please see the new - Python Scripting chapter in the manual. -- The default user/group for the Director and Storage daemon installed - by rpms is bacula/bacula, thus you may need to add additional permissions - to your database, or modify the permissions of the tape drive. If - all else fails, change to using user=root. However, it is more secure - to use user=bacula. + Release Notes for Bacula 2.5.16 + + Bacula code: Total files = 517 Total lines = 199,415 (*.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 !!!!!! ========================== +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 +that may be specified on the ./configure line using the +--libdir option as: + + ./configure --libdir=/full-path/dir + +the default /lib. If --libdir is specified, there should be +no need to modify your loader configuration provided that +the shared objects are installed in that directory (Bacula +does this with the make install command). The shared objects +that Bacula references are: + +libbaccfg.so +libbacfind.so +libbacpy.so +libbac.so + +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.