X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bacula%2FReleaseNotes;h=4443960fa01664ddd11208d0bcc711f98819464b;hb=943ef07717af1afa3b32adb7127fe1b4f8e14671;hp=9fce188d2d4b402f8efaee4912f748bf194974cf;hpb=71309f54f4b12a0c610d279b65912c0b65bcbd30;p=bacula%2Fbacula diff --git a/bacula/ReleaseNotes b/bacula/ReleaseNotes index 9fce188d2d..4443960fa0 100644 --- a/bacula/ReleaseNotes +++ b/bacula/ReleaseNotes @@ -1,285 +1,64 @@ - Release Notes for Bacula 1.34.2 + Release Notes for Bacula 2.5.28 - Bacula code: Total files = 345 Total lines = 99,835 (*.h *.c *.in) + Bacula code: Total files = 522 Total lines = 203,305 (*.h *.c *.in) -Changes for 1.34.2: -Major Features: -- wx-console can now be built both under GTK and Win32. It is - now part of the Win32 binary release. It has a very nice tree - oriented restore. Thanks to Nicolas Boichat for this program. -- bconsole is now included in the Win32 binary release. - -Items to note!!! -- bscan restored StartBlocks one block off resulting in loss of - data if any bscanned volumes were restored. Thanks to Gregory - for reporting this. It is fixed in this release. -- Due to an oversight, "Maximum Job Spool Size" was is not implemented. - It will be in the next release. -- To build wx-console on Linux. Download wxWidgets 2.4.2 from wxwidgets.org, - build and install it on your system, then add --enable-wx-console on - your Bacula ./configure and it will be built and installed. -- For both the Win32 and Linux GTK versions of wx-console, you must - create a wx-console.conf in the current directory. The contents are - identical to a bconsole.conf file. +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. -Other items: -- Make SD utility programs accept device name as well as archive device - on command line. -- Update docs -- Remove old debug code from Win32 FD. -- A new version of depkgs-win32 was released containing the Win32 - wxWidgets source code. -- Disable SIGHUP code in Director which is not yet complete. +================== Warning !!!!!! ========================== +New Catalog format : +-------------------- -Release 1.34.1: -- Autochanger users, please note you must add %d to the end of the - changer command line in your Device resource in your bacula-sd.conf - file. -- There is a new wx-console program that does restores with a - tree allowing you to visually select what files are to be restored. - It is in a preliminary stage of development, but can be easily - be built under Linux with GTK, and with just a bit more difficulty - under Win32 with MinGW. -- Fixed a major race condition in the job scheduler when multiple - simultaneous jobs is enabled. This occurred only when on job had - blocked another because of resource usage. -- Fixed crash in SD during restore. -- Changed the backup report to indicate "Backup OK -- with warnings - if any warning messages were generated. -- Change output of restore report to indicate: - "Restore OK -- warning file count mismatch" -- Make backup report say "Backup OK with warnings" if either FD or SD - report any non-fatal errors. -- Modify bscan to print some elementary statistics (#Jobs, #Files, ...) - added to catalog. -- Added --enable-wx-console and updated Makefile.in -- Fix mtx-changer so that the calling sequence is compatible - with the previous version (the new one required arguments that - were not necessarily used). -- Document how to use stunnel with Bacula. -- Fix crash in query command. -- Remove schedule from the default restore job. -- Fix data spooler to use min/max tape blocking factors. -- Automatically turn of conio if library not found instead of bombing. -- Cleaned up a lot of copyright dates. -- Try to keep spool statistics from going negative. -- Added new Pools chapter. Doc about using two disks. -- Attempt to keep the spool file statistics size from going - negative. -- Fix the Director's Scheduled Jobs: list to have a === - termination. -- Fixed ./configure to disable readline rather than stop if - readline.h is not found -- Fixed a typo in the SQLite database update script as reported - by Robert J. Clark - thanks. -- Removed src/win32/pthreads and src/win32/zlib from the source - tree. -- Created a new depkgs-win32 that has the pthreads and zlib source - code. -- Removed the JobDefs from the default Restore job as it has a - schedule. Thanks to Matt Howard for this. +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__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. -Release 1.34.0 -Major Features: -- Data spooling which reduces tape shoe-shine during Inc backups, - and permits multiple simultaneous backups without interleaved blocks. -- Native Win32 client -- much faster and restores permissions correctly - (thanks to Christopher Hull) -- New Windows style installer for the Win32 Client. -- PostgreSQL database driver (thanks to Dan Langille). -- Polling of devices eliminating need to unmount and mount from - console. -- Improved Autochange support of Slots (update slots scan). -- Autochanger support for multiple drives (I think). -- New conio code to implement Console command line editing and history. -- JobDefs resource permits smaller .conf files for Director -- Access console lists for the Console -- Pool level overrides. -- Daemon "status" is recovered across daemon executions. -- Improved btape "test" and "fill" commands. +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. -Items to note: !!!!! -- If you have a RedHat system, be sure to delete the /lib/tls - directory from your system. It contains defective pthreads code. -- The restore default is changed to have nothing selected by default. - You must either enter: "restore all" or after getting into the tree - selection prompt enter "mark *" to have everything selected. -- In previous versions the "all" keyword on the restore command caused - it to return without user interaction after selecting everything. - This function is now replaced by the "done" keyword (more logical). - The "all" keyword now causes everything to be selected by default. -- The default tape driver behavior is now to write only a single EOF - at the end of the tape. For most tape drives, this is totally - transparent and nothing needs to be done. For FreeBSD see below. -- FreeBSD users NOTE!!!!! - You may need the following two records to your SD Device resource for - tape drives. +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: - TWOEOF = yes - Fast Forward Space File = no + ./configure --disable-libtool +============================================================== - The "Fast Forward Space File" is surely needed, and the TWOEOF - is needed on some systems and not others. Running the btape - "test" command will tell you. If you get an error with TWOEOF set - to yes, set it to no. +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. -- If you want either bsmtp or bconsole on Win32, you will need - to load the 1.32 version along with cygwin1.dll. Some solution - for this will be forthcoming in a future update. -- The daemon protocol has changed from version 1.32, 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 +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): - which will delete ALL prior catalog information, or you can - update your 1.32 database with: +http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html + +The ChangeLog has more details. - ./update_bacula_tables - Please save your old database before dropping the tables or doing - an upgrade or you may regret it later. -- If you are updating versions older than 1.32, you can look in - the updatedb directory for scripts that you can use. You will need - to manually set the paths for your system. - -- smtp has now become bsmtp -- you *must* modify your .conf files. -- console has now become bconsole. -- console.conf is now bconsole.conf -- Please don't underestimate the repercussions of the bsmtp and bconsole - name changes! - - -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 -- SpoolData=yes/no in DIR Job resource -- SpoolData=yes/no in Run override directive. -- MaximumSpoolSize in SD Device resource -- MaximumJobSpoolSize in SD Device resource -- SpoolDirectory in SD Device resource. -- Drive Index in SD Device resource for using two autochanger - drives. -- mtimeonly=yes/no on Include directive. -- keepatime=yes/no on Include directive. - -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. -- Trace option on "setdebug trace=1/0 ..." -- Update slots scan -- The "all" keyword on the restore command marks all files by default. -- The "done" keyword prevents user interaction with the tree -- used - mostly for batch scripting. - - -Additional changes: -- Slackware support -- On multiple ctl-c, exit from console quickly. -- Implement "delete job jobid=xxx jobid=yyy ..." -- Implement "purge volume=xxx volume=yyy ..." -- Add -p option to all SD programs including bacula-sd. It causes - Bacula to proceed or forge on in case of I/O errors. It is unlikely - this will help, and it is strongly recommended against running - the daemon with this option in production. -- 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 label is not in the first - tape block, so the tape is not recognized. -- 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.