Release Notes for Bacula 1.30
- Bacula code: Total files = 235 Total lines = 66,579 (*.h *.c *.in)
+ Bacula code: Total files = 235 Total lines = 66,658 (*.h *.c *.in)
Major Changes this Release:
- The Windows Client now uses Cygwin 1.3.20 and should be much
- 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.
+- Restores directory permissions and times correctly.
Other Changes this Release:
- 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.
- GNOME Console has font support thanks to Phil Stracchino.
- Solaris 2.6 now supported.
- Print IP address on failed connections to servers.
- Cancel command works much better (cancels waiting jobs in Dir
and in SD).
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+- Now have reasonable (but still small) regression script.
+- New Console commands for aiding scripting (input, output, tee,
+ time, wait).
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Items to note:
- Version 1.29 File daemons can be used with version 1.30. However,
there is an incompatibility if you use Exclude lists.
- Document how to automatically backup all local partitions
- Document problems with Verify and pruning.
- Document how to use multiple databases.
-- Document Maximum File Size
- Add a section to the doc on Manual cycling of Volumes.
- Document logrotate
For 1.30 release:
- Fix Bare Metal restore problem.
- Fix "access not allowed" for backup of files on WinXP.
+- Document new transparent Console commands and wait command.
+- Document new immediate File save capability.
- Figure out how to use ssh or stunnel to protect Bacula communications.
After 1.30:
+- Make | and < work on FD side.
+- Pass prefix_links to FD.
- Implement a M_SECURITY message class.
- Allow multiple Storage specifications (or multiple names on
a single Storage specification) in the Job record. Thus a job
- Add IP address to authentication failures.
- Add a default File storage so that new users can do backup
and restores right away.
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