Release Notes for Bacula 5.0.0 Bacula code: Total files = 1,081 Total lines = 217,272 (Using SLOCCount) Release Numbering: ----------------------------------------------------------- You might be wondering why this release jumps from 3.0.x to 5.0.0 thus skipping version 4.0.0. We have done this for several reasons: first, we wanted a way of distinguishing the numbering system for the Bacula System Enterprise version and the Bacula Project version. So, to do so, we have decided that the first number of the Bacula Project version will always be odd, and the first number of the Enterprise version will always be even. Thus the Bacula Project now moves from 3.0.x to 5.0.x. In addition, we want to keep the Bacula Project version larger than the Enterprise version to indicate that the Bacula Project version is more advanced or has more features than the Enterprise version. For memory, the current Enterprise version is 2.6.1, and the next release (in a few months -- before June 2010) will be version 4.0.0. Warning: -------------------------------------------------------------- Please note the three Warnings below before doing any install or upgrade. Changes since 3.0.3a (the last Bacula Project release): ------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes: 1337 1351 1352 1354 1357 1361 1367 1369 1370 1373 1376 1391 1403 1409 1420 1422 1427 1428 1431 1450 1454 1455 1458 1456 Fixed: - Problem that locks the Director when the SMTP server wasn't responding to the bsmtp program - Restore's dir command shows incorrect file sizes - Fix various problems with the reload command - Fix problems with conio - Eliminate several deadlocks or potential race conditions from SD Enhancements: - Project 5: Truncate volume after purge - Project 6: File Deduplication using Base Jobs - Project 10: Restore from Multiple Storage Daemons - Project 11: AllowCompression per Device - Project 23: Add Maximum Concurent Jobs for Devices to balance load between drives - Add Accurate Fileset Options to configure accurate detection. Can use checksum verification for example. - Allow FD to keep root read but drop write permission (CAP) - Secure handling of passwords for catalog backup - Add Tab-completion for Bconsole when using Readline - Add Bvfs API to query the catalog without building a memory tree - Add new speed test to btape program - Add new Bat screens (Autochanger content, Job view, Media view, ...) - Windows version of Bat - Added Spanish Bacula translation - New bconsole -u nnn option to have timeout on commands - Allow Migrate, Copy, and Virtual Full to read and write to the same Pool - show disabled -- shows disabled Jobs - Add Pool File and Job retention periods (take precedence over Client) - Many ACL improvements - Level added to FD status Job entry - Allow turning on/off Block Checksum per device - Set Device Poll interval to 5 minutes -- previously did not poll - Implement lock manager with bad order protection Compatibility: As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time, and on any given machine, you must run only one version of Bacula. This means that on the Director and Storage daemon machines, you *must* upgrade your File daemon as well. Older 3.0.x and possibly 2.4.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.0.0 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File Daemons immediately. However, we recommend that you do so as soon as is reasonable for your situation. ================== Warning !!!!!! ========================== New Catalog format in version 5.0.0 (3.1.9 or later) ----------------------------------------------------- This release of Bacula uses a new catalog format. We provide a set of scripts that permit to convert a 3.0.x (version 11) catalog to 5.0.0 (version 12). The Bacula project rpms distributed on Source Forge will automatically detect the database change and do the upgrade for you. We strongly recommend that you save a copy of your existing database before upgrading using rpms. The simplest way to upgrade the database assuming you are building from source: 1. Stop any current version of Bacula from running. 2. Save a copy of your existing database. 3. Configure, build, and install the 5.0.0 version of Bacula Note the new ./configure options in the manuals see the link at the bottom of this file. 4. cd 5. ./update_bacula_tables 6. If you have multiple catalogs, edit the update_bacula_tables script and put the name of another database, and then execute the script again. Repeat this until all Bacula catalogs have been updated. 7. Start the new Bacula. If everything worked, it should not print any error messages. If you start from scratch, you don't need to run the update_bacula_tables script because the create_bacula_tables script automatically creates the new table format. However, if you are using a version of Bacula older than 3.1.9 (e.g. 3.0.3) then you need to run the update_bacula_tables script that will be found in the /src/cats directory after you run the ./configure command. As mentioned above, before running this script, please backup your catalog database, and when you do running it, be sure shutdown Bacula and be aware that running the script can take some time depending on your database size. ================================================================ ================== Warning !!!!!! ========================== If you upgrade a previous Win32 client installation, you must first stop the File daemon, then uninstall it before attempting the upgrade. If you do not do so, the upgrade will probably fail and you will need to manually find and run the Uninstall.exe file, before you can upgrade to the new version. This is because the file locations are different. If you want to save your previous bacula-fd.conf file, please do so before uninstalling it. ================================================================ ================== Warning !!!!!! ========================== Due to permissions problems on Windows Vista and later systems, we no longer require SYSTEM or Administrator permissions to access the binaries and configuation files. If you wish to restrict access to these files, please see the New Features section of the manual for how to set access control lists. ================================================================ Note, the Win32 Installer no longer installs the Bacula Servers (Director and Storage daemon). See the New Features section of the manual for more details. ============ Documentation improvements needed ================== Note!!!!! The 5.0.0+ documentation has a number of known problems: 1. We have reduced the number of manuals, which has fixed many of the broken links found in the old 3.0.x version, but there are still some that need fixing. 2. Integration of the 3.0.x features into the main manuals has not yet been done. The documentation will not be completed in the near future due to lack manpower. If you are unhappy with this situation as we are, we suggest you help by submitting patches to the documentation. Thanks. ===== 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. 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): http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/New_Features_in_5_0_0.html The ChangeLog has more details.