From: Dirk H Bartley Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:36:26 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add a release features file. X-Git-Tag: Release-7.0.0~5921 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=38ad8624fa88a64eefb431c7b6903c97299a81d9;p=bacula%2Fbacula Add a release features file. git-svn-id: https://bacula.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bacula/trunk@5265 91ce42f0-d328-0410-95d8-f526ca767f89 --- diff --git a/bacula/src/qt-console/RELEASEFEATURES b/bacula/src/qt-console/RELEASEFEATURES new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..951c9d0e28 --- /dev/null +++ b/bacula/src/qt-console/RELEASEFEATURES @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +Original release, August 2007. + +Graphical features: + Undockable (floating) windows of all interfaces. + Page selector for deciding and finding interfaces to view + Console command window for entering standard text console commands. + A preferences interface for listing limits and debugging. + +Graphical console + A console to perform all the commands available from bconsole. + +Graphical restoring + High performance restore of backup with GUI tree browsing and file and + directory selecting. Pre-restore Interface to assist in selecting jobs for + this restore method. + Restore by browsing and selecting from all cataloged versions of files. This + method allows for Multiple simultaneous views of catalog data. The only + selection limitation for this browsing method is one client at a time. + +Graphical listing Interfaces: + List the backup jobs that have run. ** see details below + List the clients and perform 4 commands on the client within context. + List the Filesets + List the Job resources and perform 8 commands on the job within context. + List the Pools and the volumes in each pool. Pefrom 7 possible commands on + each media. + List the storage resources and perform any of 5 commands on the storage + resource. + +Graphical Graphing + Interface to plot the files and bytes of backup jobs. + +Other Graphical interfaces: + Modify Volume parameters + Label a new volume + Relabel an existing volume + Open the cataloged Log messages of a job that has run + Run a job manually and modify job defaults before running. + Estimate a job. Determine the files and bytes that would be backed up if + the job were run now. + +** JobList features + As many joblist windows at a time as desired. + 9 different selection criterion: client, volume, job, Fileset, level, status, + purged or not, record limit and days limit + Lists the 11 most commonly desired job attributes. + Run the following console commands by issuing the command within the context + of the know job number: List job, list files on job, list jobmedia, list + volumes, delete job and purge files. + Open other interfaces knowing the jobid: show the cataloged log of the running + of the job, restore from that job only browsing the filestructure, restore + from the job end time to get the most recent version of a restore after the + job completed running and browse the combined filestucture, jump directly + to view a plot of the selected jobs files and bytes backed up. + +There is even a button to perform status dir at any time. What more can you + ask for. ;-) An are you sure dialog box will even attempt to prevent the + user from deleting important stuff. + +Almost all console commands can be run graphically without touching a keyboard. +Help me out by letting me know what still cannot be done. I know of the +following: show, run a migration job, and editing resources in configuration +files. The last is not a console command, so it does not count. + +See the TODO file for future plans. The bacula develompment team is interested +in your feedback and your assistance. If you would like to get involved, join +the users and/or the developers mailing list.