From: Eric Bollengier Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:17:38 +0000 (+0000) Subject: ebl Add a note about new catalog format X-Git-Tag: Release-3.0.0~242 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=138eff1bcec5473c82e7ecee0eade90997303758;p=bacula%2Fdocs ebl Add a note about new catalog format --- diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/concepts/newfeatures.tex b/docs/manuals/en/concepts/newfeatures.tex index d9550b78..af036b08 100644 --- a/docs/manuals/en/concepts/newfeatures.tex +++ b/docs/manuals/en/concepts/newfeatures.tex @@ -413,6 +413,15 @@ would be written to the {\bf Full} Pool which uses the Diskchanger Storage. If the Virtual Full is run, and there are no prior Jobs, the Virtual Full will fail with an error. +\section{Catalog format} +Bacula 3.0 comes with some changes on the catalog format. The upgrade operation +will convert an essential field of the File table that permits to handle more +than 4 billions objects over the time, 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 have a valid backup of it before executing the script. + \section{Duplicate Job Control} \index[general]{Duplicate Jobs} The new version of Bacula provides four new directives that