- Release Notes for Bacula 1.30-22Apr03 BETA
- Bacula code: Total files = 235 Total lines = 67,254 (*.h *.c *.in)
+ Release Notes for Bacula 1.30
+
+ Bacula code: Total files = 235 Total lines = 67,287 (*.h *.c *.in)
Major Changes this Release:
-- The Windows Client now uses Cygwin 1.3.20 and should be much
- more reliable.
-- Implemented save/restore of chflags for FreeBSD systems.
-- Support for FreeBSD tape drives.
- Support for SHA1 signatures in addition to MD5 (more secure).
- The btape "test" command is much more comprehensive and automatically
tries different options.
-- Implemented support for barcodes ("label barcodes", "update slots").
+- Implemented support for autochanger barcodes ("label barcodes",
+ "update slots").
- Make Incremental and Differential saves backup all files changed as
well as all files moved into save path (added st_ctime to check).
-- Preliminary support for cleaning tapes in autochangers.
+- Preliminary support for identifying cleaning tapes in autochangers.
- Restores directory permissions and times correctly.
+- Hard linked files are restored even if only one of links is chosen.
- Relabel Purged tapes with the relabel command.
- Support for Win95 systems (I hope).
- RunBeforeJob now checks the return status. If it is non-zero, the job
- is error terminated.
+ will be terminated in error.
+- The Windows Client now uses Cygwin 1.3.20 and should be
+ more reliable.
+- Implemented save/restore of chflags for FreeBSD systems.
+- Support for FreeBSD tape drives.
+- Lots more documentation.
+- Console "run" command now permits setting a start date/time.
+- There is a new "default" configuration file that permits saving and
+ restoring the Bacula source code immediately on installation. This
+ is documented in the "Running Bacula" chapter.
+- Finer contol of multiple simultaneous Jobs with specifications for
+ the Director as a whole (previous implementation), Jobs, Clients,
+ and Storage. Thus if you are careful, you can run multiple simultaneous
+ jobs and still have only one simultaneous Job per Volume.
+- Rpm spec files thanks to Scott Barninger.
Other Changes this Release:
+- Tightened up file permissions (additional security) for all created
+ files.
+- Eliminated a lot of strcpy() to prevent possible buffer overruns.
- Added "BSF at EOM = yes/no" for supporting FreeBSD tape drives.
- The | and < options are now available for Excludes.
- Multiple Directors in the GNOME Console now work (thanks Lutz Kttler).
- Gnome console runs on GNOME 2.0 (haven't tried 2.2 yet).
-- Installation on Cygwin systems is now supported.
+- Installation on Win32 systems with Cygwin is now supported.
- GNOME Console has font support thanks to Phil Stracchino.
- Solaris 2.6 now supported.
-- ./configure now supports more systems
-- Support for Darwin
+- Support for Darwin (at least partially)
- Support connection to MySQL on address:port.
-- Partial support for AIX systems.
+- Partial support for AIX systems (see README.AIX)
- Cycle through tapes with "RecycleOldestVolume=yes" (dangerous).
- Console program now supported on Win32 systems as well as
several other utility programs.
- Now have reasonable (but still small) regression script.
- New Console commands for aiding scripting (@input, @output, @tee,
@time, @version and wait).
+- logrotate script in scripts/logrotate
+- Prevent configuring subsys directory to be the same as sbindir.
+- New Cleaning Prefix record in Pool for defining autochanger cleaning
+ tapes.
Items to note:
+- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ On WinXP systems, and possibly Win2K, Bacula runs under the
+ LocalSystem account, so all files that are restored are created with
+ that account. I have spent an enormous amount of time trying to
+ resolve this but have not yet succeeded. I have included chown
+ in the binary release but it will probably not work without a
+ full cygwin installation. You might also try the CACLS program,
+ but you will probably need to boot into safemode (F8 during boot)
+ to get sufficient permissions. It is also possible to run
+ Bacula under your userid, but the system tray icon will not
+ be present -- however, this option permits saving and restoring
+ files with your userid.
+ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Version 1.29 File daemons can be used with version 1.30. However,
- there is an incompatibility if you use Exclude lists.
+ there may be an incompatibility if you use Exclude lists.
+- RunBeforeJob now checks the return status. If it is non-zero, the job
+ will be terminated in error.
+- If you have an autochanger with barcodes and you wish to use cleaning
+ tapes and you are using MySQL, you must run:
+ <bacula-source>/src/cats/alter_mysql_tables
+ this script will add one additional VolStatus (Cleaning).