X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bacula%2FReleaseNotes;h=e4346a291a58fb4677cfde3ff9229a2a199111a8;hb=ce044f2e3bf98b59d6e3b7d0a32df9690c7962ee;hp=2f6d4165734816dc4868de419b256746016846d0;hpb=eaa91fc83cea250cb87e6798459725d10f96c604;p=bacula%2Fbacula diff --git a/bacula/ReleaseNotes b/bacula/ReleaseNotes index 2f6d416573..e4346a291a 100644 --- a/bacula/ReleaseNotes +++ b/bacula/ReleaseNotes @@ -1,65 +1,361 @@ - Release Notes for Bacula 1.33 + Release Notes for Bacula 1.38.3 - Bacula code: Total files = 281 Total lines = 83,612 (*.h *.c *.in) + Bacula code: Total files = 424 Total lines = 140,955 (*.h *.c *.in) + 20,440 additional lines of code since version 1.36.3 -Most Significant Changes since 1.32d -- 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. +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. -Other Changes since 1.32d -- 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. +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 -Items to note: !!!!! -- FreeBSD users NOTE!!!!! - You MUST add the following two records to your SD Device resource for - tape drives. +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!!!!!!!!! - TWOEOF = yes - Fast Forward Space File = no +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. -- 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 +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. - which will delete ALL prior catalog information, or you can - update your database with: +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. - ./update_bacula_tables -- 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! +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.